Example sentences of "it [be] [verb] clear that [noun] " in BNC.

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1 This concern could , however , be easily met if it were made clear that fines would only be recommended by the OFT as a matter of course where a company had evidently breached one of the prohibitions .
2 Since the electoral registration officer is authorised by statute to sell copies of the electoral register , address lists from this source are fairly and lawfully obtained ; objections to trading in other address lists can be circumvented if , at the time of the initial collection of information , it is made clear that addresses will be passed on unless the data subject expressly objects .
3 The other is to be a stepping stone to a single European currency , and it is becoming clear that Europe is not going to have one of those .
4 It is becoming clear that taxation in the 1990s could be used as a major tool to promote a more efficient allocation of resources in society , forcing consumers to take account of the long-term implications of their actions .
5 Mr Coulter said : ‘ It is becoming clear that building societies are pursuing their own interests by rescheduling loans or entering into shared ownership agreements , rather than biting the bullet of low interest loans to housing associations . ’
6 However , it was made clear that Cuba would not be admitted into the San José Pact , whereby Mexico and Venezuela sold oil on favourable rates to central American and some Caribbean states .
7 While Barbara Barnes , the nanny to Lord and Lady Glenconner 's children , was employed it was made clear that Diana would be intimately involved in her children 's upbringing .
8 It was made clear that trade would be at international prices , with no subsidies or preferential treatment .
9 In 1900 , on the initiative of William II , it was made clear that military attachés were subordinate not to the head of the mission of which they were formally members but only to the kaiser himself .
10 When the ban on schools in providing these was lifted , it was made clear that schools alone could not afford them .
11 At the commencement of the tournament it was made clear that referees had been instructed to apply Laws 18 and 19 .
12 The year 1962 had not been a good one for Macmillan : his domestic policies had started to go awry ; the application to join the EEC was unpopular ; his showing in the opinion polls had slumped to 36 per cent ; in July he had sacked one-third of his cabinet , fearing a revolt against his leadership ; in October he was seen to play little part in the Cuban missile crisis , in which Kennedy alone took the decisions that could have drawn Britain , whether she liked it or not , into nuclear war between the superpowers ; and in December it was becoming clear that de Gaulle was blocking the EEC entry negotiations .
13 After a few sessions it was becoming clear that Henry 's impact on the scheme was reciprocal .
14 During the final months of the peace Ballot campaign it was becoming clear that Mussolini was preparing to invade Abyssinia , and it was in relation to this danger that the issue of sanctions was generally debated .
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