Example sentences of "[vb past] [adj] that a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 As the Court on Oct. 13 shifted attention to the body of documentary evidence brought before it , it became clear that a decision on summoning the final witnesses , including Gorbachev , would be postponed until after the document stage .
2 But when the Assembly met for its first session on 5 January 1918 it immediately became clear that a majority of the deputies were hostile to the government and the Assembly was forcibly disbanded .
3 Furthermore , it became clear that a number of the parties would be arriving some time before the three days set aside for the conference , thus giving themselves time to prepare their ground and gauge the mood of fellow guests , though their exact arrival dates were , again , uncertain .
4 In the extensive research undertaken for the book it became clear that a number of particular issues posed the greatest challenges to potential returners and to prospective employers .
5 But it seemed likely that a scandal of some sort would eventually break .
6 It seemed ridiculous that a newcomer like Gary could be any threat to a well-established house like Mattli .
7 It hardly seemed fair that a kid of — what would she be ?
8 I made sure that a couple of books were left at home so that there was more room .
9 He realised first that a muon in the vicinity of a hydrogen atom would orbit 207 times nearer to the central nucleus than would the electron , and so the muon would get inside the electron 's orbit and take over the electrical attraction of the proton ; it is an atomic ‘ excuse me ’ dance routine .
10 In the 1960s it became apparent that a revision of the features was needed , and the new set was introduced in Chomsky and Halle ( 1968 ) , pp.293–329 , rather pretentiously called ‘ The Universal Set of Phonetic Features ’ .
11 It also became apparent that a means of removing hardness salts in water was necessary , particularly for steam raising boilers .
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