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

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1 Mitchells Plain , home of 500,000 coloured people ( of mixed race ) , many of whom were forcibly removed from Cape Town in the early '70s , was chosen for the launch of the NP drive to recruit members right across the racial spectrum because it has seen a clear swing of support in the past year from the ANC towards the Nationalists .
2 The material was carefully selected and organised to give a clearer understanding of this often hazily remembered period of German history .
3 A feature of the bank 's statements is the narrative , designed to give a clear indication of all the movements on the account : it shows the names of payees and of those from whom payments have been received .
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 ( 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 .
7 " Hazel , " said Fiver suddenly , " I want to get a clear idea of this Silverweed , but I dare n't go closer by myself .
8 Instead , we would like to see a clearer indication of the circumstances in which car use can be reduced through different shopping patterns .
9 If the main components of money supply are various deposits in financial institutions , we must examine these institutions and the various types of deposit if we are to going to get a clear definition of money .
10 Once you begin to get a clear picture of what you would like , you then need to ‘ place ’ that image inside your unconscious .
11 When we apply these views to early childhood we begin to have a clearer picture of deaf children 's future .
12 Unfortunately , the Kanda method is destructive and many of the mitotic cells become unscorable but a sufficient number are conserved to give a clear indication of X-chromosome activity .
13 This is intended to give a clear idea of what the module is about .
14 Although planning authorities are urged to consider the differential effects of in-town and out-of-town developments , the guidance studiously avoids giving a clear indication of the shopping patterns to be favoured in future .
15 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 .
16 For example , the United States appears to provide a clear example of a single executive — the President .
17 This research aims to provide a clearer understanding of the problems of adopting new technology and the implications which this can have on training provisions for UK businesses .
18 The project aims to provide a clear definition of the concept of civil rights .
19 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 .
20 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 ?
21 Thus one might say " What A says ( i.e. the proposition A states ) is true " , which , on the face of it , seems to represent a clear case of property ascription .
22 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 ’ .
23 This project aims to achieve a clearer understanding of all the contextual factors influencing decisions made by voters in a representative English country during the so-called ‘ first age of paraty , ’ thereby making a significant contribution to knowledge in the fields of historical psephology and eighteenth-century political history .
24 Staff were asked to rate their overall impression of the Back Office system but , as can be see from the branch perception graph , at the beginning of this year the measure was split to get a clearer understanding of branches ' perception of availability and response times .
25 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 .
26 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 .
27 Early in his career Thornton appears to have had a clear idea of the disposition of his circuit .
28 No one from either DEC or the museum could seem to give a clear idea of how complete the prototypes will be at the end of the research contract in April 1995 .
29 In addition , while they were not restricted to any one social class , they did develop a clear sense of identity , fostered by a number of distinctive badges , such as their preference for Christian names of an Old Testament origin or of their own elaborate and didactic construction , such as Sin-deny , Be-Thankful , Praise-God , and Sure-Trust .
30 In place of agonizing doubt and uncertainty , he appeared to have a clear sense of direction .
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