Example sentences of "a clue " in BNC.
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| 31 | As a clue to that significance we might first recall the way in which the laws regarding menstruation and childbirth and this new circumcision appeared at the same time in the history of the Jewish people , and remember what was earlier said about the nature — culture dichotomy and the need of culture to control or impose itself upon what it deems to be nature . |
| 32 | But it has n't given him much of a clue about setting up a restaurant . |
| 33 | Torque back-up or rise gives a clue to what will happen when an engine , spinning at full ( rated ) or pto speed , meets an increase in load — a boggy patch or hill . |
| 34 | As the newspaper said , it was a clue ; the sole clue . |
| 35 | ‘ They have n't a clue , ’ he said . |
| 36 | She had fingered the lamp and slid back an edge of the curtain on to a sun-flecked , eight o'clock day , searching for a clue . |
| 37 | Men would n't have a clue ! |
| 38 | The view of a matchbox held close to the viewer 's nose gave a clue to the multiple vision of Cubism and Futurism . |
| 39 | He brought his mind back from Angela Brickell and said vaguely , ‘ Have n't a clue . ’ |
| 40 | Sometimes we can get a clue from behavioural data ; an example is the evidence that we compare shapes by rotating their images in our heads . |
| 41 | Can psychological experiments give us a clue to how such calculations are performed ? |
| 42 | For ‘ Scheibenbuck ’ I have not a clue , though it is probably the name of the vintner . |
| 43 | Frankly , I did n't have a clue . |
| 44 | ITN 's Alastair Stewart offered a clue when he said : ‘ In Scotland there is a four-dimensional tussle . ’ |
| 45 | Noel Malcolm contemplates the disease-ridden days when doctors did n't have a clue and did more harm than good |
| 46 | Was this some sort of a clue ? |
| 47 | ‘ I Spent yesterday at Eastleech , Highworth and Letchlade , searching for her , but none of her relatives could give me a clue . |
| 48 | A container hung from the belt containing a clue of garn ( ball of wool ) . |
| 49 | In any case , I did not linger long enough — as I was obliged to explain to his lordship shortly afterwards — to hear anything that would give a clue as to M. Dupont 's attitude to Mr Lewis 's remarks . |
| 50 | Equally , the local library or county record office may have early maps or plans , which will provide a clue to the building 's origin . |
| 51 | I looked at him puzzled and said I did n't have a clue what he was talking about . |
| 52 | And it 's obvious , is n't it , that certain people simply have n't a clue as to where you are at or what makes you tick . |
| 53 | There was a big typo in the last issue — where was it and what was it ? [ a clue : Siamese Twin ] |
| 54 | I have n't a clue . ’ |
| 55 | He 'd ask you what club it was without giving you a clue what he was thinking . |
| 56 | As we have seen , damaging cells in the progress zone of the early bud causes proximal structures to be lost , and so our model just might provide a clue as to how thalidomide works . |
| 57 | This observation may at least provide a clue to the molecular basis of positional information . |
| 58 | If it meant anything at all , thought Henry , it was something along the lines of We have n't got a clue . |
| 59 | This gives a clue to the location of Swinsto Hole , five minutes north-west and to Simpson 's Pot , over the wall in the next allotment east : their entrances are small and , masked by long grass , need a search but both admit to major cave systems . |
| 60 | Was Hoomey 's news a clue ? |