Example sentences of "was [vb pp] clear that [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was made clear that a management buy-out was not on the agenda . |
| 2 | The basic objection to any continuation of the campaign was its organized nature , based on the " creation of machinery with staffs and offices throughout the country " .40 It was made clear that no campaign of any sort was to be allowed and , on their refusal to accept this decision , the four members were expelled . |
| 3 | It was made clear that the treaty did not infringe the rights and sovereignty of individual Soviet republics . |
| 4 | ( During the interval he was in fact offered a judgeship , which he declined , but it was made clear that the government could not long countenance a Solicitor-General without a seat in the House of Commons . ) |
| 5 | It was made clear that the responsibility for actually managing real services should rest with the statutory sector . |
| 6 | So far as I am aware , this was the first occasion on which it was made clear that the period which elapses before a prisoner serving a life sentence is released is determined by consideration of two factors , namely : ( i ) the period necessary to satisfy retribution and deterrence , which has come to be called ‘ the tariff ; ’ and ( ii ) a possible further period if it is thought by the Parole Board and/or the Secretary of State that the prisoner would pose an unacceptable risk of danger to the public were he to be released at the end of his tariff period . |