Example sentences of "it [verb] [adj] that [noun pl] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When it became apparent that learners were not mastering grammatical structures by this method , pattern practice was introduced , and with the advent of language learning laboratories , the student spent much of his time listening to and mechanically repeating drills . |
| 2 | When it became clear that conservatives were dominating the Congress , many members of the Democratic Platform resolved to leave the CPSU and form their own party called ( in November 1990 ) the Republican Party of the Russian Federation . |
| 3 | It matters little that consumers are still cautious . |
| 4 | Already it seems clear that superantigens are yet another example of microbial pathogens evolving mechanisms to use and subvert the immune response ; we shall hear more of their role in infective and autoimmune disease . |
| 5 | It seems likely that responses were sometimes in terms of whether the post was full-time or part-time , and sometimes whether training responsibility was full or part-time , and that this genuinely reflects the rather confusing diversity of titles held by library staff with training responsibilities . |
| 6 | It seems likely that permits are increasingly being given for non-manual occupations , which has tended to favour the white inhabitants of developed countries such as the USA and South Africa . |
| 7 | And it seems likely that charities are being specifically targetted , as Simon Garrett explains |
| 8 | Given such a responsible , indeed daunting task , it seems paradoxical that parents are not trained to rear their children ; and children certainly are n't in a position to bring themselves up properly without help . |
| 9 | As more and more frauds emerge it becomes apparent that conmen are trying to dupe vulnerable people . |
| 10 | But look more closely at the statistics , look at what is really happening on the streets and in the shops , look at how people 's lives are changing , and it becomes clear that things are not nearly as bad as they are painted . |