Example sentences of "it [verb] [adj] that [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gradually , it became apparent that this lady was definitely part of David 's life . |
| 2 | Soon after the completion of the Albert Dock , it became apparent that further dock accommodation would be required and the construction of the Edinburgh Dock was undertaken . |
| 3 | It became clear that neither country could win a victory that would compel the other to surrender . |
| 4 | This result was particularly striking when junctions were considered individually and it became clear that this relationship was at least partly independent of the amount of time spent at the junction , number of vehicles seen and the judgment of estimated risk made at the same time . |
| 5 | During the summer months of 1986 it became clear that this approach enjoyed strong backing from the United States and Britain . |
| 6 | Later , it became clear that this material , despite its potency , contained only about 1 per cent of pure penicillin and that it was almost entirely composed of material which was not penicillin . |
| 7 | Within a short while it became clear that this policy was damaging the rice crop . |
| 8 | Whilst the algorithm detailed in Appendix D ( flowchart D3 ) was under development , it became clear that this representation was not the best for this particular structure . |
| 9 | But in the years after his victory at Actium ( 31 BC ) it became clear that this form of portrait , bearing associations of foreign kingship , was ill suited to Octavian 's self-proclaimed role as the restorer of the Roman Republic . |
| 10 | There was an awkward pause during which it became clear that this hint was going to be ignored like all previous ones and then the Guider realised that the pause was going to continue . |
| 11 | Yeah , this , this is interesting , it gets confusing perhaps because erm , I rang British Section , British Section today erm , enquiring about er , ah , there it is , were , were are we , erm enquiring about er groups having two prisoners you brought this up last time and as the result of me talking to somebody there erm , it became clear that British Section still showed us as having Sabri Lushe as a prisoner , erm and they were n't aware that we were no longer dealing with him , he 'd been released , and what they say is they usually get conformation from International Secretarium |
| 12 | It became clear that most investment and credits in the urban sector had been used to finance further mechanisation and capitalisation , creating limits to labour absorption of industrial sectors . |
| 13 | An unprecedented crisis developed in Germany 's ruling coalition over the financing of unification as it became clear that further tax increases would be unavoidable . |
| 14 | In the discussion that followed it became clear that graduated PAF would not be popular . |
| 15 | During 1902 it became evident that larger capacity cars would be needed for the main Norbury — Purley line and fifteen were ordered , ten to belong to the Corporation and five to the B.E.T . |
| 16 | Within months it became obvious that increased demand on the Midland electrified lines ( at last free from industrial problems and stock defects ) would make additional units necessary . |
| 17 | Since the Education Act 1980 began the emphasis on parental choice of schools , it became obvious that comparable information must be available about the various schools . |
| 18 | Once they were revealed , it seemed extraordinary that either operation should have borne the stamp of the American government ; they seemed to be bad dreams . |
| 19 | As I thought about it it seemed extraordinary that any man should endure such behaviour and still wish to marry the object of his desire . |
| 20 | She ignored the flickering screen , and let her thoughts drift on , because it was one of those rare times when she was thinking well , when striking and truthful ideas seemed to occur to her effortlessly , rising fully articulated into the mind , when it seemed possible that one day she might write poetry . |
| 21 | As bile salts release PYY and PYY has been reported to slow intestinal transit time , it seemed possible that this peptide plays a role in the regulation of ileal motility . |
| 22 | It seemed possible that American impulsiveness or ambition might ignite a powder train from the Far East to Europe and accidentally precipitate the Third World War . |
| 23 | Indeed , while some laptop devices had emerged such as the Cornucopia and the Dynabook , it seemed unlikely that handheld CD-ROM technology of any kind would make much impact in world markets for some years . |
| 24 | I knew very little about boats , and had hated what little experience of sailing I had had , but it seemed unlikely that any boat would shut down its engine until it was safely round into the bay , or even then . |
| 25 | Since methylation of Dcm seems to proceed through binding of SAM to the active site ( see above ) it seemed plausible that this reaction may be stimulated by the presence of DNA . |
| 26 | In each case it seemed clear that local adaptation was taking place , showing — as far as Pearson and Weldon were concerned — that natural selection was an effective evolutionary mechanism . |
| 27 | He said it seemed inevitable that free travel for pensioners in Cleveland would have to end . |
| 28 | It seems impossible that any mother would be able to find her own babe from among such a throng . |
| 29 | It seems strange that this phenomenon , so necessary both for social cohesion and for the development of real harmony between ourselves and our horses , has been given less attention than pecking order : a reflection , perhaps , on the observer more than on the observed . |
| 30 | Although only a few cases have been studied , it seems probable that extensive infiltration and smooth muscle replacement by amyloid deposits occur in patients with AH amyloidosis , as shown in our case . |