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The phrase "a statement that seemed" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing a statement that appeared to have a certain quality or implication, often in a subjective context.
Example: "The report included a statement that seemed to downplay the severity of the situation."
Alternatives: "a remark that appeared" or "a declaration that seemed".
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Over the past few years, we put more effort and resources toward expanding the business, and did not take enough measures to supervise our platform," founder and CEO Zhang Yiming said in a statement that seemed designed to appease internet regulators.
He also issued a statement that seemed to leave open the possibility of some resolution.
The Interior Ministry issued a statement that seemed to oversimplify the violence on Tuesday.
A short time later, the Romney campaign issued a statement that seemed to slightly soften its statement.
"I feel a bit better every day," she wrote, a statement that seemed to herald its own contradiction.
Mr. Barroso told reporters Wednesday that restrictions in Europe on genetically modified crops would not be up for discussion, a statement that seemed to conflict with U.S. demands that restrictions be based solely on scientific evidence.
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In a telephone interview from his home in Frankfurt, Mr. Frank said he knew nothing about the Holocaust, a statement that seems doubtful given his administrative role in Himmler's office.
In an opinion article published on Monday in The Washington Post, Mr. Kissinger made a long and complex argument about the international complications of any military campaign, writing that American policy "will be judged by how the aftermath of the military operation is handled politically," a statement that seems to play well with the State Department's strategy.
For example, Bush said there would be "no more easy money for corporate criminals, just hard time," a statement that seems especially ludicrous as America prepares to spend upward of $1 trillion to bail out its failed financial system.
It's difficult to overlook a statement that seems completely ignorant and ungrounded, and you'll likely have the urge to correct the person.
She smiles, and repeats a statement that seems common to many of her readers.
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