Example sentences of "and it was [adv] [adj] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No thought of any homework , and it was patently obvious that only Imran Khan and Javed Mianded seemed to be recognisable down there . |
| 2 | After only two visits , however , the novelty wore off , and it was patently obvious that Jeopardy and his partner were oblivious of his presence ; it became easy to ignore theirs . |
| 3 | They were sometimes denied the authority necessary for the fulfilment of their expected role , and it was critically important that they were seen as part of a school 's management team rather than being relegated to the position of mere facilitator . |
| 4 | It had been in Essex that , out of discontent with sitting at home , Leslie had requested a posting abroad ; and it was somehow appropriate that it was with the men of Essex that he should have ended the North African campaign . |
| 5 | In 1980 , the owner approached a local architect , John Wharton , to provide him with a design that could be easily executed by direct labour and it was immediately apparent that exploitation of the high volume of the main east-west wing of the building would be the best way of obtaining the maximum accommodation . |
| 6 | Keith Simmons , Alborne 's lethal striker , put them ahead with a goal from the centre spot right on kick-off , and it was immediately obvious that our radical 0-2-7 formation was not going to work . |
| 7 | Mind , I have always appreciated wild life , even if I was unaware of the names or importance in the ecological sense , and it was also apparent that our farm attracted some lovely butterflies , particularly on warm days . |
| 8 | There was no inherent cost advantage in moving over to an entirely new financing system and it was also clear that whatever system was chosen , taxation would still have to finance a giant share of the service . |
| 9 | He had already recognised that she was wearing poor clothing , and it was also obvious that she was taking her work seriously enough to sacrifice her privileged lifestyle and live among those of whom she wrote . |
| 10 | The story told her unconscious that to follow Hansel 's lead led her back , not forward , and it was also meaningful that although Hansel was the leader at the story 's beginning , it was Gretel who in the end achieved freedom and independence for both , because it was she who defeated the witch . |
| 11 | It was important that this strategy did not succeed and it was also important that the tactics of intimidation seen in 1979 did not win through in 1982 . |
| 12 | It was true Dudley spent most of his time at court and it was also true that he was one of the Queen 's favourites , but surely such was the path to wealth and advancement . |
| 13 | Kings wanted to build up reserves of bullion for the very practical reason that it would enable them to recruit armies , and it was also true that gold and silver had a great power to dazzle men 's minds . |
| 14 | As indicated in the literature ( Crocker and Fisher , 1974 ; Fischer , 1978 ; Calam and Elliott , 1987 ) the practitioner-researcher relationship is not always an easy one and it was particularly useful that the two researchers were part of the team in terms of giving feedback , answering queries , searching out missing information and reporting on the progress of the research . |
| 15 | He raised his arm and a man came from the buildings at the side of the field , and it was soon apparent that he was taking the car away . |
| 16 | It was encouraging that the wives saw themselves as having an increasing role to play and it was equally encouraging that in many cases they saw training courses as the best way of acquiring new skills and knowledge . |
| 17 | And it was equally obvious that Kirsty adored him . |
| 18 | And it was equally insistent that a policy of retreat would cause dismay in Washington , thereby diminishing Britain 's ability to exert influence over American policy . |
| 19 | The boy would hardly have been stupid enough to invent the tale about the lamps and it was easily possible that Ernie Passmore had been mistaken about the night . |
| 20 | He was manipulating her shamelessly and it was intensely irritating that he had homed in so accurately on the most effective way of doing it — not by bullying , but by appealing to her competitive instincts . |
| 21 | Cohen had no means of protecting himself ; he was an elderly Jew — well , perhaps not elderly but clearly past his prime — and it was most unlikely that he 'd have the guts or the strength to attempt physical resistance . |
| 22 | The CEB had previously exercised coordinating functions over generation , and it was thus natural that John Hacking and his other ex-CEB colleagues should play a large part in determining policy in this field . |
| 23 | Dark-haired and vivacious , she was a mature student who 'd already led three other Acorn Projects that summer , and it was instantly apparent that she was an old hand . |
| 24 | It was a fool 's paradise , but they were n't to know that , and it was hardly surprising that few worried much about the maintenance of British-financed production . |
| 25 | Ethel Hallow was the form sneak and goody-goody , and it was hardly surprising that Mildred felt unfriendly towards her after all the mean tricks Ethel had played during their first two terms , including almost getting Mildred expelled on two occasions . |
| 26 | An acute shortage of cotton had already reduced the civil hospitals to using bandages made of paper , and it was hardly surprising that there was also a human shortage in the country , so that soon after the Somme conscription of labour was decreed for the ages of seventeen to sixty . |
| 27 | The right of the inspector to be present at a review board had been legally challenged on one occasion and it was obviously necessary that he should be permitted to attend . |
| 28 | This was Renault 's fourth year with Williams and it was abundantly clear that the two companies had created a rarely achieved relationship between chassis builder and engine manufacturer , based on mutual respect and a firm resolve to win . |
| 29 | Food was unlikely to provide exactly the right nucleic acids ready-made , and it was more likely that they were being built up from their components . |
| 30 | The General Assembly was available and equipped to fulfil this role , and it was therefore logical that it should do so . |