Example sentences of "[verb] clear [conj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Mr Smith made clear that Labour 's first response would be to seek entry to the exchange rate mechanism of the European Monetary System and that its spending priorities would be pensions and child poverty . |
2 | We must : ( i ) demonstrate to our citizens the benefits of the Community and the Maastricht Treaty ; ( ii ) make the Community more open , to ensure a better informed public debate on its activities ; ( iii ) respect the history , culture and traditions of individual nations , with a clearer understanding of what member states should do and what needs to be done by the Community ; ( iv ) make clear that citizenship of the Union brings our citizens additional rights and protection without in any way taking the place of their national citizenship … |
3 | In the early 1970s the cynical and exploitative role of multinational companies appeared to be confirmed as it became clear that Shell and BP , the latter half-owned by the British government , were the principal source of oil supplies to the outlawed Smith regime of Rhodesia . |
4 | He remained with Champneys until 1880 , but it soon became clear that architecture would never be his chief preoccupation . |
5 | The Guildford Four were freed in 1990 after it became clear that evidence used against them had been fabricated by the police . |
6 | The radiocarbon discrepancy was confirmed and it became clear that radiocarbon results would need to be calibrated to convert them to calendar ages . |
7 | In January 1990 it became clear that donor countries were by threatening to cut the size of their aid programmes , placing pressure on the Sri Lankan government for an improvement in the country 's human rights record . |
8 | It became clear that travelling was important to Morris and so much an inspiration that if he ever felt bored at home or lacking in inspiration he just packed a suitcase and got on the nearest train to visit someone . |
9 | It became clear that travelling was important to Morris and so much an inspiration that if he ever felt bored at home or lacking in inspiration he just packed a suitcase and got on the nearest train to visit someone . |
10 | It soon became clear that breach of confidence was actionable per se , and did not require a contractual relationship between the parties . |
11 | During the 1970s it became clear that adult education was mainly serving the needs of well educated and socially advantaged members of our society . |
12 | In the following year it became clear that fascism was not confined to Germany and Italy but was a development common to all European countries . |
13 | From these sorts of consideration it became clear that light is made up of lots of particles . |
14 | The keel stayed solid for a few moments , then clouded and became clear as glass . |
15 | The notion of a lead agency with overall responsibility for developing services or for buying in the necessary services from local statutory , private or voluntary agencies would make clear where responsibility should lie . |
16 | 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 . |
17 | It is also becoming clear that case management is often effected by the service context , so that , like other service components , it may work less well in poorly resourced areas , and better when it is an integral part of a well resourced network of services . |
18 | 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 . ’ |
19 | Although the concept of tumour cells producing degradative enzymes is appealing , particularly in the light of Liotta 's three step theory of invasion , it is now becoming clear that production and regulation of metalloproteinases in health is a delicate host derived balance . |
20 | It was made clear that trade would be at international prices , with no subsidies or preferential treatment . |
21 | 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 . |
22 | Antall had already made clear that privatization measures would be a top priority to promote the transition to a free market economy , and that Hungary would seek to honour its debt repayments to maintain the confidence of the international financial community . |
23 | More recently , it has been made clear that breach of a covenant not to assign or sublet is similarly irremediable . |
24 | It was not made clear whether Ramadan replaced the incumbent Vice-President , Taha Mohieddin Maarouf , the sole Kurd in the Iraqi leadership . |
25 | It had become clear that resale price enforcement by suppliers was an important barrier to the attainment of efficiency in the distributive sector . |
26 | However , now we 're spoilt for choice , it has become clear that Juice is neither the best nor the worst of the genre : less sentimental and powerful than Boyz N The Hood , and far superior to Straight Outta Brooklyn , Juice is still a fair way to spend an hour or two . |
27 | It has become clear that IVF does not help . |
28 | In recent years , it has become clear that phosphorylation plays a pivotal role in modulating the activity of sequence-specific transcription factors ( 1 , 2 ) . |
29 | From our experience it has become clear that training black staff is not the only solution . |
30 | It has also become clear that dreaming is by no means confined to REM sleep ( see Chapter 5 ) , so even if the theory was correct , the regime of REM sleep deprivation would not have been an adequate test of it . |