Example sentences of "it [verb] [adj] that [noun] [is] " in BNC.
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1 | In the centuries that followed such shadings were shown to be transitory , and from these and other observations it became clear that Venus is completely and continuously covered in clouds . |
2 | From these sorts of consideration it became clear that light is made up of lots of particles . |
3 | Various authors have attributed these emissions to Ti and Mn respectively but , as Walker ( 1985 ) pointed out , the spectral bands are present in highly pure synthetic silica , and it seems certain that emission is intrinsic rather than due to impurities . |
4 | If we look at the history of the world , it seems surprising that love is included . |
5 | Very little is known about what triggers most animal viruses to follow either path ; indeed it seems possible that integration is a random and accidental process that does not occur at any specific sites on the chromosomes . |
6 | On current form , it seems unlikely that Oag is stringing anyone along . |
7 | Second , it seems unlikely that Africanus is making a bid for the words acceptis centum to be construed as establishing a trust in all circumstances . |
8 | It seems unlikely that monogamy is a natural state for the human animal . |
9 | It seems likely that dementia is the extreme end of a continuum of behaviour ; the point prevalence is to some degree determined by where the case definition line is drawn . |
10 | Nevertheless , it seems likely that Dury is considerably less of a pain in the ‘ April ’ these days . |
11 | Acetylcholine ( ACh ) and the enzymes that hydrolyse and synthesize it ( acetylcholine esterase and choline acetylase ) are present in relatively large quantities in insects ( Smallman and Mansing , 1969 ) and it seems likely that acetylcholine is a transmitter at neuropilar axo-axonic synapses ; y-aminobutyric acid ( GABA ) may also play a part in synaptic transmission in the neuropile . |
12 | Similarly Bennett ( 1976 : 5 ) remarks ‘ it seems likely that communication is primarily a matter of a speaker 's seeking either to inform a hearer of something or to enjoin some action upon him ’ . |
13 | It becomes evident that Julian is a representative figure of the writer when he decides to write a novel ( 82 ) , and Decibel that of the oral media when she declares writing to be her natural enemy ( 186 ) . |
14 | It becomes clear that Cicciolina is not the problem . |
15 | But it becomes clear that Krashen is not thinking of theory in general , that is to say of a theoretical perspective on pedagogy , but of a theory in particular which can be applied directly ; not , therefore , of the process of referring actual problems to abstract ideas but the process of making practice conform to a preconceived conceptual pattern . |
16 | ‘ Thus it becomes clear that Representation is fraud ’ ( chapter I , ‘ Parliaments ’ ) . |
17 | Once it becomes clear that recovery is likely , it may , for instance , lead a person to re-examine their lifestyle and come to positive decisions about how they would like to improve it and make more of its good features . |
18 | 1.3 ) which are conspicuous in later biographical tradition , it remains trile that Polybius is vague enough about the trial of Scipio Africanus to lead a historian like be Sanctis ( St. dei Romani IV , I , p. 594 ) to the false conclusion that Africanus was never tried at all ( Polyb. 23.14 . ) . |
19 | It remains true that sport is really all about competing well rather than winning , but when defeat becomes too common , particularly in activities in which we think we should excel , the moment may have come to do something drastic . |
20 | It remains true that Switzerland is not a place for ‘ convenience ’ skiing in the way that France is . |