Example sentences of "it [verb] [adj] [that] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This strategy was scrapped when it became apparent that the government needed to take some action before the students revved up again for another outbreak of violence . |
| 2 | But when bad debt provisions , the lost opportunities and the thousands of management hours were taken into account , it became apparent that the Crocker episode had cost the bank more than £1.5bn and destroyed its pretentions as an international force . |
| 3 | When it became apparent that the land was too small to construct a museum on , the Terras bought a three and a half acre site opposite the Monet gardens . |
| 4 | Throughout the earlier investigations it became apparent that the contribution of weak overlap was considerably smaller than that of strong overlap . |
| 5 | In March , however , the Halifax decided against this course of action while it became apparent that the Abbey National was going to face some opposition from its members who feared that an incorporated society would be more interested in the welfare of its shareholders than of its depositors and borrowers . |
| 6 | Unable to avoid it , however , he faced O'Rourke in New Orleans where it became apparent that the Irishman had no idea of fighting ; Burke was able to hit him at will . |
| 7 | With the discovery of better-preserved material it became apparent that the graptolites consisted of rows of tiny cups which were interconnected by a common canal — they were colonial animals . |
| 8 | Glynn 's fax duly arrived and when it became apparent that the wiring was beyond the skills of a cack-handed caveman they promptly offered to collect the guitar ( I only live in Aberdeen ! ) , modify it and return it within a few working days . |
| 9 | But as I continued , it became apparent that the course planners were having increasing difficulty in getting each lesson on to one cylinder . |
| 10 | It became apparent that the company needed to reorganize fundamentally . |
| 11 | By 1988 it became apparent that the lack of scientific software for the Altos system , together with the expenses which would have been necessary to upgrade the operating system and install new communication facilities , necessitated a through review of our computing activities , and a strategic assessment of the Garden 's computing requirements . |
| 12 | During a visit by Hodgkinson to the Sisters ' Provincial Headquarters in London , it became apparent that the whole of the Convent site — with its buildings — was on offer if requested . |
| 13 | At this point , it became apparent that the systems being considered had lower priorities than other current developments , and as a result , the proposed pilot studies for DIP systems were discontinued , and the analysts concentrated on the development of the index system only . |
| 14 | In the early stages it became apparent that the conference would go further than Kerekou had anticipated in discussion of future political reforms . |
| 15 | It became apparent that the business was haemorrhaging cash because John 's partner had been spending it unwisely and indiscriminately . |
| 16 | At first it was felt that the variety of reference systems in use had developed because of inept control mechanisms and general lack of discipline in applying procedures , but as the analysts ' knowledge increased , it became apparent that the references had evolved to suit the needs of users , needs which were considerably different throughout the departments . |
| 17 | With the acquisition of the Southern Collection it became apparent that the accommodation allocated to the Theatre Collection was seriously inadequate . |
| 18 | As the summer progressed into autumn , it became apparent that the days of strain and worry were far from over . |
| 19 | In the decade after 1833 it became apparent that the district courts , which had original jurisdiction in all civil cases and most criminal ones , were unable to handle the litigation brought before them without long delays . |
| 20 | As the smoke cleared , it became apparent that the beneficiaries included Mr Walesa himself . |
| 21 | He said : ‘ When police officers attended the scene it became apparent that the media were also in attendance — how they came to be in attendance is not known and not through any action on our part . |
| 22 | Kubrick was also responsible for casting Jean Simmons in the film when it became apparent that the actress originally chosen was inadequate . |
| 23 | Their hopes were short-lived however when at a subsequent meeting it became apparent that the study was to concentrate on settlement patterns in the region , ( a well-worn path taken in an attempt to justify existing policies advocating the centralisation of rural development ) , rather than the more fundamental questions of how existing patterns of land ownership influence these settlement patterns . |
| 24 | It became apparent that the muskrats which possessed an adequate territory were generally safe from mink predation . |
| 25 | It became recognised that the suffering experienced by the people of Bangladesh as a result of the high incidence of diarrhoeal diseases could be relieved , at least partially , by Oral Rehydration Therapy . |
| 26 | When it became possible that the assailants might be other children , the fiend could only be collectivised : an anti-society of the dispossessed , those beneath Christian morality whose drugged souls are already forfeit . |
| 27 | In Whitehall , Smith was pleased with the progressing organisation built up by Verity , but in 1949 it became clearer that the bottlenecks were not only on site steel but in the inadequate response of the pipework and boiler manufacturers . |
| 28 | As it became clear that the Bolsheviks were prepared to make peace on terms which fully restored Polish territorial integrity , the wave of anti-war feeling subsided as quickly as it had appeared . |
| 29 | Nevertheless , as the month progressed it became clear that the scandal involved opposition party members as well as members of the LDP . |
| 30 | During the course of the meeting it became clear that the council is considering withdrawing the bill for a second time in the hope of being able to adopt a new parliamentary order-making procedure under the 1992 Transport and Public Works Act , which may come into force in the next parliamentary session . |