Example sentences of "it [adv] [verb] clear " in BNC.

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1 Mrs Frizzell digested this truth , and the import of it slowly became clear to her .
2 In Year I of the core subject of Information Systems , therefore , emphasis is given to creating within the student the facility for gathering information efficiently , analysing it systematically and acting on it effectively using clear , concise communication techniques .
3 It suddenly became clear to me that I was assumed to be equally as wilfully ignorant .
4 It nevertheless seems clear that the brand of Whiggery we associate with the Walpolean ascendancy of the 1720s and 1730s was very different from that which had been predominant for much of the later-Stuart period .
5 It soon became clear that I could no longer rely on friends for help with everyday chores like shopping and housework when I needed it .
6 It soon became clear that I could no longer rely on friends for help with everyday chores like shopping and housework when I needed it .
7 It soon became clear that I could no longer rely on friends for help with everyday chores , like shopping and housework , when I needed it .
8 However , with the emergence of the Southern Irish state , it soon became clear that this secularization of the state form was not to signify an absence of Roman catholic power in the construction of public morality , but rather an indirect recognition of the sovereignty of the church in most areas of moral concern besides education .
9 As the depression began to affect West Coast loadings it soon became clear that it was no longer possible to sustain the level of service provided in the 1974 Glasgow electric timetable .
10 However , it soon became clear that fewer than 30 defectors would be available and that they would demand an unacceptable political price .
11 Allan Lamb took over the captaincy and did his best , but it soon became clear that without Gooch they were nothing like the same team .
12 The main item on the agenda was future policy in Ulster but it soon became clear that another issue had become dominant .
13 In one demonstration my car was stopped at a hospital entrance but it soon became clear that much of the resentment was directed at what were seen as remote hospital authorities ‘ up there , .
14 Also , in the meantime , a military revolt had taken place in the Spanish army , lead by General Franco , and it soon became clear the division of the contending sides were , on the one side , The Nationalists who were strongly supported by Italy , Germany and Portugal , and on The other side , the government forces , supported by Communist Russia , which led to that side being referred to as ‘ Republicans ’ .
15 It was published on 22 July , and it soon became clear that the schools were not interested .
16 The domination of textual analysis produced , at its worst , cultural criticism of a wilfully indigestible form and , even at its best , it soon became clear that text-based analyses yielded only text-based solutions .
17 But disappointment began to set in by the time the ballot boxes had been emptied , and when the second stage of the count began , at 12.45 a.m. , it soon became clear that it would be a two-horse race .
18 Roy Bailey made his Palace debut at the age of just 17 years , but he only became our regular goalkeeper after his spell of National Service had ended early in 1953 , and then it soon became clear that Roy was a goalkeeper of the highest quality , even though he was performing in a Palace side that was almost invariably struggling .
19 It soon became clear that I was not the only moth cruising Karen 's flame .
20 Gradually she got used to thinking of Angel as Corrie , but it soon became clear that she would never be able to claim her as her own .
21 It soon became clear that somewhere in his furtive passage he had lost his way — that at least was the opinion expressed by the Bishop of Chester as he fended off Lord Charles 's passionate advances .
22 Greeted that evening by our charming host Eduard de Nazelle , Sales Director of Champagne Veuve Cliquot , it soon became clear that a special night lay ahead .
23 At the launch of Smith 's campaign , it soon became clear that he intends to encourage rather than to lead the debate about the party 's future .
24 Life had not prepared him for the task , and it soon became clear that he lacked the natural shrewdness and strength of character that a Gdansk plumber was to show the Polish bosses three years later .
25 It soon became clear that there was a struggle going on within his party , between the Communists , who wanted violent measures , completely unscrupulous , and the more moderate Socialists , aided by one or two older leaders who saw the promise of Aung San .
26 On my return to Burma in November 1945 I was Archdeacon of Rangoon , but it soon became clear that my main attention would have to be devoted to working for understanding and peace .
27 However , the directors insisted that the cashier 's records should be examined and it soon became clear that there were discrepancies in the accounts .
28 It soon became clear that nothing which came up to my expectations was open to me .
29 Fergie says : ‘ Finally something did happen , but it soon became clear that the Queen was just not capable of getting involved in emotional , personal problems — even though it involved her own flesh and blood . ’
30 It soon became clear that disabled people were neglected , depressed by disability , oppressed by poverty and hidden behind closed doors , ’ he says .
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