Example sentences of "[pron] was clear [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once it was clear that no demonstrations would take place , the students became nervous about the ‘ xuechao ’ and began to withdraw from any action which could have been construed as political activism . |
| 2 | With the formulation by Schrödinger in 1925 of the wave equation for an electron , it was clear that a solution to it could pave the way to a direct quantitative predictive method for most , if not all , chemical phenomena by using the values of a small number of physical constants . |
| 3 | It originates from an Italian request to the Council of Ministers in 1973 to identify environmentally ‘ balanced ’ and ‘ unbalanced ’ areas in the Community ; the first attempts to do this were unsuccessful and , though by 1981 it was clear that a new approach based on an environmental information system was the most promising one , funding for this was not secured until 1985 . |
| 4 | Within the NEB it was clear that a regional — let alone a city — dimension was never to play a very important role in determining policy . |
| 5 | Though these objectives were expressed in economic terms , it was clear that a political purpose lay behind them . |
| 6 | By 1966 it was clear that a fourth channel was some way off . |
| 7 | In the unlikely event that a prosecution were brought in these circumstances , and it was clear that a sado-masochistic pact existed between the parties , the judge could take this into account in sentencing . |
| 8 | When the form of the Christian church was being developed , it was clear that a different type of design was . |
| 9 | By the time a permanent replacement for the prototype was contemplated , it was clear that a definitive method of handling software had been evolved . |
| 10 | Despite Anthony Fauci 's assertion that ‘ the virus is the major factor in HIV disease , ’ it was clear that a shift in emphasis is taking place from direct antiretroviral strategies to immune-directed therapies . |
| 11 | By 1986 it was clear that an actual return of the territories to Jordanian sovereignty would threaten his long term authority on the East as well as the West Bank . |
| 12 | Again , it was clear that the ministers and their parliamentary colleagues , many of whom in any case disliked the scheme , would not pass into legislation any bill which had been declared contrary to church teaching by the bishops . |
| 13 | It was clear that the true purpose of this meeting went a great deal deeper than mere small chat . |
| 14 | It was clear that the Major 's wife was the chief lady guest , as she was seated on Dr Iverson 's right , the Major sitting on Margot Iverson 's right . |
| 15 | It was clear that the premises were used for viewing works of art stored there by Capricorn and that it controlled access to the vault . |
| 16 | In the case of an eighth-century Pre-Khmer bronze figure of a Bodhisattva , estimated at £40,000-£60,000 , the body had been tested and proved ancient but it was clear that the head had once been broken off and re-attached . |
| 17 | When the campaign opened , it was not immediately obvious which particular issues the parties would choose to stress ; but by the middle of the campaign it was clear that the Conservatives were focusing on defence issues where their policy was so much more popular than Labour 's , if only because it seemed so much simpler to explain . |
| 18 | In Sir Ian Gilmour 's Inside Right , a defence of the post-1945 political consensus , it was clear that the Tory centrists could fight back , and the monetarist radicals had , therefore , to be wary . |
| 19 | Even when the Scottish and Welsh Bills became law in July 1978 it was clear that the issue was very far from settled and that the referendums , finally announced for 1 March 1979 , would be the decisive factor . |
| 20 | It was clear that the free-enterprise ( indeed , Thatcherite ) peoples of Hong Kong were likely to be swallowed up in a huge Marxist empire of uncertain direction . |
| 21 | By the time of the Wilson government in 1964 , it was clear that the old confidence in governmental planning was , for a variety of reasons , in some disarray . |
| 22 | Nevertheless , it was clear that the wisest Cambridge leaders whom he could consult would not regard his going as betrayal if he felt it right . |
| 23 | It was clear that the dominant element in his government , that is , the Conservatives , were determined upon an election . |
| 24 | Its only rallying cry remained free trade ; and yet it was clear that the 1931 election would result in a protectionist majority . |
| 25 | It was clear that the USA wanted no international control of commercial operations and would accept it only in the realm of technical standards . |
| 26 | It was clear that the lines were drawn and that the two countries would have to compromise or find allies if the conference was not to degenerate into a complete fiasco . |
| 27 | It was clear that the ANC would , from then on , be a minority party relying heavily on local support in the Southern Province . |
| 28 | By the late 1970s , however , it was clear that the project had failed in nearly all of its objectives . |
| 29 | It was clear that the longer the current unstable crisis atmosphere persists , the stronger the opposition 's bargaining position becomes . |
| 30 | Holding , and when he finally bowled Amiss for a splendid 203 it was clear that the follow-on would not be avoided . |