Example sentences of "[vb -s] clear [conj] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seems clear that a wide range of liaisons , some permanent , others later resolved one way or the other , existed in both rural and urban areas . |
| 2 | Distinguishing between a multiplicity of variables in accounting for policy variations is , of course , a hazardous exercise , but despite the methodological difficulties it seems clear that a simple agency model , with local authorities implementing national policies with little or no discretion , is far from accurate . |
| 3 | For my part , it seems clear that a viable distinction can be made between economic growth ( measured on such criteria as GNP per capita , proportion of the labour force engaged in industry , and the proportion of manufactured goods in total exports ) and development , which has somewhat wider social and political implications . |
| 4 | What was really said on that occasion is not on record but Wilberforce had just written a long review of Darwin 's book in the Quarterly Review and from this it seems clear that the good Bishop was by no means the fundamentalist reactionary which he is commonly supposed to have been . |
| 5 | In any event , it seems clear that the follow-on loan is generally bad for consumers , as it restricts their potential credit choice by binding them even more firmly into one type of weekly-collection credit . |
| 6 | Therefore it seems clear that the real issue is neither closure nor business as usual . |
| 7 | Although Lord Cairns regarded the principles applicable as extremely simple , it seems clear that the common law was faced by a new and important problem which could not be solved by merely applying the existing authorities . |
| 8 | So when it becomes clear that a criminal case is not proceeding as anticipated — a trial is not scuppered by lobbing something into the ring — there are discreet discussions between learned friends in chambers , many exchanges of the phrase ‘ I 'm much obliged ’ and finally the jury is summoned back . |
| 9 | It later becomes clear that a dummy head can produce dramatic results only when recording sounds from close quarters , such as whispers or sound effects . |
| 10 | It thus becomes clear that an intricate web of mutual dependency existed between the state and private individuals , between the military , the hunters , the peasants , the craftsmen and the merchants . |
| 11 | During his convalescence one of Larry 's colleagues , Professor Head , explains to him the basic principles of astrophysics , and it gradually becomes clear that the intra-personal death story is also a metaphoric transposition of the laws of astrophysics onto the dreaming or hallucinating mind . |
| 12 | Unless the context makes clear that a special emphasis is to be given to the term ‘ third party ’ , the two expressions will be treated as equivalents . |
| 13 | For all its deficiencies , the 1988 Office of Population Censuses and Surveys ( OPCS ) survey of disability in Britain makes clear that an overwhelming feature of the disabled state is poverty ( Abberley , 1991 ) . |