Example sentences of "was clearly [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | Construction was clearly to a very high standard , with fine flush- riveting on the thick wing skins ' upper surfaces . |
2 | Here we saw our first knife-fight which was clearly to the death — and Abu hustled us away from the milling throng which surrounded the two furious young combatants who rolled around like snakes in the dust attempting to stab each other with their " badiks " , the seaman 's dagger which few of the locals went without . |
3 | In the end Harry Truman decided that he really could n't stomach any more of Douglas MacArthur this , this guy was clearly off the planet , you know er and so er President Truman sacked MacArthur and er replaced him as commander in Korea . |
4 | Whilst AIDS was not well included as an issue in the campaign , it was clearly at the back of every civil servant 's mind as the details of the Clause were worked out . |
5 | The economy was clearly at the centre of the Caudillo 's attention , and the accent was more on the practical qualifications of appointees than on ideological affiliations . |
6 | They shook hands , but it was clearly on the unspoken understanding that they could still come out fighting . |
7 | Mitterand was too clever a politician to put anything in writing but nevertheless his seal of approval was clearly on the operation . |
8 | For over a week government forces were unable to crush guerrilla-style resistance , but the army remained loyal and by the second half of December the workers , movement was clearly on the retreat . |
9 | Time was clearly on the Unionist side . |
10 | Julia was clearly on the point of accepting but remembering her manners pointed out that since Ian had brought her she could hardly desert him . |
11 | The writing was clearly on the wall for Hitler ; indeed , Lequerica 's appointment came barely two weeks after an assassination attempt on the Führer . |
12 | When Mr Wormwood arrived back from the garage that evening his face was as dark as a thunder-cloud and somebody was clearly for the high-jump pretty soon . |
13 | Mrs Totteridge was clearly of a mind to impute criminality to the entire population . |
14 | the biology of the Chesapeake was clearly of an intricacy beyond present comprehension . |
15 | In 1976 in the Conservative Monthly News Lord Whitelaw was clearly of the opinion that ‘ Undoubtedly , economic mismanagement … where it leads to high levels of unemployment , especially amongst young people , also contributes considerably to increasing the number of those tempted into a criminal life . |
16 | He was clearly of the old school , which held that women belonged barefoot , pregnant — and silent — in the kitchen . |
17 | If governments were to manage the new capitalism then economic planning was clearly of the essence . |
18 | Although the ASC was clearly under the control of the accounting profession , in 1982 its membership was broadened to include representatives from outside the profession . |
19 | James 's victory gave him 35 points to Lauda 's 61 , his car was clearly among the best , he had matured greatly as a driver , he was on a good roll himself : the championship seemed to be there for his taking . |
20 | Angelina enquired anxiously of Samuel Pipkin , since Oliver was clearly in no mood to converse . |
21 | But he was clearly in no mood for listening to her excuses . |
22 | Farr-Jones was clearly in a mood to enjoy himself before joining the Barbarians to take on the All Blacks at Twickenham on Saturday . |
23 | Between 1927 and 1933 Nizan was clearly in a contradictory situation : at one level committed to sectarian communist ideology , at another level implicated in bourgeois careerism . |
24 | Cynewulf , king of the West Saxons , having successfully vanquished his rival , Sigeberht ( ASC A , s.a. 755 ) , was clearly in a strong enough position to advance into Berkshire , an area previously controlled by Aethelbald . |
25 | He passed on his concern in a letter to Prince , who , as the ever-nervous and expectant recipient , was clearly in a state of anguish about it : ‘ I regret you should have determined upon embarking any portion of your Property in V.D.L. because from the ignorance of the parties whose names you mention , I fear least they should turn out Sharks and it would be a source of deep mortification to me were you by these means to lose any portion of the advantages you have obtained by years of anxiety and deep mental study . ’ |
26 | Even though this case dealt with a managing director who was clearly in a fiduciary position , its principles are equally applicable to other employees ( see Sanders v Parry [ 1967 ] 2 All ER 803 ) . |
27 | But he was clearly in a hurry , so it would have to wait until they reached the palazzo . |
28 | The development of North Shields was clearly in the interests of the ducal estate , both in terms of gains made in North Shields , and in relation to way leave payments for coal travelling to North Shields by rail for shipment . |
29 | Alexandra was clearly in the wrong but , in a typically female way , she refused to acknowledge it , blaming the whole fiasco on him . |
30 | Mr Charles Kennedy , the Liberal Democrat health spokesman , said public opinion was clearly behind the ambulancemen . |