Example sentences of "[adv] it [vb past] [adj] [that] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Soon it became clear that Sarah was seriously ill with rheumatic fever and would not be able to work for some time , and another girl , Hetty , was engaged temporarily . |
| 2 | Thus it became certain that Rennenkampf could not , for at least two , possibly three , days , come to Samsonov 's aid and that the entire German Eastern Group could , therefore , assail Samsonov 's right wing with impunity . |
| 3 | Clearly that justification collapsed once it became clear that shareholders in large public companies no longer exercised any real control or responsibility over their property . |
| 4 | Even now it seemed incredible that Mark — cynical , idle , sophisticated Mark , had actually joined that file of Catholic students who , during Holy Week , carried a heavy wooden Cross through the public streets and along the open road between London and Our Lady 's shrine at Walsingham . |
| 5 | From the beginning of 1984 when it seemed probable that Lord Hailsham would soon resign as Lord Chancellor , Sir John was widely discussed as his probable successor in the Thatcher cabinet . |
| 6 | After the meeting of the Cabinet held that same Sunday evening , when it became apparent that agreement could not be reached on the economy package , MacDonald , on his way to the palace , told Sir Ernest Harvey , the Deputy Governor of the Bank of England : ‘ I am off to the Palace to throw in my hand . ' |
| 7 | Since early last year , when it became clear that sales and profits were falling , the board has been pondering how ICI should be rationalised . |
| 8 | Again and again it became apparent that politics had not brought most of these youngsters to the YCs . |