Example sentences of "[pers pn] have a 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 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 . ’
9 I have a clear head , too , so things seem more fresh .
10 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 .
11 ( 11 ) Do you have a clear assessment policy which conforms to the whole school policy ?
12 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 .
13 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 .
14 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 .
15 Once you have a clear idea of what you have to do , the next thing is to work out how you pay for it .
16 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 .
17 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 .
18 You learn best if you have a clear idea of why you are learning something .
19 Waiting can be quite constructive if you have a clear idea of what you 're waiting for . ’
20 You may need to run through it several times before you have a clear idea of the pitch .
21 Once you have a clear idea of the essentials you can decide where to compromise and where you must make an investment .
22 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 .
23 For anyone seriously looking at the desktop publishing market it is vital that you have a clear understanding of what you want to do with the technology , regardless of the actual hardware or software .
24 I apologise for the length of this letter but I do believe that it is essential that you have a clear understanding of what it is we are to do .
25 It helps to counteract this tendency if you have a clear list of criteria against which to view the person and/or the information the interview renders .
26 In fact , you should not go anywhere near a DIP system until you have a clear picture of your paper records .
27 As the drama develops remember that if each child feels s/he has a clear responsibility within the drama control problems are far less likely to arise .
28 In view of the serious situation that my right hon. Friend has outlined and the excellent policies that he is introducing to deal with it , can we have a clear assurance that the Government will resist any proposals at the Maastricht discussions to transfer immigration control to Brussels or the European Economic Community ?
29 It was vital to give the impression at any rate that I and my board colleagues were in control of affairs and that we had a clear strategy that somehow was going to restore our business to its former glory .
30 We believed that what we were doing did n't infringe on the characters of any group of people , and therefore we had a clear mind .
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