Example sentences of "[coord] it [adv] [verb] [adj] that " in BNC.

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31 Gradually she got used to thinking of Angel as Corrie , but it soon became clear that she would never be able to claim her as her own .
32 On my return to Burma in November 1945 I was Archdeacon of Rangoon , but it soon became clear that my main attention would have to be devoted to working for understanding and peace .
33 Fergie says : ‘ Finally something did happen , but it soon became clear that the Queen was just not capable of getting involved in emotional , personal problems — even though it involved her own flesh and blood . ’
34 One publisher was interested initially , but it soon became clear that the book Denyer was proposing was n't one they wanted to market without the pulling power of a big name .
35 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 .
36 Other speakers followed , but it soon became clear that she had spoken for ail present .
37 He remained with Champneys until 1880 , but it soon became clear that architecture would never be his chief preoccupation .
38 The HWIM system experimented briefly with this method ( Woods et al 1976 ) , but it soon became clear that such an approach was unrealistic .
39 They were not supposed to play a part in managing them , but it soon became clear that they would do so .
40 But it soon became clear that Washington was prepared to promise no more than a continuing exchange of views " to bring our respective viewpoints as close as possible " .
41 We published a lightning report , Save the Woburn Canova , quoting golden opinions of the statue from leading luminaries of the arts ; but it soon became evident that the chances of raising the necessary funds were very slim .
42 But it soon became evident that there were many kinds of interferon , all produced when cells were exposed to particular viruses but varying in their exact nature according to the cells which produced them and the species of animal from which the cells originated .
43 I was desperately seeking some sort of reassurance , some sort of comeback from someone , but it soon became plain that I was not going to get it from her .
44 Comfort can be taken from hoping that her daughter will grow up into ‘ a brilliant and glorious human being ’ , but it soon becomes clear that , beneath her cool , confident exterior , Camille too is damaged and vulnerable .
45 But it soon becomes clear that rhino is keen on other things .
46 But it instantly became clear that I was n't speaking just for myself . ’
47 But it still remains significant that some of the pathetic figures are to be found on funerary urns .
48 Many of these are , and will be , disputed , but it still seems probable that such collisions must be considered as a regular feature of earth history .
49 Since both Koreas joined the UN in September 1991 , it looks slightly more possible that the two Chinas could be members as well ; but it still seems unlikely that China , committed to opposing formal Taiwanese independence by force , would allow it .
50 It was almost unthinkable that the Americans would refuse outright to grant the exemption , but it quickly became clear that they would prevaricate for as long as possible .
51 The Paris–Bonn axis , it is true , was about to be formalized , with the signing of the Franco-German treaty in January 1963 , but it quickly became clear that the Federal Republic was not willing to make this axis the basis of its foreign policy .
52 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 .
53 But it now seems possible that Pask will never come back to court .
54 It came to nothing and the two settled for the broadbrush alliance on the PowerPC RISC and the creation of Taligent Inc and Kaleida Inc , but it now seems clear that the idea of the big one still appeals to John Sculley , and according to the Independent on Sunday , Sculley was very much considered as the successor to John Akers , but his terms were that IBM sell the mainframe business and merge with Apple to create a profitable $30,000m a year company , and the courage of the outside directors failed them when they considered what announcement of such a deal might do to the IBM share price .
55 He was once credited with bringing back from Sweden the secret of how the mill worked , which he discovered while disguised as a wandering fiddler ( hence the nickname , ‘ Fiddler ’ Foley ) ; but it now seems clear that the first slitting mill in England was set up at Dartford , Kent , in 1590 .
56 Many say that the donkeys from Poitou in France are particularly suitable for siring mules , perhaps because they are particularly large , but it now seems doubtful that size is of any special virtue in obtaining the hybrid .
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