Example sentences of "it now look [adj] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whether it was the unsavoury reputation of the government of Lloyd George ; or whether it was the division in the party between the followers of Lloyd George and the followers of Asquith ; or whether it was the aftermath of universal suffrage and the desire of the working man for a party which he could call his own — it now looked certain that the party division of the country would no longer lie between Liberal and Conservative but in a wider gulf between Conservative and Labour , with the Liberal Party on the sideline . |
| 2 | He aimed to operate an air route towards the end of this year , but he said it now looked likely that the service will begin early next spring . |
| 3 | But Thomson has rejected the IEE 's offers and it now looks certain that the anniversary will be missed . |
| 4 | Despite his insistence that the deal is on schedule , it now looks certain that the offer as it currently stands will not proceed . |
| 5 | Less than a week ago , he said that this congress would strip the party of its ideology and change its name , but it now looks likely that he will have to settle for the second half of the forecast . |
| 6 | It now looks likely that this will not happen — a great RAF institution , and I use the word with care , will have passed away almost without notice … |
| 7 | It now looks likely that pension schemes will only have to backdate any equalisation of benefits between men and women to those in service on or after 17 May 1990 . |
| 8 | Yet it now looks inevitable that MPs and unions will be demanding the big spending schemes aimed at putting Britain back to work do exactly that . |