Example sentences of "it [was/were] clear that [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the end of the 1980s it was clear that many UK banks were overexposed to overseas lending risks , especially in less developed countries ( LDCs ) . |
| 2 | NB In spite of our attempt to seek information relating only to time spent on specific work on the nature of language and its role in the world , it was clear that many respondents considered that any course on ( e.g. ) language teaching methods or reading methods was entirely ‘ about ’ language . |
| 3 | By 1980 it was clear that such villages were doing little to improve the lot of their members , whose livelihood now depended on their effective integration into the cash economy . |
| 4 | Hence I take the view that the absence of any reference to the criterion of proportionality in the B. & Q. judgment is not of fundamental importance and that the reason for the omission lay in the specific circumstances of the case , from which it was clear that any obstacles which might be created were not particularly serious . |
| 5 | They were relaxed and puffing on cigarettes ; it was clear that any responsibility for the inert procession which now crocodiled back out of the village failed to bother them . |
| 6 | It was clear that some notion of popular sovereignty provided the only plausible basis on which to challenge the theory and practice of absolutism . |
| 7 | It was clear that some economies were possible if more generic drugs were prescribed rather than branded drugs . |
| 8 | It was clear that some clients would let their whole lives revolve around daily contact with their dealers . |
| 9 | Many of my envelopes came back ‘ Return to Sender ’ , and it was clear that most members had died or were very elderly . |
| 10 | From an early stage in fieldwork I found it necessary to make a special index to notes which recorded what Zuwaya said about the past , for it was clear that these references and descriptions were recurrent themes . |
| 11 | His nationalisation and fury at British exploitation made it impossible for him to compromise even if it was clear that this policies were self-destructive . |
| 12 | It was clear that this knowledge was distressing her . |
| 13 | In the fifth week the original baseline condition ( no intervention ) was applied for two nights only because it was clear that this problem had virtually disappeared . |
| 14 | This point was not argued any further but afterwards it was clear that this teacher was not satisfied with the response . |
| 15 | The band agreed to let them issue a cassette containing a free badge and it was clear that both parties were supporting each other . |
| 16 | It was clear that both parties were set on a collision course , and I could not see the possibility of an out-and-out win for Mrs Castle . |