Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [vb past] [pers pn] clear " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finance ministers and officials taking part in the meetings made it clear that the whole package of financial aid was conditional on the former Soviet republics pressing ahead to establish market economies and taking prescribed measures for stabilization . |
| 2 | White House officials insist this is a misunderstanding ; US interest in the coup evaporated rapidly when the rebels made it clear that they would not hand over Noriega . |
| 3 | The changes made it clear that it was Bjelke-Petersen , rather than Her Majesty , who was at fault . |
| 4 | The daughters-in-law made it clear that Mrs J. had given all of them a hard time over the years . |
| 5 | The inhabitants made it clear that their commons had been reduced to between half and a third of their former size . |
| 6 | He even wanted to carry on after hearing about his problem , but the Doctors made it clear that would almost certainly be fatal . |
| 7 | Many of the women made it clear in the interviews that their concern is not simply to get housework done in the most efficient way and the shortest possible time . |
| 8 | ‘ The foremen made it clear they wanted to start pressing buttons on industrial action because the threat of compulsory redundancies is still there , ’ said Jim Thomas , chief Ford negotiator for the union . |