Example sentences of "it [was/were] [verb] clear " in BNC.
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1 | This concern could , however , be easily met if it were made clear that fines would only be recommended by the OFT as a matter of course where a company had evidently breached one of the prohibitions . |
2 | The US military source said while there were no promises of specific US military help , it was made clear the rebels would be welcome to send the general to stand trial in the US . |
3 | ‘ It was made clear the whole thing never happened , ’ says the grandson . |
4 | Mrs Sarah Hogg , head of the Downing Street policy unit , is to continue in the post , it was made clear last night . |
5 | The idea was not new ; it had been first put into operation in the preceding reign of Louis-Philippe , but during that period it was made clear to France that she must play second fiddle in the European concert otherwise Britain would turn her out of the orchestra . |
6 | It was made clear , furthermore , that the Society did not regard the houses of businessmen or the ‘ newly rich ’ as ‘ distinguished ’ , and in my opinion this piece of out-dated thinking crucially undermined any serious authority the Society may have achieved to arbitrate on standards in our profession . |
7 | They were the main enemies of the predominant sect , the Pharisees , who believed that salvation would only come if they adhered strictly to the Mosaic law , as originally set out in Deuteronomy where it was made clear that the chosen people must be a ‘ clean ’ people . |
8 | It was made clear to us that Operation ‘ Brisket ’ for the road haulage dispute , ‘ Bittern ’ for the rapidly growing ambulance drivers ' dispute , and ‘ Nimrod ’ in the case of the water workers ' action , were all long on detailed planning , but short on how much could actually be done in a major dispute . |
9 | Although it was made clear that their incentives would simply extend to exemption from basic customs control ( unless or until their products entered European Community territory ) and that there would be no other special assistance , the government received 45 applications for designation . |
10 | However , it was made clear that the assessments were not to be age-related . |
11 | It was made clear that if Janet were to break this agreement the therapist would discontinue contact with her . |
12 | The redoubtable Ethel must have been shocked when it was made clear she was down-graded to five , the same as Gracie Holt . |
13 | But — so long as it was made clear that this was a genuine option , and entirely voluntary — we are in favour of lenders in this country at least recommending insurance and pointing out its advantages . |
14 | It was made clear to me by my mother , sometimes backed up by my sisters , that as far as the opposite sex was concerned , I did n't stand a chance . |
15 | At the commencement of the tournament it was made clear that referees had been instructed to apply Laws 18 and 19 . |
16 | In 1747 the postmaster of Stirling was one of the magistrates , Bailie Maiben , and it was made clear enough that his job was at stake in the political contest of that year , for Sir Peter Halkett of Pitfirrane , one of the candidates seeking to represent the district in parliament , complained to Lord Milton that the bailie |
17 | It was made clear that all of the above areas needed funding from health , education and social services before they could be implemented . |
18 | While Barbara Barnes , the nanny to Lord and Lady Glenconner 's children , was employed it was made clear that Diana would be intimately involved in her children 's upbringing . |
19 | In the Criminal Justice Act 1991 , it was made clear that whatever penalty is imposed must be commensurate with the seriousness of the offence , but it remains to be seen whether this attempt to structure sentencing discretion by adopting an offence-based tariff will have the desired effect . |
20 | The submission was however inconsistent with the law as stated by this House in Reg. v. Governor of Pentonville Prison , Ex parte Sinclair [ 1991 ] 2 A.C. 64 , 81–92 , in which it was made clear in the speech of Lord Ackner ( with which the remainder of the Appellate Committee agreed ) that , under the provisions of the Extradition Act 1870 , the powers of the magistrate are specifically laid down in sections 3(1) , 8 , 9 and 10 of the Act ; and that in consequence , apart from consideration where appropriate whether the offence in question was an offence of a political character , the magistrate is not concerned with questions of foreign law at all , being concerned only with committal proceedings under English procedure in relation to an English crime or crimes specified in the Secretary of State 's order to proceed . |
21 | So far as I am aware , this was the first occasion on which it was made clear that the period which elapses before a prisoner serving a life sentence is released is determined by consideration of two factors , namely : ( i ) the period necessary to satisfy retribution and deterrence , which has come to be called ‘ the tariff ; ’ and ( ii ) a possible further period if it is thought by the Parole Board and/or the Secretary of State that the prisoner would pose an unacceptable risk of danger to the public were he to be released at the end of his tariff period . |
22 | It was made clear in a further policy statement that in those cases where the tariff was 20 years or more the reference to the local review committee would be made after 17 years had been served , though a warning was given that this did not imply that any particular period had been set for the prisoner 's tariff . |
23 | ( During the interval he was in fact offered a judgeship , which he declined , but it was made clear that the government could not long countenance a Solicitor-General without a seat in the House of Commons . ) |
24 | It was made clear that all missioners , superintendents and hearing clergymen interested in deaf people were cordially invited to attend . |
25 | It was made clear that the responsibility for actually managing real services should rest with the statutory sector . |
26 | It was made clear to a friend of mine who was dying that he was not wanted on the ward , not through words but by the minimum care he was given after an unsuccessful operation and the refusal of any doctor to speak to him . |
27 | This follows the visit to St Petersburg in early January of Lynda Chalker , Minister for Overseas Development , when it was made clear to hear that as well as food shortages there were also shortages of medicines and associated equipment for use in hospitals and clinics . |
28 | When Ardeshir Zahedi inquired , it was made clear to him , indirectly , that it might be wiser to postpone a formal request . |
29 | It was for this reason that it was made clear that the negotiations leading to a settlement might best be described as bargaining hence suggesting a somewhat aggressive method of resolving the matter . |
30 | So there was the swings and roundabouts where had they not recognized and had come along with us , to the extent that we thought we could do our , a sharing objective er and it brought them out of the , the attitude that was hitherto adopted where well management really could n't care very much you know , if a man did suffer the loss of er five pound a week or whatever you know , and , and once it was made clear to him that there was no further er er use of the procedure and he could take it through his district you know , if he liked , the man did n't , well on exceptional cases perhaps they may have taken a case through , but er in the majority of cases the man just accepted it , and made up his losses er er later on . |