Even Holyfield's prediction doesn't seem to have got under his skin.
At first, he said, the predictions seemed to be correct.
As the new term starts, the grave prediction he was warned about seems to be coming true.
That prediction seemed to be coming true last year, when private inflows of foreign capital all but dried up.
How foolish that prediction seems to me now from the hindsight of three decades.
Over time, all the dire warnings and predictions seem to have the opposite of the intended effect.
The gloomy predictions that no one would clear seemed to have a ring of truth.
Pessimistic early predictions seem to be confirmed by more recent data.
In Busati's heat, the predictions all seemed to come true.
Their predictions that women could have fulfilling careers, marriage and children seemed badly off the mark.