Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] is clear [that] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The headhunting phenomenon of moving teams gained itself a bad name , and it is clear that such a practice is still scorned by many of the most reputable executive search firms and by many companies too , although it is accepted that it happened comparatively rarely . |
| 2 | Exactly similar inferences can be made in cases like example ( 18 ) , and it is clear that such inferences are fundamental to our sense of coherence in discourse : if the implicatures were not constructed on the basis of the assumption of relevance , many adjacent utterances in conversation would appear quite unconnected . |
| 3 | Also , it has proved very difficult to reproduce the events which led to Fleming 's famous observation , and it is clear that many versions of the story which were published 15 or more years later , after penicillin became famous , drew on faded but vivacious memories and are more or less imaginary . |
| 4 | This analysis was not universally accepted , and it is clear that many preferred to tackle the problem of dishonesty through preventative action than to vacate the ‘ moral high ground ’ by abandoning or altering too radically the present basis of claim settlement . |
| 5 | Total membership fluctuated widely around 5,000 and it is clear that many members only stayed with the Party for a short time . |
| 6 | Many experiments have been carried out on the perception of stress , and it is clear that many different sound characteristics are important in making a syllable recognisably stressed . |
| 7 | The main variables for the inner-city research ( most of which were reported in J. Milroy and L. Milroy , 1978 ) were therefore selected on the general principle that a large number of tokens must be identifiable in the data , and it is clear that this stark necessity must override any other consideration . |
| 8 | In 1963 the hundred largest UK enterprises controlled on average only 40 plants each within the UK : by 1972 this had increased to 72 , and it is clear that this period of domestic expansion and takeovers was also the main period of international expansion by TNCs . |
| 9 | We may imagine a measure of disappointment when these requests were vetoed by the committee , and it is clear that some re-education of staff must have been necessary in arriving at appropriate submissions . |
| 10 | Over 50% of women who have abortions are single , and it is clear that most of these have abortions for this reason ( ie Reason Two ) . |
| 11 | Most of its 380,000 population is economically dependent on the Black Sea Fleet , but it is clear that many have run out of patience with the arguments . |
| 12 | Constituency party activists were certainly mostly pro-Thatcher , but it is clear that many MPs used the secrecy of the ballot to oppose her . |
| 13 | In the US , for example , where the socialist party failed to establish itself as a major party after a fairly rapid growth in the first decade of this century , it has long been argued that the presidential system is a major obstacle to the development of third parties , and undoubtedly these constitutional factors have been important ; but it is clear that many other social and economic characteristics of the US have had a preponderant influence in determining the absence of a large-scale independent socialist movement or party there ( Sombart , 1906 ; Laslett and Lipset , 1974 ) . |
| 14 | The precise characterisation of this agent awaits further study but it is clear that most patients with NSAID enteropathy have normal 1 4 C glyocholate breath tests , urinary indicans , and vitamin B 1 2 absorption , all of which may be affected in non-specific intestinal bacterial overgrowth syndromes . |
| 15 | Shamir , faced with protests from the Israeli far right over this matter , responded by telling a radio interviewer on Sept. 27 that " the Americans can meet who they want , but it is clear that these people will not represent anyone in negotiations " . |
| 16 | The effects of electrical discharges on glass fibre and carbon fibre structures are uncertain , but it is clear that any moisture in the material would be turned to steam by a flash and would certainly cause delamination and very expensive damage . |