Example sentences of "[adv] clear [conj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rarely has it been so clear that freedom is indivisible , and that attacks on one set of civil liberties are likely to be a part of a projected destruction of all such freedoms . |
| 2 | It is even less clear that industry , in general , should be ‘ under the control of the community ’ . |
| 3 | At fieldwork level , this makes possible more informed decisions about priorities and care planning , although it is less clear whether information gathered through special needs registers is routinely available to fieldworkers and is routinely updated by them . |
| 4 | Sovereignty over continental Antarctica is less clear because ownership is in question . |
| 5 | As for rural railways and other parts of the subsidised railway , the Government have made it abundantly clear that investment will go ahead . |
| 6 | It has become abundantly clear that policy is now reducing inflationary pressures in the economy . |
| 7 | From the literature it is not clear whether prolongation of therapy beyond four months yield a higher response rate . |
| 8 | It is not clear whether mandamus is available in respect of any failure by a statutory authority to perform a statutory duty . |
| 9 | Any lack of precision or clarity may provide an excuse for a dispute or even litigation : for example , if it is not clear when payment is due , the client 's customer may rely on the uncertainty in the terms to withhold payment until the latest possible date . |
| 10 | But although the argument over who were the real world champions was emphatically settled in favour of Nick Farr-Jones 's side , the political machinations before , during and after the tours have made it painfully clear that rugby is a sideshow — albeit one with significant political influence — in the scheme of things in South Africa . |
| 11 | Finally , may I make it unambiguously clear that Labour will reverse the decisions on these three hospitals announced today and will do so immediately after the general election ? |
| 12 | The case of Nicholson v. Revill is one of the many instances in which this rule of law has been applied , and the reason upon which the rule is founded is as clear and plain as the rule itself . |
| 13 | I saw their uncircumcised members as clear as day and shuddered . |
| 14 | It was as clear as day . |
| 15 | It was suddenly as clear as day . |
| 16 | I remember as clear as day , standing talking to Penny and I was calling their plumber , I 'll always remember that and er I was quite took back and Penny said ooh she 's been very good to me |
| 17 | Her need of the steadying , mature containment of the Ryans is as clear as ice water , for there is much in her professional and personal past that has had to be relinquished . |
| 18 | What this really means , of course , is still as clear as mud . |
| 19 | ‘ To me — a stranger — that 's about as clear as mud . |
| 20 | Her mind was now as clear as spring water . |
| 21 | We paddle on seas the green of cat 's eyes , and seas as clear as mountain streams . |
| 22 | To him and to most of his European friends , it was as clear as daylight in the sky that a war was coming . |
| 23 | Lochs which were once as clear as crystal are now coloured muddy brown . |
| 24 | Penelope Fitzgerald 's prose is as clear as glass , and you realise how much she has n't said only when you stop laughing . |
| 25 | Although progress on the issue of the local elections had been made in August , it became increasingly clear that opposition demands for them to be held prior to the presidential poll were unrealistic . |
| 26 | It 's becoming increasingly clear that Class War 's gone soft , what with the film and the book . |
| 27 | Kavner is n't clear as crystal on what exactly changed his mind — though he claims it was n't the money — and claims not to know what persuaded Noorda to push it in November when it all started to happen . |
| 28 | Halliday makes it admirably clear that talk of the ‘ international community ’ is fraudulent ; ‘ Resolution 678 is a travesty of the UN ’ . |
| 29 | It certainly makes it quite clear that rape is about violence , power and control , and not a sexual act , but in doing so , it arguably indulges in a voyeurism equally sadistic . |
| 30 | In the results reported below we treat the two repetitions separately since it is quite clear that behaviour changed between the two attempts . |