Table 32.3 Concordancetask for itseems…inpublishedarticlesandstudentdissertations(Hewings2002)

Published articles Student dissertations
* It seems clear that as insider holding proportions
increase; capitalisation ratios decrease.
* It seems that different studies have shown
different results.
* It seems likely that the eighties and nineties will be
known as decades of large scale disaggregation.
* It seems that the practice of employing local
staff by multinationals is increasing.
* It seems quite probable that consumers would not
recognise such relatively small degrees of difference.
* It seems that some individual training courses
are below their full capacity.