Example sentences of "it [verb] [adj] that his [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | It became apparent that his supporters in the presidential elections had switched their allegiance to Serrano , another evangelical Protestant , who was also expected to pick up second-round votes from the supporters of Arzu and of the now defunct small right-wing parties . |
2 | Hanne and Jens always hoped that Svend would join them on their farm , but when it became clear that his interests lay in constructional engineering they gladly supported him , despite their disappointment and the sacrifices they had to make . ’ |
3 | I could see that he was sceptical of our diplomatic capacity to do so ; and when , later , Chamberlain despatched a female relation to ‘ negotiate ’ with Mussolini , it became clear that his misgivings were justified . |
4 | Hugh , who had worn the uniform of a verderer for less than a twelvemonth , was no use to them as a guide and as the day grew on it became evident that his arm was causing him a great deal of pain . |
5 | It seemed likely that his desire to get into space was a personal one , rather than a blind urge to serve his motherland . |
6 | It seems inevitable that his hopes for a June start will be delayed . |
7 | Since Mr Haynes owns 62% of the group 's equity and gladly confesses to a liking for general publishing , it seems likely that his views on keeping the division will prevail . |
8 | For their part it seems likely that his errors and omissions were welcomed by Lewis and Shinwell as an excuse for breaking away from a situation and a personality they disliked in order to establish their own unions in their own communities |
9 | On a less theoretical level , it is also true that his expressions of anti-semitism occur in the Twenties or just before , when he was inclined to make misogynistic remarks also ; it was a period when his own personality threatened to break apart , and it seems likely that his distrust of Jews and women was the sign of an uneasy and vulnerable temperament in which aggression and insecurity were compounded . |
10 | It seems likely that his preoccupation with her promisingly clever older sister , Jenny ( Jane Alice ) , caused unhappiness in May 's childhood and further spurred her on to succeed in the practical arts . |
11 | Of his education little is known but it seems likely that his family engaged a private tutor for him — he may have also have been a private fee-paying pupil at the West of England School for the Deaf at Exeter . |
12 | It seems likely that his victims were two Hurricane IIs of ‘ C ’ Flight , 261 Squadron , which were operating under Flt.Lt . |