Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [art] clear [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 That part of a social policy course that is concerned with describing policies and the institutions responsible for them has a clear face value to the social policy ‘ practitioner ’ .
2 Head of Department : ‘ In 1976 I had a clear idea where I would like to be going :
3 I had a clear view of them from a branch of a tree that overhung the water , and I watched them on several occasions .
4 It had even been easy following them from the racecourse , as when I went out to where my driver had parked his car I had a clear view from a distance of Daffodil at the exit gate being spooned into a royal blue Rolls-Royce by Filmer and her chauffeur .
5 But I had a clear view of the table last night , and it was n't there .
6 ‘ I wo n't be fining him because I had a clear view of what happened and understand what he did and why he did it , ’ said manager Kevin Keegan .
7 When she came very near , I had a clear view of her face , turned brightly to the moonlight .
8 Of its face I had no clear idea .
9 With an odd feeling that he was asking because it was expected of him rather than out of genuine interest , she replied somewhat stiltedly , ‘ Once I 've a clear picture of the items to be displayed , and which room they 're to go in , I can begin the first rough draft for the catalogue . ’
10 ‘ If it comes to that , ’ Sir Bruce rumbled , ‘ I 've no clear idea why I 'm here myself .
11 There is a suspicion — no more than that — of which I have no clear evidence , that blanket decisions are taken on some applications .
12 I have a clear head , too , so things seem more fresh .
13 I ca n't make these decisions on my own , removed from the rest of BBC Radio ; but I have a clear idea of what Radio 3 is about .
14 ( 11 ) Do you have a clear assessment policy which conforms to the whole school policy ?
15 She was forgetting everything else — the sub-language she spoke , things she knew , chunks of her past , people she had killed — but she had a clear memory of the way the world really looked .
16 Falling asleep , she had a clear picture ( close-up ) or her mouth and Miles ' perfect mouth drawing closer and closer together , to the accompaniment of swelling , soaring , unseen music .
17 She had no clear idea of what a mortgage was .
18 She had no clear idea of how it could have rolled from the table , for it had seemed perfectly secure when she had put it there .
19 She stepped out herself then , hoping to get nearer ; she would like to see what he was doing to her , for she had no clear idea , in spite of the expert descriptions she provided for Cati in their vigils .
20 She had no clear idea where she would go , and what she was going to do in a strange city with no money .
21 She had the clear gaze of an experienced poker player .
22 By the end of that season , when he won his first championship by a large margin , I had little doubt who had achieved the triumph : Niki is no braggart , but in the first of many longish talks , he explained to me that his nature was such that he really just could n't stand the second-rate ; and if you saw the second-rate around you , you had a clear choice — either you cleared out and found yourself the first-rate or you simply demanded that second-rate people became first-rate .
23 Once you have a clear idea of what you have to do , the next thing is to work out how you pay for it .
24 This may be easier said than done but if you have a clear idea of the purpose of the meeting and have prepared a thorough list of everything you want to know then you must stick to your guns and carry on relentlessly until you have worked your way through it .
25 Now that you have a clear idea of what regression therapy involves , it is time to look at the sort of problems that cause people to need such therapy — why and how such problems have arisen in the first place and how they can limit people 's lives and potential .
26 You learn best if you have a clear idea of why you are learning something .
27 Waiting can be quite constructive if you have a clear idea of what you 're waiting for . ’
28 You may need to run through it several times before you have a clear idea of the pitch .
29 Once you have a clear idea of the essentials you can decide where to compromise and where you must make an investment .
30 You go up some steps to a reception area , from where you have a clear view down into the clean kitchen , then down some steps into a dining room that looks like a well-lit Tube tunnel .
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