Example sentences of "it [adv] become [adj] [conj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It swiftly became apparent that congress would not go along with such an increase , especially after the big Democratic gains in the 1974 elections .
2 When we met up as planned , it soon became apparent that Paul had in fact researched the matter in hand extremely thoroughly , and I had an impressive number of addresses and names of contacts to take back to Katrina .
3 But it soon became apparent that Britain still preferred little more than an effective interlocking system of treaties along the lines of the Treaty of Dunkirk : increasingly , if these were initiated , they would be little more than holding operations until the United States shared in the defence of Western Europe .
4 A mechanical bush-clearing company was called in , but it soon became apparent that machines could not accomplish all that was required , and labourers from other tribes were set to work .
5 It soon became apparent that customers had different requirements for the number and type of transput devices to be attached to their computer .
6 It soon became apparent that men were being discharged too soon , to make room for a growing number of casualties .
7 However , it soon became obvious that Inez was not to be found , and everything I learned about Matthew Glynn convinced me that he was an honest man . ’
8 After potential topics were tentatively divided into meanings and non-meanings , it soon became clear that meanings could not be included into the range of possible existents .
9 This done it soon became clear that Clairvaux had been no more than a pretext and that the real problems lay elsewhere .
10 But it soon became clear that Washington was prepared to promise no more than a continuing exchange of views " to bring our respective viewpoints as close as possible " .
11 It soon became clear that Sam and Luke had many acquaintances in common ; they chatted easily , and Anna was skilful at drawing Merrill into the conversation .
12 He remained with Champneys until 1880 , but it soon became clear that architecture would never be his chief preoccupation .
13 However , it soon became clear that Laura could not secretly organize such a major undertaking while based abroad , and , in desperation , brought in Deborah , She , realizing the potential of the project , begged another year and set up the operation openly in the company 's London workroom at Clapham .
14 It soon became clear that France 's tradition of ‘ assimilation ’ and centralised control over her colonies had won out over any real desire to share power with native peoples .
15 It soon became clear that breach of confidence was actionable per se , and did not require a contractual relationship between the parties .
16 Roy Bailey made his Palace debut at the age of just 17 years , but he only became our regular goalkeeper after his spell of National Service had ended early in 1953 , and then it soon became clear that Roy was a goalkeeper of the highest quality , even though he was performing in a Palace side that was almost invariably struggling .
17 But once you 're up and running it soon becomes clear that networks let you do a whole host of other things .
18 But it soon becomes clear that rhino is keen on other things .
19 In 590 it further became apparent that bishop Egidius of Rheims had been involved in Rauching 's plot , and he was deposed from his see .
20 It quickly becomes evident that Hoving has more on his agenda than just reportage , and like Nancy Reagan in My Turn , his primary concern is with settling old scores .
21 It also became clear that women were greatly under-represented among that minority of elderly people who had such occupational pensions .
22 It does not make it any easier to do what we have to do , but it makes seeing what we have to do much clearer , because it then becomes obvious that Serbia has been the blatant aggressor in the war and that its aggression simply can not be tolerated by the international community .
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