The phrase "inference seems" is correct and usable in written English
You can use it when you want to express the likelihood, or conclusion, that can be drawn from evidence or clues. For example, "The data suggests the outcome was negative; inference seems to indicate the project was unsuccessful."
Also, from "x is a yellow bird" and "a bird is an animal" we do not hesitate to infer "x is a yellow animal," whereas no similar inference seems warranted in the case of "x is a good singer" and "a singer is a person".
The inference seems to be 'oh you're not ready yet... here's a little bit of development money, go away and practise a bit more until you're ready'".
The inference seems clear at first: this is a comically "Freudian" emanation from the unconscious of the figure on the couch – except that this initial schematic response won't exhaust the collage.
Because no one can ever observe all the swans in the world, but only particular groups of swans, according to Hume it would be logically indefensible to conclude that all swans are white no matter how reasonable such an inference seems.
This is a period when critics need to staple a memo to their foreheads warning them not to see everything as an allegory of American foreign policy, but the inference seems inescapable in Hidden and also in Cronenberg's A History of Violence, in which a decent middle American is targeted by a violent stranger.
Consequently, the Bayesian interpretation of inference seems to be simpler and more natural than the classical one (Pruzek, 1997), as well as providing a basis for coherent decision-making in situations of uncertainty such as gender differences (Western, 1999).
Yet the power of the tree, even by inference, seemed palpable.
The inference seemed to be that such evidence, if it existed, could only come out of wiretapping.
The inference seemed obvious: an economically conservative opponent with strong ties to the casinos posed a grave threat, but a social conservative did not.
The refusal to rank heartened each bidder; Vancouver noted that the panel picked fewer nits with its plan than the others' and, by inference, seemed to make it the first among equals.
I was talking with him 20 days ago more or less, and he knew everything," said Benitez, whose inference seemed to be that O'Neill was trying to curry favour with fans by his own outburst.
