Example sentences of "[verb] have a clear [noun] of " 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 | When we apply these views to early childhood we begin to have a clearer picture of deaf children 's future . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 ? |
| 8 | 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 ’ . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Early in his career Thornton appears to have had a clear idea of the disposition of his circuit . |
| 12 | In place of agonizing doubt and uncertainty , he appeared to have a clear sense of direction . |
| 13 | All her life she had had a clear vision of who she was and where she was going . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |