Example sentences of "of [adj] it [verb] [adj] that " in BNC.
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1 | During the summer months of 1986 it became clear that this approach enjoyed strong backing from the United States and Britain . |
2 | For an exciting moment at the beginning of 1918 it seemed possible that the pacifists might push Labour into collision with a Government still adamant that nothing short of overwhelming military victory could provide the basis for peace . |
3 | About the middle of 1942 it became evident that in order to make the night bombing raids over Germany more effective , some form of air marking would have to be developed to guide the aircraft more accurately to their targets . |
4 | In the summer and autumn of 1989 it seemed possible that this might no longer be true . |
5 | In view of waning Axis fortunes in the summer of 1944 it seemed curious that when the Spanish Foreign Minister , Jordana , died in August he was replaced by Spain 's ambassador to occupied France , José Felix Lequerica Erquiza , a man of known Axis sympathies . |