The answer seems to be making little difference these days.

He seems to be making a huge effort to speak.

The real trouble is, nothing he says seems to be making any sense.

In fact, she seemed to be making a point of not looking at me.

I don't seem to be making a good start of it yet.

Very little of it seemed to be making sense, though.

But nothing seemed to be making much of an effort.

Mike seemed to be making a great effort to understand.

He seemed to be making a new start in life.

In fact, it seems to be making more changes just now, for no particular reason.