| This is a genuinely and proudly democratic country, and the people want to see their rulers behaving responsibly and in a seemly fashion. |
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| My departure was seemly enough, but I must admit it wasn't well thought out. |
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| There was an epidemic when I was at university and as I think about it, the young folk still seem to indulge more than is seemly if you ask me. |
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| For most practical purposes the exclusion is one of form, not substance, and is based on local cultural notions of what is seemly. |
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| Because of this, it isn't thought seemly for someone over a certain age to pass judgment on any scene that wasn't created for them. |
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| It can allow one person to contribute a larger share of the ideas than would be seemly in conversation. |
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| In other words, didn't our notions of professional loyalty suggest a seemly bit of time between service to a president and exposure of his flaws? |
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| It's a seemly confrontation of the inquisitive impatience of the young, and the stately acceptance of the old. |
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| Is it a good and seemly thing for them to be having this debate on religion in the committee? |
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| It must be conducted in a seemly way and, so far as I am concerned, it has been. |
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| Since I was a girl, it was more seemly to carry the swords on my back, and I was only happy to comply. |
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| Several elements contribute to making this meal such a seemly expression of affection. |
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| He probably lived with his mother for two years more than was seemly. |
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| Is it her particular poise, her impeccable moral rectitude, the seemly but sensuous lace-bedazzled dresses? |
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| Also, my tenants have sometimes been trying to push their bikes through the front door and have met old ladies going out the other way, which is viewed as not quite seemly. |
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| And while it may not be very seemly, some businessmen believe that appearances count. |
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| The big question for us was when it would be seemly to be out again. |
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| A soliton is an ultra stable wave train often with a seemly simple closed shape, which can arise in the context of non-linear wave oscillations. |
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| The duty of feeding and clothing nursing mothers in a seemly manner is upon the father of the child. |
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| But in California, where Democrats control the governorship and both legislative houses, the politics was no more seemly. |
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| The widow's small thickset neighbours, gathered in the plain, seemly room, are doggedly attentive as the priest, comically, explains the afterlife to a ghost. |
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| A seemly distance between church and state is probably better for both, and certainly better for Spanish society at large. |
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| The Marriage Act of 1995 extended the range of places which could be licensed for the conduct of marriage to any location which was appropriately seemly and dignified. |
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| These eaves are low, deep and dignified, seemly of a private house of deep in the snow country. |
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| They've won accolades for their educational booklets, and produced a video and pamphlets for clients as well, guiding them through safe and seemly behaviour. |
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| They must comport themselves in a seemly and responsible way, avoiding any conduct that would bring them or the Agency or its government clients into disrepute. |
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| It wouldn't be seemly to eat this most delicious pale yellow, lemony sauce by the spoonful. |
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| I hope MPs would accept it would not be seemly to comment on the characteristics of or performance by individuals participating in a still ongoing process. |
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| But most Keynesians, anxious to appear fiscally responsible, say that budget deficits in bad times should be offset by surpluses in good times, keeping the level of debt seemly. |
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| In any normal democracy, it would surely have been more seemly for a candidate to wait until after winning the election before kicking out his prime minister. Russia is, of course, far from being either normal or democratic. |
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| It is now pursuing Mr Williams, Mr Adler and others with seemly vigour. |
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| It would therefore be good and seemly if governments were to show due respect to parliaments and to the authors of the draft constitution by ensuring that their deliberations are not governed entirely by one single motive. |
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| The sites of monuments must be the object of special care in order to safeguard their integrity and ensure that they are cleared and presented in a seemly manner. |
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| As a rising star in Leningrad's Kirov Ballet, he refused to show a seemly loyalty to the Communist Party. |
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| Each encounter was genuine and warm, from our hostels hosts, gas stations workers, seemly ordinary people on the streets, and children, especially the orphanage children. |
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