Example sentences of "clear the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 You should clear the offending version number using LINEFEED or Ctrl/J and enter a development version .
2 You may have done a good job on your own patch but you can not clear the entire neighbourhood .
3 Nobody has claimed that it can clear the infectious organism , HIV , from a person 's system .
4 Be very aware on every row , when working on the left-hand side of the machine , that the carriage should completely clear the patterning panel EACH row .
5 I hoped that would clear the whole thing up , so it was unbelievable when the cab driver picked me out . ’
6 They clear the remaining forest by fire , opening it up for their own agriculture , or to hand over to cattle ranchers .
7 She remembered watching peasants clear the unworked peat bog .
8 Activities that would lead towards the objective of writing a short story might be , ‘ clear the spare room out and set up a desk ’ , ‘ enrol on a weekend workshop on creative writing ’ , ‘ set aside the next four Sunday afternoons for writing ’ , ‘ arrange to visit a friend in six weeks ’ time with a completed first draft' .
9 The duty solicitor has to take what turns up on the day and often act immediately , particularly as one of the administrative attractions of the scheme is to help the court clear the daily list .
10 Why does the nitrate keep rising , and how can we reduce it , and clear the green water ?
11 Cos it clears the whole mind .
12 The horse may also snort , which clears the respiratory tract , thereby increasing his smelling ability and also allowing ease of breathing if the object proves to be dangerous and flight is necessary .
13 On Nov. 28 the FIS 's consultative council announced that it had postponed a decision on participation in the election " in order to give the regime another opportunity to spell out its intention to clear the political atmosphere " .
14 We had a meeting on site , and Dave thought the best idea was to clear the overhead vegetation first ( volunteers ) , then cut the path with a bulldozer and let the lorries drive right through , dropping their loads of chippings as they went .
15 Specific initiatives include a back pain clinic to start in the summer to clear the long list of patients waiting for treatment .
16 Normally arrival in Aberystwyth is around 08.15 and with the 08.10 Machynlleth - Aberystwyth arriving at 08.39 , departing 08.45 to New Street hard on its heels , short section working and quick shunting is needed to clear the following passenger train .
17 And how to clear the silted tunnels of their fluid debris , wash the stale blood away , consign this minor crucifixion to uneasy memory ?
18 Her hand shook slightly as she reached for a swab , and the child began to whimper as she gently began trying to clear the affected area in order to get a better look .
19 Trent leaped to the portside bilge pump , desperate to clear the remaining water from the hull before its weight broke the vessel apart .
20 Assuming that this meets the client 's approval , all that is now needed is to clear the finished version with the ITVA ( see page 126 ) and order and dispatch the bulk prints to the TV stations .
21 She shook her head , trying to clear the hot rush of blood that made her feel strangely dizzy .
22 The exception occurs in the region of the keel where the core is set back further to clear the outboard ends of the floors .
23 Multi-dimensional scaling can help to clear the murky waters .
24 Ross had no right to automatically expect her to suddenly become an efficient home-maker , she grumbled to herself as she got up to clear the dirty plates from the small dining-room table .
25 This is to give the kite a chance to clear the rough air close to the ground .
26 His second major act was to clear the Papal State of imperial troops and to restore it to its old frontiers .
27 The Lynx rose high enough to clear the grey walls , swung eastward and accelerated to a speed of 120 knots .
28 The ship 's course was altered to north-northeast to enable HMS Impregnable to clear the notorious Bembridge ledges .
29 However , with the political parties vying in their promises to build more new houses — in 1951 Harold Macmillan , then Minister of Housing , promised to build 300,000 in one year — it became necessary to begin to clear the old slum housing built in the Victorian era .
30 Assuming all is well so far , the filters and heaters can now be switched on and left to clear the inevitable cloudiness while the temperature settles to around 25°C , at the Fluval 3 end , a couple of degrees lower at the other .
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