Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] [that] [pron] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ministers agreed to offer associate membership of the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) to the Soviet Union , although their final statement made clear that they were not prepared to sanction massive financial assistance , the so-called " Grand Bargain " without evidence of substantial economic reform . |
| 2 | To state the identity of a free person made clear that he was not an asocial person but a member of a group of free men . |
| 3 | The same qualifications characterized the University Statute of 1863 which , while granting the universities greater autonomy , made clear that it was to be exercised within narrow guide-lines . |
| 4 | S made clear that it was not prepared to agree to B 's terms , and that the price was not yet finalised , but agreed to commence work . |
| 5 | The surviving building accounts and his own drawings make clear that he was responsible for the execution and design of this remarkable house between 1580 and 1588 . |
| 6 | If you really like the place , make an offer — but make clear that it 's only ‘ subject to survey and contract ’ . |
| 7 | Soon after speaking to McMahon and Murphy , it became clear that they were as bewildered and anxious as I was . |
| 8 | Slowing down , she listened in case they were in the middle of a talk too personal to be interrupted ; but it soon became clear that they were discussing the house and the various improvements that might be made once Europe had reached some kind of normality again . |
| 9 | At first they seemed so close together as to form an impassable barrier , but as they drew nearer it became clear that they were several yards apart . |
| 10 | News of the final terms caused the shares to bounce 31p to 558p yesterday as it became clear that they were much more favourable to Kingfisher than the market feared when negotiations between the two sides came to light earlier this month . |
| 11 | The meeting broke up with mixed feelings , but after a few days it became clear that we were in business . |
| 12 | As the depression began to affect West Coast loadings it soon became clear that it was no longer possible to sustain the level of service provided in the 1974 Glasgow electric timetable . |
| 13 | ‘ It became clear that it was not possible to achieve desirable social change in the Third World by treating people as if they were isolated objects , living outside a social context . ’ |
| 14 | Bill left the room , and immediately afterwards it became clear that it was too late to bring a bowl for Faye . |
| 15 | The burden increased when it became clear that it was schools who would be held principally responsible in implementing the national curriculum , in taking the first steps in teacher appraisal and in managing their finances . |
| 16 | However , as the evidence developed before him , it became clear that it was not necessary for the carers to sleep overnight and thus , plus they did not need bedrooms and therefore a four bedroomed bungalow with rooms for the plaintiff , her parents , the night sleeper and one for Clare or to be used as a spare room , would be sufficient . |
| 17 | But it instantly became clear that I was n't speaking just for myself . ’ |
| 18 | It soon became clear that I was not the only moth cruising Karen 's flame . |
| 19 | When we met in the lounge it rapidly became clear that he was not in his usual good humour . |
| 20 | It became clear that he was heading east towards Zamora in the opposite direction to us at the same level after takeoff from Porto , and fully occupied flying his aeroplane — he did not respond to the controller 's requests for position reports or estimates . |
| 21 | He chose not to read for a fellowship and once it became clear that he was no longer in the race for academic honours he was not required to take all the examinations . |
| 22 | At first she tried not to stare at him , knowing how the feeling of someone looking over her own shoulder made her clumsy , but soon it became clear that he was no longer aware of her at all . |
| 23 | However , it became clear that he was dying . |
| 24 | My right hon. Friend referred to the Chancellor 's views but , when we asked him that question in the Select Committee , it became clear that he was not so much against it in principle as uncertain in his own mind what he should do . |
| 25 | When it became clear that she was adamantly opposed to his suggestion , he had decreed that upon reaching Dartmeet all her nonsense must stop . |
| 26 | Her companions alerted theatre staff when it became clear that she was having difficulty breathing . |
| 27 | When we discussed it , it became clear that there is a wide spectrum of response to the whole issue of private care , that the response from within the statutory services tends to be one of suspicion , tends to be one of sometimes a fairly moralistic approach and this is quite at odds with the response we are seeing from the government which tends to go to the other end of the spectrum and be promoting private care as the solution to many of the problems of service provision and volume that are being encountered at the moment . |
| 28 | However , the directors insisted that the cashier 's records should be examined and it soon became clear that there were discrepancies in the accounts . |
| 29 | Whereas initially sites were linked because they produced similar artefacts — stone tools rather than metal ones , for example — it soon became clear that there were different types of stone tools , to take just one group . |
| 30 | The hon. Gentleman might be referring to the fact that on receipt of the Southern board 's investment appraisal for the refurbishment of Banbridge hospital it became clear that there were a number of deficiencies in the document , as certain issues had not been properly addressed . |