Example sentences of "[noun sg] clear [adv] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When a mis-fire occurred it was the practice to clear out the hole down to the powder , insert the pricker , and again stem the hole . |
| 2 | The late 1980s saw the start of a long overdue restoration programme to clear away the scars of industrial exploitation and ‘ green ’ the South Wales Valleys . |
| 3 | Does the Minister agree that he and his colleagues are responsible , first , for refusing to take action to clear up the fiasco on the issue of computer records being used , secondly for refusing to abolish the 20 per cent . |
| 4 | Request to consider action to clear up the patch at the top of Baberton Loan on the Lanark Road . |
| 5 | The National Government 's Housing ( Financial Provisions ) Act , 1933 , by confining subsidies to those for slum clearance , provided the local authorities with an increased stimulus to clear away the slums . |
| 6 | Jonathon Pendrous ; by day a cleaner clearing up the stage after other peoples ' glory , but by night when the actors have gone home , and the audience has left the theatre to its ghostly past … |
| 7 | Pondering these matters , she went through to the front room to clear up the mess . |
| 8 | As the waiter cleared away the debris of their meal , Luke Hunter was looking at Folly across the table with an expression in his eyes that she found hard to classify . |
| 9 | The troopers of the Kha-Khan 's guard who were detailed to line the processional route had been pressed into service to clear away the debris , and their facial expressions reflected their feelings as the dye from the cloth stained their hands and surcoats . |
| 10 | Try drinking lots of water instead : not eating at all for a day to clear out the system ( unless you are a diabetic or have some other dietary problem ) ; having a warm bath and a nap ; going for a long walk . |
| 11 | Then back to the kitchen to clear up the mess before Dad got back off the night shift . |
| 12 | She trailed wearily into the kitchen to clear away the tea-things , her thoughts turning to Barney . |
| 13 | He should have the grace to admit that he was wrong and the grace to clear up the muddle that has existed in his ranks since his colleague the hon. Member for Strathkelvin and Bearsden ( Mr. Galbraith ) recently announced that he was going to abolish fund holding . |
| 14 | Whatever you do , you need to let fresh air clear away the staleness of apathy and only action will do that . |
| 15 | We need an election and a Labour Government to clear up the mess . |
| 16 | In the distance I could see a habited Deaconess clearing away the vessels from the early Communion service . |
| 17 | Gazzer belted his forehead with the flat of his hand to clear out the nightmares . |
| 18 | Under pressure to clear up the confusion surrounding the direction of its Distributed Management Environment , Open Software Foundation DME technology manager Kathryn De Nitto says the group will make a statement within two weeks which should answer some of the questions on many lips . |
| 19 | Under pressure to clear up the confusion surrounding the direction of its Distributed Management Environment , Open Software Foundation DME technology manager Kathryn De Nitto says the group will make a statement within two weeks which should answer some of the questions on many lips . |
| 20 | In 1816 – 18 the second Marquess of Bute had the courtyard cleared of vegetation and rubble , and in 1871 – 79 the third Marquess cleared out the moat and engaged the architect William Burges to carry out restoration of the masonry . |
| 21 | I helped my dad clear up the house — he 's very good at that . |
| 22 | President-for-life Imelda Marcos yesterday dedicated a new statue of her late husband , the former president-for-life , and announced , after singing twenty-eight patriotic songs to the assembled multitudes , that she would set in motion a new scheme to clear up the streets of the city by personally firing the first bullet . |
| 23 | When the Kenyan government called in a former Scotland Yard detective to clear up the murder of the foreign minister in 1990 , he fingered the former energy minister and confidant of the president . |
| 24 | These usually began with a stern injunction to rise at 6.30 a.m. , first task to clear out the embers from the fire ( yet another pointer to the fire as the heart of the home ) and relight it . |
| 25 | Maybe Billy himself set up Freddie the Lion to clear out the opposition in his own chosen patch . |
| 26 | She hurried into the living-room and went to the table to clear away the heap of news-cuttings . |
| 27 | She had half expected him to contact her after she had turned away the team of cleaners he 'd sent to her house to clear up the mess , but she had heard nothing . |
| 28 | Skandia chief executive Bjorn Wolrath , who will head the combined group , said the merger cleared up the ownership uncertainty surrounding Skandia . |
| 29 | A music lecturer at the College of Arts and Technology cleared up the mystery . |