Example sentences of "[verb] have a clear [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The masses can never be expected to have a clear conception of a supreme God without investing those attributes with a projection of their own personality .
2 For efficiency and confidentiality , the conference is expected to have a clear set of objectives , and to be restricted to those people directly involved with the child and the family concerned , and those who need to know about or have a contribution to make to the tasks involved .
3 ( b ) Taking instructions As noted above , the drafter needs to have a clear understanding of the nature of the client 's business , in order to ensure that the terms meet the needs of the client 's business , taking account of its products , customers and problems .
4 Nobody seemed to have a clear objective in mind and the speakers had obviously not been briefed on what to expect .
5 In 1910 few Liberals had argued for Home Rule in their election addresses or speeches , so they could not be said to have a clear mandate for it .
6 When we apply these views to early childhood we begin to have a clearer picture of deaf children 's future .
7 Some people like to have a clear set of rules to live and to work by , while others condemn these same rules as ‘ bureaucratic ’ , restrictive and stifling .
8 With regard to the need for direct and close contact , I do not think that we could have had a clearer example of that than the visit of President Yeltsin and the very straight talking between my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister and the president .
9 And , if he had moved any farther down the course , would he still have had a clear view of Captain Brown waving his flag to signal a false start ?
10 Like other textbook writers , Greer seems to have a clear understanding of the ways in which the examination system services a class-ridden society : CSE Mathematics Book 2 has a whole section on overtime and piecework with a briefer section on salaries paid to ‘ people like teachers , civil servants , secretaries and company managers ’ .
11 Aside from running their hands over the dog 's body and legs , checking its conformation , judges may want to have a clear view of the dog 's mouth , to check , for example , that the jaws are neither under or overshot , according to the breed standard .
12 An industrial manager at any level should endeavour to have a clear view of the future , and the role that he would like his business to play in that future .
13 Early in his career Thornton appears to have had a clear idea of the disposition of his circuit .
14 At present we have no committed team , no leaders , and certainly no building , but we do have a clear conviction that this is the next step in church planting for us to take .
15 Do have a clear policy on babysitting if you employ a nanny or au pair .
16 ‘ We do have a clear strategy .
17 However , those in public relations do have a clear duty to consider the effects of their campaigns in the public sector for they operate with the powerful forces of media , information , social groups , and opinion formers .
18 In place of agonizing doubt and uncertainty , he appeared to have a clear sense of direction .
19 All her life she had had a clear vision of who she was and where she was going .
20 RACING DOWN Royal are hoping to have a clear date for their big July fixture next year .
21 Structured thought which had as its main attributes three themes of course before you had that you had to have a clear objective which helped you to choose what those three themes were , and why why did we choose three as a based on
22 Sorry to sound a little perverse on that issue , but I , we really wanted to have a clear indication of what you felt as District Planning Officers , er an and indeed we 'll hear what the County feel and in fact have pursued through this alteration , but can I again , just for clarification , and in fact it 's a sort of final head count , er and again I raise this in the context of P P G three paragraph thirty three , and that is the degree of acceptability , or otherwise , by the local planning authorities , erm and I only need a nod from you , or otherwise , for the record .
23 Erm I 've had one comment from the people in Nottingham , that er we need to have a clearer idea of exactly what we want from people , and then let them go away and and read more detailed bumf in more detail .
24 When you use this you are editing the event as you record it so you need to have a clear plan as to what you want to record and what you do n't .
25 As usual , we need to have a clear view of precisely what we are trying to summarize before deciding which measure does the job best .
26 If you are attending a meeting , arrive in good time , plan to have a clear view of the speaker , being reasonably close to him with hearing-aid volume low rather than being more distant with the volume at a higher level , picking up more unwanted noise .
27 Although ITT claims to have a clear lead in the new technology , it is not alone in the race .
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