Example sentences of "[pron] clear that [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Therefore it appears to me clear that a corporation at common law may maintain an action for a libel by which its property is injured .
2 Therefore it appears to me clear that a corporation at common law may maintain an action for a libel by which its property is injured .
3 ‘ My Lords , it seems to me clear that the law plainly took the wrong turning in Sheridan 's case [ 1937 ] 1 K.B .
4 It seems to me clear that the answer has to be yes , provided only that we allow ourselves a sufficiently large series of Ks .
5 ‘ If an assassin were to dare to enter my kitchen , ’ Auguste announced in tones that made it clear that no villain would have the temerity , ‘ do you not think that poison would be his chosen means , rather than an arsenal of rifles hidden in a kitchen range ? ’
6 In Fowler v Cammell Laird Ltd , 1973 IRLR 72 — although the circumstances of the case make it clear that no injustice was done in holding the dismissal fair — the tribunal was obviously impressed by the fact that the company rules provided for instant dismissal of those convicted of theft on the company 's premises .
7 Well I think he made it clear that no jury could forget what everybody knew er which is of course er the the facts that emerged at the time er that the Birmingham Six were acquitted .
8 The Court was surprised that those suggestions should have been made , and the Court owed it to its members and to all concerned to make it clear that no attempt had been made by anyone directly or indirectly , otherwise than in open court , to influence its decision .
9 Mr. Simon Hughes As the Minister 's first answer made it clear that a price differential has been a major cause of the substantial increase in sales of unleaded petrol , and as the Secretary of State is on record as saying that the market has a role to play in cutting the use of petrol across the market in the United Kingdom , by what figures does the Department currently estimate that petrol prices will increase over the next few years ?
10 The Government have made it clear that a decision on the site would be premature at this stage .
11 Reynolds held talks with leading politicians on Feb. 19 , in an attempt to find cross-party agreement on the case , but made it clear that a referendum to dilute the constitutional clause on abortion would be avoided if possible .
12 If intended as a last step prior to dismissal , such a warning should describe the nature of the offence and make it clear that a repetition will cause you to be dismissed .
13 The invitation should make it clear that a selection procedure is in progress and that all that is required are details , including prices and , if appropriate , samples of products for evaluation , the result of which might be an invitation to conduct trials .
14 The judgement of Upjohn , J. in Smeaton v Ilford Corporation , however , makes it clear that a water authority , being a statutory undertaker , will not be liable for creating a nuisance unless it was also negligent .
15 Subsection ( 3 ) makes it clear that a licence may be suspended not only on the grounds of the actings of the licence-holder but also on grounds attributable to the actings of persons frequenting the premises or the vicinity of the premises .
16 Paragraph 2.9 of the Code of Practice to the Act makes it clear that a person can be detained on the basis of a known history of mental illness following non-compliance with medication .
17 I agree with Lord Donaldson of Lymington M.R. that the effect of section 8 is to make it clear that a child of 16 or 17 years of age has the same capacity as an adult to consent to surgical medical or dental treatment which would otherwise constitute a trespass .
18 Page 382 of ’ Erskine May ’ concerns the citing of documents not before the House and makes it clear that a Minister may not ’ read or quote from a despatch or other state paper not before the House , unless he is prepared to lay it upon the Table . ’
19 The significance of Rookes v. Barnard was that it made it clear that a threat of a breach of contract was unlawful for this purpose but the criticism has been made ( and this indeed was the opinion of the Court of Appeal ) that if intimidation is extended to threats to break contracts ‘ it would overturn or outflank some elementary principles of contract law , ’ notably the doctrine of privity of contract , which holds that one who is not a party to a contract can not found a claim upon it or sue for breach of it .
20 It makes it clear that a shopkeeper who sells cigarettes to young people can not simply say that he did not know that he was doing so .
21 Condition 13 makes it clear that a claim brought against the carrier by the customer is subject to strict time limits ; in the case of loss from or damage to a package , the customer must advise the carrier of his claim in writing within three days and the claim must be made within seven days .
22 Is not it clear that a party which , a few years ago , was offering to do a deal with the Soviet leadership that would have involved the sacrifice of 100 per cent .
23 Evidence in favour of this interpretation of the phrase ‘ the physical environment ’ is found in DoE Circular 55/77 ( now withdrawn ) which made it clear that a statement of pollution policy could appropriately form part of a structure plan , albeit necessarily of a general nature since they are policies stated by an authority ( county council ) responsible neither for air pollution control nor for most development control .
24 However , the Un Secretary-General , Javier Pérez de Cuéllar , made it clear that a conference would take place only if sufficient progress towards an outline agreement had previously been made .
25 If physical integrity is so highly valued , would it be inappropriate to make it clear that an offence would be committed by any normal adult who failed to see an obvious risk of physical harm to another ?
26 The rules make it clear that an individual who can show that his or her claim is distinguishable from the rest of the group must have it heard and he or she will be treated individually .
27 The courts have made it clear that an employee who responds to an employer 's initiative by volunteering to go is not resigning , but making himself available to be dismissed .
28 The Court of Appeal made it clear that an employer could not use a restrictive covenant in an employment contract to protect confidential information unless that information could be classified as a trade secret or equivalent .
29 The results , announced a few days later , made it clear that the proposition had been carried by a very large majority .
30 Bergman ( 1979 ) also includes Signed Swedish under the title of a language , but her description of its history ( and this history is repeated in many countries ) makes it clear that the system has been constructed with specific aims in mind .
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