Example sentences of "it [was/were] [adv] obvious that " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it was soon obvious that this would not be feasible because of the rapid advance being made into the area by Tito 's forces . |
| 2 | It was soon obvious that Glisseuse was making her way up Thames by way of the shallow inshore Four Fathom Channel which leads inside the Margate Sands to follow the North Kent coast . |
| 3 | And it was equally obvious that Kirsty adored him . |
| 4 | No thought of any homework , and it was patently obvious that only Imran Khan and Javed Mianded seemed to be recognisable down there . |
| 5 | After only two visits , however , the novelty wore off , and it was patently obvious that Jeopardy and his partner were oblivious of his presence ; it became easy to ignore theirs . |
| 6 | It was patently obvious that she was n't going to get an opportunity to speak to Luke ; it seemed possible that he had manipulated that . |
| 7 | I criticise them for refusing to accept that they made a mistake and for refusing to take any action to put matters right , when it was patently obvious that everything was going disastrously wrong . |
| 8 | Nothing too outrageous … just the constant annoyance of fouls being called against Leeds when there were nt fouls and throws being given to West Ham unless it was patently obvious that a West Ham player kicked it off . |
| 9 | It was screamingly obvious that he was being less than honest about his relationship with Elise . |
| 10 | It was also obvious that the importance of the emotional links between these children and their respective birth fathers was missed or under-estimated by the social workers making the placement . |
| 11 | It was also obvious that there was no common set of criteria of needs ( ie in terms of access times , location , form , archiving etc ) that applied to all groups , a conclusion that had serious implications for the proposed systems . |
| 12 | It was also obvious that other aspects of their education , employment , and even family life were suffering because of the ‘ going abroad craze ’ . |
| 13 | It was also obvious that the Vietminh were running rings around the rather remote and ineffectual nationalist parties who had appeared , as it were , as returning émigrés in the baggage train of the occupying Chinese armies : although nominal partners in the great enterprise of securing national independence the nationalists were in reality excluded from any partnership in a coalition government . |
| 14 | He had already recognised that she was wearing poor clothing , and it was also obvious that she was taking her work seriously enough to sacrifice her privileged lifestyle and live among those of whom she wrote . |
| 15 | At the 28th Congress of the CPSU in Moscow in the summer of 1990 , it was already obvious that the 20 million party members had begun to splinter into fractions . |
| 16 | But it was already obvious that the horn blast had come from elsewhere entirely — not from the Halfling camp or even from the human regiments of the Empire army , but from the fierce goblin Wolf Riders who were hacking and biting at will as Halflings ran hither and thither in blind panic . |
| 17 | It was increasingly obvious that government action of some kind was essential for the improvement of the housing situation . |
| 18 | It was painfully obvious that the refereeing standards varied considerably : from the travesty of the Tunisia v Sicily game in the final of the Etna Cup ( extended by an Italian referee until the locals scored and won ) to impeccable handling by some of the Home Unions refs . |
| 19 | When they reached the sepoy lines it was pretty obvious that the mutineers had been there not long before ; fires were still burning and private belongings lay scattered about . |
| 20 | Doubts about his motivation were expressed during a long absence through injury last season , and Jarvis claims : ‘ It was pretty obvious that some people thought there was n't really much wrong with me . |
| 21 | All she wanted to do now was get out of here because it was pretty obvious that this woman had known Felipe when he was enjoying himself on the coast and there was definitely something between them . |
| 22 | ‘ It was pretty obvious that you were n't too happy when you knew I was going to be working here . |
| 23 | She guessed it was pretty obvious that she had nothing to come back with when , his expression grimmer than ever , ‘ We 'll finish this conversation inside , ’ he clipped , and although Fabia would by far have preferred that he simply hand over her car keys and let her go on her way , she realised that there were some responsibilities in life which you just could n't duck . |
| 24 | It was immediately obvious that Wheeler had chosen the earliest possible date to fit his hypothesis . |
| 25 | Keith Simmons , Alborne 's lethal striker , put them ahead with a goal from the centre spot right on kick-off , and it was immediately obvious that our radical 0-2-7 formation was not going to work . |
| 26 | It was immediately obvious that as the Cayman quarter mostly comprised aluminium , it registered as a foil on the meter of my Whites 5900 Di Pro SL . |
| 27 | But it was immediately obvious that the bag was too heavy and was falling much too fast . |
| 28 | With the ‘ lure ’ , a dummy prey swung around on a cord , it was particularly obvious that the birds were enjoying the game with her , rising to the challenge and the chance to show their prowess . |
| 29 | It was quite obvious that The Smiths , despite the continued artistic success , were just not in any position to think , or indeed to act , big on an international scale . |
| 30 | Now it was quite obvious that nothing more could be rescued . |