Example sentences of "it now [verb] certain [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whether it was the unsavoury reputation of the government of Lloyd George ; or whether it was the division in the party between the followers of Lloyd George and the followers of Asquith ; or whether it was the aftermath of universal suffrage and the desire of the working man for a party which he could call his own — it now looked certain that the party division of the country would no longer lie between Liberal and Conservative but in a wider gulf between Conservative and Labour , with the Liberal Party on the sideline . |
| 2 | However , as it now seemed certain that the Company would be taken over by the new authority that was to unify public transport in London , before very long , these projects were left in abeyance . |
| 3 | It now seems certain that St Paul 's Cathedral will not be surrounded by a modernist wall , but by a sympathetic series of buildings in the best classical tradition . |
| 4 | It now seems certain that , whichever party comes to power on 5 March , the latest funding measures will be upheld . |
| 5 | It now seems certain that cheap , convenient videoconferencing is at last going to reach a mass market of computer users . |
| 6 | But Thomson has rejected the IEE 's offers and it now looks certain that the anniversary will be missed . |
| 7 | Despite his insistence that the deal is on schedule , it now looks certain that the offer as it currently stands will not proceed . |