Example sentences of "makes it plain " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mountbatten 's report makes it plain that MI5 and MI6 believed that the KGB would attempt to keep in contact with Blake . |
| 2 | Keith , the department head , is keeping quiet , but makes it plain that the second half of June is his , arguably having something to do with his secretary , Debbie , and a certain destination in Latin America . |
| 3 | The detailed way in which the 1977 Protocols spell out the principle of discrimination in the use of force and protection of the civilian population makes it plain that there are no circumstances in which nuclear weapons could actually be used without breaching this fundamental principle . |
| 4 | But Luke also makes it plain that John the Baptist , through his mother , was descended from the priestly dynastic succession of Aaron — which would mean , of course , that Jesus was too . |
| 5 | The Bible account makes it plain that the numbers involved were considerable . |
| 6 | The itemization makes it plain that it is precisely four things that the speaker does not understand . |
| 7 | ‘ After anxious consideration I have reached the conclusion that whatever Reg. v. Morris did decide it can not be regarded as having overruled the very plain decision in Reg. v. Lawrence [ 1972 ] A.C. 626 that appropriation can occur even if the owner consents and that Reg. v. Morris itself makes it plain that it is no defence to say that the property passed under a voidable contract . |
| 8 | The Report makes it plain that the police ‘ certainly expected trouble ’ . |
| 9 | when Jesus was baptised , Mark makes it plain that the age of fulfilment has already dawned . |
| 10 | But the same Gospel makes it plain that the Spirit will interpret Jesus as the focal point of all God 's revelation . |
| 11 | The reformulated law makes it plain that an offence is committed if the defendant conducts himself in a way that causes his victim to anticipate that the defendant is about to use unlawful violence . |
| 12 | Only where the person using the foul language makes it plain that he has no intention of resorting to violence , and there is no bystander who is likely to be provoked by what the defendant is doing , is no offence committed under this section . |
| 13 | For these reasons , it is possible to hope that the House of Lords might , if called upon to do so , reconsider the decision in a way that makes it plain that the right to freedom of speech in public is not wholly dependent upon the discretion of the policeman on the spot — important though that will undoubtedly always be — but is guided by rules and principles that recognise , inter alia the importance of freedom of speech in public , and the fact that the person interfered with was going about his otherwise lawful business . |
| 14 | Suppose , for example , that the police seek to remove a person 's clothing , or to take fingerprints when they are not authorised to do so , or persistently seek to question a person who makes it plain that he has no wish to answer , or seek to enter a house when they have no search warrant or a defective one . |
| 15 | R v Morris itself makes it plain that it is no defence to say that property passed under a voidable contract . " |