But what if your phone could alter your voice to make you seem more attractive and persuasive?
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Something that's relatively unknown to you will seem more dangerous than something that you've had a lot of exposure to previously.
If you seem to be more of a risk, then your rates will rise.
Aibo should now also recognize you, making it seem a little bit more like a real dog and a little less as if you're playing with a very expensive toy.
Cities seem more romantic when you share them with locals, and during the Roman winter, the intimate enotecas, or wine bars, are not teeming with tourists.
If you are a boomer or older, it may seem to you that the bananas of your youth were more succulent.
Remember that there is a long way to go before the election, and that you will seem better once Mr Blair accumulates more negatives.
You seem to say that if there were more armed individuals on schools there would be fewer killings but it is difficult to follow your argument.
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"Lara is still a bold and strong female character, and just because you show someone in circumstances where they seem more vulnerable, it doesn't make them less of a strong character, " Pratchett said.
Nonetheless, you get the gist: Small businesses seem more concerned about customers not being their to buy their stuff than they are about lower tax rates.
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The video, though, does make it seem like the app is going show you more than where convicted sex offenders live.
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Because there's certainly a fair number of areas in which African-Americans, you know, as a community would seem to be more likely to be Republican - church-going, family oriented.
"None of these applications, from sports-themed mini-games to high-speed arcade outings, seem to promise much more than what you'd find on your Wii console today, " he wrote after the event.
That may reflect the opportunity cost: in a boom skimping on sleep may mean you can earn more (though, like many things that seem a good idea at the time, the true costs may show up later).
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You seem puzzled over why Quebec would want to separate when it gets more than its fair share of federal largesse.
But the younger you are, the more both facets of the plan are likely to seem out of step with the times.
If you know what your aims are you can begin to break each aspect down into manageable pieces which will seem more achievable.
"They are guys who seem always to have gotten more out of their game then you might think, and have lasted longer than you might think, " he said.
That said if you had to choose a location to build a mine, few spots seem any more hospitable than Arizona.
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They seem to rise to their full capability, and in the long run you get more done.
You want to know what makes your in-house tech support people seem to be more than slightly odd?
That means that on any one page you will see fewer stories on your screen at any one time, making Facebook seem more like a tabloid newspaper, rather than the more broadsheet look of the past.
It seem more and more like a private club where most are kept out and once you are in, you are in for life.
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You are mostly looking for something that appears to be unusual or, more importantly, just does not seem right.
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"The moment you do that they're much more fragile - that means there are certain aspects of life which seem to be taking place in the absence of microorganisms, but there are clearly aspects connected to the presence of them, " he told BBC News.
Adverts that suggest a benefit for the family seem to work, such as that drinking bottled water while doing tai-chi in the park makes you a more energetic grandmother.
Indeed, when you compare the surprising break from central-bank orthodoxy with the likely limited impact of the scheme, it does seem more geared towards getting people's attention, and thus allowing the central bank to broadcast its argument.
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