Example sentences of "[verb] clear " in BNC.
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1 | Each man would wear an individual set of breathing apparatus and as each group got clear of the gas in Bank mine the equipment would be taken back into Knockshinnoch by rescuers and used by another group of three men . |
2 | When I got clear of them I went down almost to sea level and there were two holes in the water about where my two would have gone in . |
3 | The Annamese pressed the accelerator and the landaulet gathered speed again ; it did n't falter as three more young peasants darted white-faced into the road , and Joseph found himself holding his breath until they got clear . |
4 | By the time Maisie and he got clear of the crowd , Aziz and Hasan were almost at the other side of the Common . |
5 | Yes I pick up on the comment from the , Notts are n't as in control as they were , after first Tony and then Paul got their names on the score sheet in each case for the first time this season , both with bristling finishing efforts and you 'd be a harsh critic indeed who did n't agree that Pisa deserved to pull one back because they played some fine attacking football , and it was the player who 's caused most danger , who 's wearing the number eleven that moved across to the right hand side , got clear of the defence , pulled back an absolutely brilliant clot cross and in the middle who 'd missed an earlier header on fifteen minutes to make it one one , did n't miss on this occasion . |
6 | We have received clear evidence from opticians in our constituencies that the imposition of charges runs contrary to the concept of preventive medicine . |
7 | Conciseness — This means that the message of the letter must be conveyed in as few words as possible , using clear , simple expressions and avoiding the use of any unnecessary phrases . |
8 | In Year I of the core subject of Information Systems , therefore , emphasis is given to creating within the student the facility for gathering information efficiently , analysing it systematically and acting on it effectively using clear , concise communication techniques . |
9 | By using clear and succinct language , the review aims to remove the mystique which surrounds many of these terms and thus to aid discussion between exporters and their professional advisers and to show that a working familiarity is open to all . |
10 | Things do not always work out as simply as that , of course , but knowing the rules and drawing clear lines before the game starts are essential if misunderstandings are to be avoided . |
11 | And the peewit tumbled clear of the laundromat |
12 | But a furlong out Mill Reef had sprinted clear , and only Pistol Packer could deny him the greatest moment of an outstanding racing career . |
13 | The concentration on the subjective nature of experience made clear the logical privacy , and hence non-physicality , of sense experience in a way in which it was never made clear within the classical and scholastic traditions . |
14 | Mr Fitton yesterday made clear that he had always been acting in an independent capacity in the offer for Eagle , and that it had no connection with Braithwaite . |
15 | As I made clear to my officers at that briefing , I expected — and received — the very highest standards of policing , sensitivity and courtesy . |
16 | NIGEL LAWSON yesterday made clear his determination to keep interest rates as high as necessary to defeat inflation and provide a sound basis for continued economic prosperity . |
17 | Gibraltar , whose importance as a naval base was now much diminished , caused continuing diplomatic embarrassment with Spain , although the local population made clear their wish to remain British . |
18 | Eliot made clear that his Pageant Play made no pretence of being a contribution to the dramatic literature of England . |
19 | Eliot made clear in Notes that his true concern was ‘ a problem of the first importance … that of the transmission of culture ’ . |
20 | The Chancellor made clear that henceforth he would rely more on the narrower definition of money , Mo , and maintain a high exchange rate ( and high interest rates ) to dampen inflation . |
21 | And she made clear only last week the depth of her opposition to giving the European Parliament more power . |
22 | However , Mr Gorbachev made clear this did not mean the entire relationship between the two Germanys had to be frozen for ever . |
23 | Mr Todd made clear at the weekend that he thought Mr Field was a bad loser , saying he appeared to think he was God 's gift to Birkenhead . |
24 | Mr Smith made clear that Labour 's first response would be to seek entry to the exchange rate mechanism of the European Monetary System and that its spending priorities would be pensions and child poverty . |
25 | He said recent legislation and jurisprudence made clear that regulators are not liable to investors . |
26 | He made clear to Hitler that Britain would not fight to uphold the Versailles treaty and , for far too long , held to the hope that the Third Reich 's territorial ambitions would cease after it had vacuumed up all ethnic Germans . |
27 | Sinai established , or was designed to establish , the mutual relationship between them and their God , and made clear its demands . |
28 | A number of the more left-leaning activists from the first strike , such as Bob Pagels and Glen Barr , made clear their opposition to this second stoppage . |
29 | With direct reference to the ‘ Jewish Question ’ , and in response to a ‘ demand ’ for more radical action which he had read in a newspaper , Hitler made clear that he had at the time to proceed tactically and in stages , but that his strategy was to manoeuvre his enemy into a corner before destroying him completely . |
30 | To state the identity of a free person made clear that he was not an asocial person but a member of a group of free men . |