Example sentences of "had been clear " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the case of the Ks , the SMG claimed the police had been slow to take statements and prepare cases , and that , inexplicably , weeks elapsed before anyone was charged with the December attack on Anoup K although there had been clear identification . |
| 2 | They were adamant that it had been clear all along , they 'd suspected something from the start . |
| 3 | Defending solicitor Bob Booker told the court : ‘ If the grating which surrounds the washing area had been clear there should n't have been any problems . |
| 4 | The warnings had been clear for some time . |
| 5 | Until a few years ago it had been clear that the courts would be prepared in such situations to exhibit a marked degree of ‘ tenderness ’ towards wives in such cases , greater tenderness in fact than would be applied to any other third party surety . |
| 6 | It had been clear from the start that the spinster had taken an instant dislike to both Ashi and her daughter . |
| 7 | When I postulated that the environmentalists might have a case , they were horrified that I of all people should express such a view , when it had been clear to them from the start that I was different from the others ( my sisters ) . |
| 8 | But we were moving in different directions and it had been clear for some while that we stayed together out of habit . |
| 9 | When Bissett had left home the sky had been clear . |
| 10 | Every broken marriage , every wrecked career must have one , in some form or another , and doubtless career and marriage might have drifted aimlessly on together for a few more years if the sea had been clear of Carlas , but it would have ended some time or other , and possibly with a lot more pain than there was now . |
| 11 | Or perhaps it had been clear a long time before that . |
| 12 | The applicant sought relief on the grounds that ( 1 ) at the time the coroner took his original decision there was considerable evidence before him that the death would not have occurred but for delays experienced by the deceased 's family in contacting the ambulance service and later delays by the ambulance service in responding to repeated calls by the police for an ambulance to come to take the deceased to hospital as a matter of urgency ; ( 2 ) in reaching the conclusion that an inquest was unnecessary the coroner had misdirected himself in law for the reasons , inter alia , that ( i ) section 8(1) ( a ) of the Coroners Act 1988 required a coroner to hold an inquest where there was ‘ reasonable cause to suspect ’ that the deceased had died a ‘ violent or unnatural death ; ’ ( ii ) there had been clear and uncontradicted evidence before the coroner that avoidable and culpable delays by the ambulance service might have been the reason why the deceased 's asthma attack , which could have been treated in hospital , proved fatal , giving rise to a ‘ reasonable cause to suspect ’ that the cause of the deceased 's death was ‘ unnatural ; ’ and ( iii ) against that background , the coroner had erred in law in treating the pathologist 's conclusion as conclusive and had either misdirected himself as to the meaning of ‘ unnatural death ’ in section 8 of the Coroners Act 1988 or failed to apply the law properly to the facts of the case . |
| 13 | The implications of the Black and Tans ' behaviour and of the complicity of the Government in their reign of terror had been clear for some time , but Tubby 's experience had brought it all into sharp focus . |
| 14 | During the follow up period there were only five ears in which fluid recurred and persisted for at least one year after they had been clear for at least one year . |
| 15 | It had been clear that Artai 's decision to name Jehan as a member of the embassy had come as a complete surprise . |
| 16 | The sky , which had been clear and filled with stars , was clouding over and a moist wind blew in from the sea . |
| 17 | His voice had been clear enough , though . |
| 18 | The night of the wedding party had been clear and beautiful . |
| 19 | The inevitable course for them both had been clear tonight ; if she had stayed they would have made love again — there had been no question about it . |
| 20 | The elections of December 1965 and March 1967 had confirmed what had been clear in the elections of 1962 : that his political base was , in fact , partisan rather than truly national . |
| 21 | It had been clear that Bowman , a research scientist and administrator , was anxious to press ahead as fast as possible , and this had brought him into conflict on several occasions with industry , the government and the NRA chair , Lord Crickhowell . |
| 22 | The strength of the Labour Party lay in its ability to win votes , which became increasingly clear in relation to the Liberals after the granting of manhood suffrage in 1918 and had been clear in relation to other socialist groups ever since 1900 . |
| 23 | It had been clear from the conversation that it was n't something that concerned the gallery , but her personally . |