Example sentences of "but it [adv] [verb] clear [conj] " in BNC.

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1 It is clear that the role need not always be undertaken by a social worker , but it also seems clear that in situations of family complexity , or personal loss of morale , social workers have particular skills to offer .
2 Allan Lamb took over the captaincy and did his best , but it soon became clear that without Gooch they were nothing like the same team .
3 The main item on the agenda was future policy in Ulster but it soon became clear that another issue had become dominant .
4 In one demonstration my car was stopped at a hospital entrance but it soon became clear that much of the resentment was directed at what were seen as remote hospital authorities ‘ up there , .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 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 . ’
8 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 .
9 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 .
10 Other speakers followed , but it soon became clear that she had spoken for ail present .
11 He remained with Champneys until 1880 , but it soon became clear that architecture would never be his chief preoccupation .
12 The HWIM system experimented briefly with this method ( Woods et al 1976 ) , but it soon became clear that such an approach was unrealistic .
13 They were not supposed to play a part in managing them , but it soon became clear that they would do so .
14 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 " .
15 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 .
16 But it soon becomes clear that rhino is keen on other things .
17 But it instantly became clear that I was n't speaking just for myself . ’
18 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 .
19 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 .
20 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 .
21 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 .
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