Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [verb] it clear " in BNC.
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| 1 | My father was friendly enough but too obviously confident of his powers : if other parents complained to him about me or my brother , he always took our side and made it clear that he would roll up his sleeves and take on anyone who laid a finger on us . |
| 2 | Her owner died , and she was living rough , so when she bounced into our kitchen and made it clear that that was where she wanted to stay in it was hard to turn her out , even though Fizzy finds a young and very playful cat rather a trial . |
| 3 | After dinner he played patience and made it clear that ‘ he had had enough of coal for the day ’ . |
| 4 | Walking carefully he crossed the room and pulled it clear of what lay beneath it . |
| 5 | The board of directors of the target company have to give their opinion on the offer and make it clear whether or not they recommend it . |
| 6 | However , that was a matter which SACHR raised with me only this week and made it clear that it was a subject to which it would return . |
| 7 | Darwin 's theory emphasized the interaction between organisms and their environment and made it clear that species could be driven to extinction when the conditions to which they were exposed changed too rapidly for them to cope . |
| 8 | How can the Labour party say that in the year when we opened up the whole of industry to competition , in the year when we tightened the price control and made it clear that the customer is high on our list of priorities ? |
| 9 | Delegates rejected the concept of a federal state and made it clear that they would only accept a proportional representation system based on one-person-one-vote in a unitary state . |
| 10 | If intended as a last step prior to dismissal , such a warning should describe the nature of the offence and make it clear that a repetition will cause you to be dismissed . |
| 11 | But in a few more months , Joyce wrote his apologia and made it clear that despite their apparent freedom of choice , there was in reality only one decision that he could have taken : |
| 12 | She would cook them all a good breakfast and make it clear that she expected them to be at the table on time . |
| 13 | It will accelerate moves towards quality labelling and higher standards , and despite the sensationalising of what is in fact a minor problem , Watchdog emphasised the good points of fishkeeping , showed an attractive tank and made it clear that one family at least had not been put off fishkeeping by their mishap . |
| 14 | Page 382 of ’ Erskine May ’ concerns the citing of documents not before the House and makes it clear that a Minister may not ’ read or quote from a despatch or other state paper not before the House , unless he is prepared to lay it upon the Table . ’ |