Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb mod] have a clear [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The drafter must have a clear idea of what the terms are intended to achieve ; broadly , he/she must have ( 1 ) a sound grasp of the relevant law applying to contracts of supply and ( 2 ) a clear understanding of the nature of the client 's business and the client 's particular needs .
2 In order to achieve these objectives the drafter must have a clear understanding of the following matters .
3 To be effective , the programmer must have a clear objective , and be able to predict areas of difficulty and provide subroutines to deal with them .
4 The drafter should have a clear idea of the matters on which instructions are required .
5 In approaching the legislature , the Reagan forces were determined to avoid the mistakes of Jimmy Carter ; the new administration would have a clear sense of direction and a well-defined order of priorities .
6 ‘ Before extending its alliances , the Socialist Party must rediscover its own message ’ he said , adding that any grouping must have a clear basis and not ‘ mix cats and dogs ’ .
7 Because of her daily contact with the sufferer the warden will have a clearer idea of the degree of dementia than anyone , family or otherwise , whose contact is only occasional .
8 BY THE end of this month the International Stock Exchange will have a clearer idea of the problems ahead of it in its establishment of a clearing house for the settlement of share deals .
9 Finally a framework which stretches back to distant school days but which retains its validity is that your presentation must have a clear beginning , a middle and an end .
10 The members of any organisation should have a clear idea of its general purpose which is expressed in the form of a ‘ mission statement ’ or ‘ corporate objective ’ , defining the business in which the organisation is involved .
11 Each object must have a clear identity .
12 The criticisms made are very similar to some of those made of the government 's programme for privatising nationalised industries , namely , the government may have a clear policy on transferring firms from the public sector to the private sector , but lacks a real industrial policy .
13 Similarly the government may have a clear policy on transferring houses from the public sector to the private sector , but it lacks a real housing policy .
14 ‘ Civil aviation must have a clear commitment to America , ’ he said .
15 In his opening address on 29 September the pope rejected the notion , common since Vatican I , that the authority of the pontiff alone was sufficient to govern the Church , and listed the four aims of the Council : that the Church should have a clearer idea of its own nature ; that there was need for renewal ; that Christians of all denominations be brought closer together ( he apologized for the Catholic Church 's own failings in its relations with non-Catholics ) ; and finally , the need for dialogue between Church and world .
16 Before it embarks on the task of proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ the local church must have a clear idea as to the hoped-for result of such an undertaking , and should make appropriate plans to maximise the chances of achieving it .
17 In framing its monetary policy a government must have a clear idea of what the goals of the policy are , which monetary variable it is going to attempt to control and by what means , whether to take a long-term or short-term perspective , and how the policy fits in with other policies .
18 Others argue that any new government must have a clear mandate for change .
19 In both of these cases , the forecaster must have a clear understanding about the workings and relationship of those variables which will determine a company 's relative market share .
20 For this reason , all documents which have standard terms and conditions on the reverse should have a clear statement on the front to the effect that the contract is to be subject to the terms and conditions on the reverse .
21 Equally , it is important that a searcher should have a clear understanding of indexing methods .
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