Example sentences of "it [vb past] [adj] that the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a while it proved a highly successful combination , but eventually it became apparent that the Japanese spirit could not compensate for inferiority in industrial strength and natural resources in dispelling any sense of national insecurity . |
| 2 | During 1978 it became apparent that the existing methods of storing and handling personnel information were inadequate and in need of urgent review . |
| 3 | Yet a regression from those principles soon occurred after it became apparent that the orderly industrial relations which were sought were not being achieved ( Levine , 1958 ; Barkin , 1980 ) . |
| 4 | In other words , the Conservative party , and its propertied core constituency , became interested in new forms of appeal and organization when it became apparent that the political reliability and social stability of the lower orders could no longer be ensured by traditional methods of social and political control . |
| 5 | By November 1985 it became apparent that the real antagonists were neither the Westland company nor British Aerospace , but Michael Heseltine , as a vigorous champion of the European link , and Mrs Thatcher . |
| 6 | By the early 1970s it became apparent that the Soviet Union had become engaged in a much more competitive effort to acquire overseas facilities for similar functions to American ones . |
| 7 | And it became apparent that the general reading public was not only prepared , but positively eager , to listen . |
| 8 | Then it became apparent that the advertised service to London every 15 minutes had been reduced to a 30-minute service . |
| 9 | In attempting to relate this schema to social work in child care , it became apparent that the secondary level includes a very wide spectrum of client situations and work undertaken . |
| 10 | Nevertheless , during the course of the interviews and our con-versations with friends and contacts in the profession it became apparent that the local law society 's publicly stated reason for the promotion of the scheme provided only a partial explanation of its inception . |
| 11 | For example , having expanded components 1.0 to 7.0 of the model shown in Fig 12.5 , it became apparent that the main input to sub-system 8.0 ( ie ‘ adjust income/expenditure ’ ) was the detail of the College allocation of the total budget , with secondary inputs of information about the actual costs of providing the appropriate level of education . |
| 12 | But as Rome became first an Italian and then a Mediterranean power , it became inevitable that the Roman people should have contact with Greeks and with Greek art . |
| 13 | It became clear that the early models , while providing useful tools for progress in the study of communication theory , were limited in their application . |
| 14 | McDaid denied any links with the IRA and withdrew after it became clear that the junior partner in the government , the Progressive Democrats ( PDs ) , would not vote for a reshuffle including him . |
| 15 | It became clear that the shy , sensitive persona previously adopted by Morrissey was a thing of the past . |
| 16 | A self-consciously strict conventionalist judge would lose interest in legislation and precedent at just the point when it became clear that the explicit extension of these supposed conventions had run out . |
| 17 | However , despite the ingenuity of Shklovsky 's efforts , it became clear that the differential principle behind poetry could not be very extensively or very effectively applied to prose , and the functional opposition had to be constructed on rather different lines . |
| 18 | Twice growing confidence has been dashed ; once in the aftermath of the Jennifer 's Ear broadcast ; then late on Wednesday when it became clear that the crucial poll breakthrough had not , after all , taken place . |
| 19 | The process went so far in Algeria earlier this year that the army cancelled the results of general elections when it became clear that the Islamic Salvation Front would win an overwhelming victory . |
| 20 | It became clear that the relevant government ministers were deliberately hindering the progress of the necessary bill . |
| 21 | The scene was set for confrontation and as these confrontations continued without an end in sight , it became clear that the usual tactics of the unions were not going to work . |
| 22 | She had already found herself in isolation over progress to monetary union and the endorsement of a social charter of workers ' rights , and it became clear that the new European Community order would be built on an even closer alliance of France and West Germany . |
| 23 | With time it became clear that the new region was too distant from Tornsk to be controlled with ease . |
| 24 | In 1990 , it became clear that the 1984 guidelines needed revision . |
| 25 | Already after a few days it became clear that the German troops had not succeeded in repulsing the Normandy landing , and that the deployment of the V1 — rapidly dubbed ‘ Versager I ’ ( ‘ Failure No . |
| 26 | The decision was reportedly taken after it became clear that the French Disneyland would not make its expected profit this year . |
| 27 | Also it became clear that the local currency was a problem . |
| 28 | In the eighties it became clear that the social and ethical consequences of this state of affairs could be catastrophic . |
| 29 | In this time it became clear that the military and state security forces were not all solidly behind the coup , especially in the face of popular resistance , with Russian Federation ( RSFSR ) President Boris Yeltsin setting himself at the head of protesters apparently willing to fight for the new freedoms brought about by the reforms of perestroika . |
| 30 | But after a week or two it became evident that the various bridgeheads were being held and advances being made ( at what cost we did not then know , but could only guess at ) , and that this was in fact the big event we had all been waiting for . |