Example sentences of "clear distinction " in BNC.

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1 To this extent it is not especially helpful to see pubs as a category of buildings , but rather to keep a clear distinction in mind between interior and exterior .
2 Your policy should draw a clear distinction between this sort of rule and a supportive policy to help someone with a drink problem .
3 Moreover , there is a clear distinction between present and past perception ( memory ) ; between memory and thought ; between passive and active states of mind ( daydreaming versus active recall , association of ideas versus directed meditation ) ; and between the content and the level of consciousness .
4 Certainly Ashton makes a clear distinction between the dances of the Fairies and those of the Mechanicals .
5 We shall see that Law drew a clear distinction between innocent and fraudulent misrepresentation .
6 For example , in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland a clear distinction must be made between the advantages of the central and eastern areas relative to the much poorer agricultural areas of the west and north .
7 Similarly in southern Italy a clear distinction needs to be drawn between the relatively favoured irrigated coastal plains and the arid mountainous areas of the interior .
8 So far I have been at pains to make a clear distinction between these two modes .
9 There is a clear distinction between what might be termed ‘ lower order ’ needs and ‘ higher order ’ needs and the strength of the model is based upon one level becoming dominant as the subordinate need is satisfied .
10 This is one clear way in which we can recognise the clear distinction between the form of human personality and the form of divine personality .
11 The clear distinction between the old and modern lacquers also offers hope of a means of identifying fakes .
12 Having said that , there is often no clear distinction between allergy and intolerance ( see p 9 ) , especially in children .
13 These are still occurring and , ultimately , there is no clear distinction between folk tales of unknown origin and accounts of events which have taken place within living memory .
14 On the whole the royal courts of Europe were more concerned to administer than to define the law : as in canon law , there was no clear distinction between legislative and judicial functions , and so the former was normally hidden in the latter .
15 The Australian Aborigines make a clear distinction between the works of art they consider their own and those they claim go back to the time of their creation , popularly referred to as the Dreamtime in all literature about Aborigines .
16 A clear distinction should be made between a self-employed businessman trading either as a sole trader or in partnership , and the director of a limited company , whether that company be a public limited company , close investment holding company or another kind .
17 Hire purchase had only relatively recently begun to blur what had been a fairly clear distinction between the highest interest which characterised the debts of the needy and the non-existent or low interest attached to other credit .
18 The haulier needs to make a clear distinction , because if a driver is deemed in reality to be an employee , he is protected by the employment legislation .
19 There is a clear distinction here which is not always understood and sometimes even when it is understood it is deliberately ignored by professionals who explicitly claim ownership as a necessary part of practice .
20 Barthes 's distinction between language and metalanguage depends on a clear distinction between denotative and connotative levels of meaning and yet it is difficult to sustain these as independent categories .
21 One might reasonably have expected , therefore , that the one historical event for which Panama is known ( and there is a clear distinction to be drawn here between an event and an accomplishment , for obviously the Canal is Panama 's best-known triumph and has become its own memorial ) should be remembered in an impressive construction , no matter how far from anywhere or how difficult of access the site may be .
22 24 point print , or even 18 point print , gives a very clear distinction of letter shapes , especially if a bold , dark type is used .
23 Thus , there was a clear distinction in the social-class distribution of early retirement between the semi-skilled and unskilled , who were most likely to wait until the statutory pension ages ( 64 per cent of those retired had retired early ) , and the supervisory and managerial group , most of whom ( 95 per cent ) had retired early .
24 No clear distinction was made between the temporal and spiritual privileges of the Church ; they all stood on the same level , enforced by the same sanctions , guaranteed by the same authority , reflecting the same divine ordering of the world .
25 As Shneidman makes it clear : ‘ While different components of the educational process aim at the development of different qualities and values , it is impossible to draw a clear distinction between them and to separate physical education from other segments of communist upbringing ’ ( 1979 , p.6 ) .
26 He made a clear distinction between what he called ‘ the principle of redemption ’ and the person of Jesus .
27 If , however , a clear distinction could be established between such economic interests and social and labour policy matters then employers ' associations were formed — as in the Nordic countries , and Germany and Switzerland .
28 In this species there is no clear distinction between primary visual cortex and the secondary visual areas that are present in most other species , ranging from rats to monkeys , and there is almost total overlap between the motor cortex , defined in terms of the area of cortex from which movements can be evoked by electrical stimulation , and the somatosensory cortex , defined in terms of the area from which electrical activity can be evoked by stimulation of the body surface ( Kaas 1982 ) .
29 Several authors have suggested that ageing should be confined to organisms with ‘ … a clear distinction between soma and germ plasm ’ .
30 Mittler and Mittler ( 1982 ) make a similar point when they argue that a clear distinction should be drawn between the concepts of ‘ partnership ’ and ‘ involvement ’ .
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