Example sentences of "[noun sg] it [adv] [verb] [adj] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | With hindsight it perhaps seems strange that one of the indisputably greatest figures in the whole of Western art devoted the better part of his life to sell-advancement , and to painting the King , his family , and their attendant dogs , dwarves and sycophants Certainly the irony of this , together with the fact that this inbred family of often considerable mental as well as physical fragility should have controlled the destiny of so vast an empire , is not lost on Gironella . |
| 2 | IN the Great North Forest the other day it quickly became clear that there was a pretty significant absence . |
| 3 | When we met in the lounge it rapidly became clear that he was not in his usual good humour . |
| 4 | In Britain 's case it also remains true that she has to make up in sales to the world outside the EEC that which she loses by running a heavy deficit with the Community . |
| 5 | If for some reason it subsequently becomes obvious that you ca n't do what you said you 'd do , then the genuine thing to do is to contact the person before the deadline expires , admit your difficulty and negotiate a new deadline . |
| 6 | In a problem-solving discussion it often becomes clear that the people present are all trying to solve slightly different problems . |