Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [pers pn] clear " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Will made it clear he 'll be happy to work with me and was keen that we all pull together . ’ |
| 2 | Taylor made it clear that he is not happy with Platt , scorer of England 's last five goals and widely regarded as the manager 's favourite footballing son . |
| 3 | Jacqueline made it clear that she disapproved and eventually told Catherine to move out . |
| 4 | Mr Baker made it clear that the leadership was determined to use the conference — under the slogan ‘ The right team for Britain 's future ’ — to lift the flagging morale of supporters and raise the party in the opinion polls . |
| 5 | Victoria made it clear any schedule would have to make time for both shopping and relaxing , with official duties including opening hospital wards and presenting medals at swimming galas . |
| 6 | In this case Mr Kelly made it clear to Dixons that his client needed a PC which could be upgraded to 4Mb of RAM and could take a dongle plugged into Com1 . |
| 7 | However , William made it clear that he was opposed to limitations , and not only was it doubtful whether such far-reaching reforms could have passed the Lords ( where the Tories held the ascendancy ) , but even the moderate Whigs showed themselves unprepared to support them . |
| 8 | At one stage , Fields had threatened to pull out of the arrangement altogether and find a new partner , until the CAA made it clear that Fields would not have a licence without Virgin 's involvement . |
| 9 | Mr Hull made it clear that he did not know very much about the paintings and that he was not an expert in them . |
| 10 | Sampson ( broken bone in hand ) and Anderson ( back ) may cause bigger problems but Mr Van de Velde made it clear he expects improvements from a side who were unbeaten this year until after the semi-final . |
| 11 | Mr Murray made it clear yesterday that he would like the counties to accept the whole plan , not just parts of it as has happened with earlier committees . |
| 12 | Has the British embassy in Germany made it clear to the German authorities how deeply shocking and despicable have been the racist attacks by Nazi thugs there ? |
| 13 | Undaunted , the SMMB made it clear it would not alter its proposals . |
| 14 | On Friday night Sir Hector made it clear it must separate its milk selling from its milk buying . |
| 15 | Taking Dobre aside , Ceauşescu made it clear to him that his talents were wasted down a mine . |
| 16 | Sollas made it clear that the ‘ primitive ’ races of today are the remnants of earlier human types marginalized in remote areas such as Australia or the Arctic . |
| 17 | This suggestion was certainly not accepted , and in his reply Frederick Barbarossa made it clear that the empire was independent of the papacy , no matter how closely tied the two entities were through political and religious motives and history . |
| 18 | Elizabeth Kell made it clear in her evidence to the 1871 Royal Commission that she believed only ‘ moral measures ’ , carried out by ‘ voluntary effort ’ rather than the state , could achieve lasting reform.88 She countered medical arguments that repealers were not concerned with remedial measures by outlining her own moralizing schemes for reclaiming prostitutes in Southampton . |
| 19 | Roxburgh made it clear that he was not making any implied criticism of an individual club or manager and certainly not Rangers ' Walter Smith for taking out every Ibrox player originally at Scotland 's disposal . |
| 20 | As rapporteur of the Commission which was considering national and colonial questions , Lenin made it clear it was essential to achieve the closest alliance of all national and colonial liberation movements with Soviet Russia : indeed the former were learning from bitter experience that their only salvation lay in alliance with the revolutionary proletariat and in the triumph of Soviet power over world imperialism . |
| 21 | Aquino made it clear in an interview that a new one-year notice would not be issued until the government had held a referendum . |
| 22 | Sukarno made it clear where his Nasakom doctrine was leading ( 17 August 1964 ) : ‘ I am a friend of the nationalists , but only the revolutionary nationalists ! |
| 23 | In his celebrated visit to Posidotuus ' house in Rhodes , Pompey made it clear that the Roman fasces had to bow down before philosophy ; they certainly had nothing to fear from it . |
| 24 | John Cousins made it clear that FWAG does not advocate wholesale public access to farms . |
| 25 | When they met this month , Mr Kohl made it clear that he wanted an agreement on EMU that does not oblige Britain to accept a single currency before it is ready to do so . |
| 26 | The results reflected concern in West Germany about the pace and particularly the financial consequences of the German unification process , although Federal Chancellor Helmut Kohl made it clear on May 14 that he intended to stick to the timetable of holding all-German elections in December 1990 or January 1991 despite the CDU 's " bitter " defeat in Lower Saxony . |
| 27 | But Downing Street made it clear that it was the Cabinet which set the £244.5 billion spending target — and it can increase that figure if it wants to . |
| 28 | However , Mr Crozier made it clear that even if the code were adopted by every borough , EHOs could continue to interpret the law according to individual situations . |
| 29 | Griffiths made it clear that care and support could be provided from a variety of sources . |
| 30 | Gooch 's hand in selection this winter was considerable — but Fletcher made it clear that in future he will exercise more influence over the make-up of a tour party . |