Example sentences of "[adv] it [vb past] clear " in BNC.
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| 1 | The truth was that as the days went by and the heavy rain showed no sign of slackening for very long it became clear that something very frightening had begun to happen . |
| 2 | Soon it became clear the prospecting company was trying to suppress its excitement . |
| 3 | At first she tried not to stare at him , knowing how the feeling of someone looking over her own shoulder made her clumsy , but soon it became clear that he was no longer aware of her at all . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Thus it seemed clear that the lexical representation used for matching should already include a great deal of information about the word 's possible phonetic realisations . |
| 6 | Quickly it became clear that he had mistaken quiet and comfort for contentment . |
| 7 | Gradually it became clear that all these factors were chemically identical , and the single name , folic acid , was coined . |
| 8 | And gradually it came clear to him that every job the mate had given him had been carefully chosen to help him on his way to the bridge . |
| 9 | At the time of the revolt , the Queen and the Court were in residence for the summer at San Sebastian on Spain 's northern coast and once it became clear that her reign was at an end , Isabella crossed the frontier into France , asking Napoleon III for political asylum . |
| 10 | He chose not to read for a fellowship and once it became clear that he was no longer in the race for academic honours he was not required to take all the examinations . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | The more he thought about it , the more it became clear to him that this was a job for a real professional . |
| 13 | Also it became clear that the local currency was a problem . |
| 14 | At first they seemed so close together as to form an impassable barrier , but as they drew nearer it became clear that they were several yards apart . |
| 15 | Slowly it became clear that what Labour had in mind was a circular we had sent out three months earlier to health authority chairmen for comment , entitled Co-operation between the NHS and the private sector at district level . |
| 16 | I just thought of the poem , standing there , and then it seemed clear . |
| 17 | Finally , foreign museums started contacting the Ministry of Culture and asking if they could buy , let us say , a picture by Malévich or Popova , and then it became clear that I had the pictures . |
| 18 | Then it became clear . |
| 19 | From 1867 onwards it became clear that the boy must begin to learn his métier as heir to the throne and so a small household was established . |
| 20 | Since early last year , when it became clear that sales and profits were falling , the board has been pondering how ICI should be rationalised . |
| 21 | The process went so far in Algeria earlier this year that the army cancelled the results of general elections when it became clear that the Islamic Salvation Front would win an overwhelming victory . |
| 22 | Twice growing confidence has been dashed ; once in the aftermath of the Jennifer 's Ear broadcast ; then late on Wednesday when it became clear that the crucial poll breakthrough had not , after all , taken place . |
| 23 | It now seems likely that a ‘ joint list ’ of green candidates for local government posts will only be submitted in the Paris region , and the Alsace , An agreement reached in October 1982 that would have linked the Amis De La Terre ( AT ) , the Confederation Ecologiste and the Mouvement D'Ecologie Politique ( Now VPE ) disintegrated last month when it became clear that the VPE wanted to have a dominant say over its two partners . |
| 24 | By the 1870s , when it became clear that very little investment capital was going to flow from private sources or joint-stock ventures , and that the German people as a whole now viewed the development of the economy as part of the business of creating a strong and unified Reich , the Bank of Prussia became essential to all major German long-term investment plans . |
| 25 | There was a phase of hope and widespread optimism , at least until the agricultural distress of 1795 , when it became clear that there would sometimes be a problem in feeding such a vast population . |
| 26 | It had to be modified in 1961 when it became clear that a minority holding did not provide a certain defence against a determined takeover , but Whitbread continued to retain minority holdings in a number of regional brewers , which enabled them to retain their independence . |
| 27 | " Ladies and gentlemen , the fact that cholera is conveyed in the atmosphere is amply supported by the epidemic in Newcastle in 1853 when it became clear that during the months of September and October an invisible cholera cloud was suspended over the town . |
| 28 | The National Party leader , Charles Blunt , also resigned in the aftermath of the election defeat , announcing his decision on April 6 when it became clear that he had lost his seat in the federal parliament . |
| 29 | Its members organized aid for the Republican government while its leaders felt unable to do so until the following year when it became clear that neither Germany nor Italy had the slightest intention of discouraging aid to Franco . |
| 30 | Bill left the room , and immediately afterwards it became clear that it was too late to bring a bowl for Faye . |