The puzzle is why the nation seems to be getting less commercial bang for its research buck.

Or maybe it was just political office everywhere, because the nation as a whole seemed to be in about the same shape.

Yesterday, the two nations seemed to be trying to smooth over their differences.

The entire nation seemed to take time out to watch.

They come as the nation seems to be in transition to a new gestalt.

Even the nations involved seemed to have changed, split and coalesced.

A whole nation seemed querulously to be headed the same way.

The nation once more was on the move, and seemed to be growing less repressive.

As the king left for the Continent, the nation seemed to be on the brink of civil war.

These two nations seemed so far apart on this chilly evening.