Example sentences of "it [vb past] [adv] clear [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As experimenters came under pressure to test their laboratory theories in the forests themselves , it became increasingly clear that whatever was killing the forests , it was not a single known pollutant . |
| 2 | It became increasingly clear that the Council was unlikely to be able to provide services , most notably sewerage , for houses in their new housing centres . |
| 3 | But as the economies of other countries around the world began to collapse , it became increasingly clear that the Depression was no brief passing phase . |
| 4 | Indeed , in the course of our research it became increasingly clear that many of those commenting upon the " new " temporary working were making reference to the same small number of examples of this practice — examples , moreover , in which the number of temporary workers actually employed was often very low [ see Chapter 7 ] . |
| 5 | Although progress on the issue of the local elections had been made in August , it became increasingly clear that opposition demands for them to be held prior to the presidential poll were unrealistic . |
| 6 | But it became increasingly clear that he did not . |
| 7 | Erm , it became very clear that that , that bid erm , was in fact , at an early stage , that that bid was not , did not have a realistic chance of being successful , so as , as you know Chairman , when you went on the delegation to see er , Mr in London , actually at that meeting , er , the members of the delegation said to the Secretary of State , well , we recognize , Secretary of State that it 's the wrong area , what we 'd like to really argue for is a bid for the urban core out in Browsley , erm , in , at the end of the day , we did n't even quite get that , but what we did manage to get was objective two status for the urban core of Telford still , and I think that was probably against the odds . |
| 8 | It became quite clear that the less immediately obvious tendency to back /a/ , which had also been observed , was a much more regular process and was associated with young ( chiefly male ) speakers . |
| 9 | It seemed to be of horsemen having a nice peaceful ride in the wood — picnickers , almost — until I discovered the animal , when it became perfectly clear that it had been a hunting scene all along . |
| 10 | It became so clear that he was not optimistic about the possibilities of a peaceful settlement with Russia that Julia said : |
| 11 | Such was the pattern up to and including the minority of James V. With Mary 's , it became abundantly clear that the age of limited political struggles was over . |
| 12 | But as the figure mounted still further , as it became abundantly clear that the Cabinet was barren of remedy , as the harsh eloquence of Oswald Mosley 's attacks damaged without moving the Government from which he had recently resigned , so comforting oratory became less of a substitute for action . |
| 13 | To every one else at the meeting it seemed quite clear that MacDonald intended to resign , and S.B. returned front it convinced that he would have to form a Government . |