Example sentences of "is clear that [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Although it is clear that mountainous areas with few nearby notable pollution sources are receiving their pollution burden from regions or countries several hundreds or thousands of kilometres distant , it is difficult to determine precisely from which source or sources the pollution originated .
2 ‘ It is clear that political-administrative elites and not the masses of acceptors are deciding on the technology to be used ’ USAID Evaluation Report , 1979
3 However , it is clear that chronic health problems appear to increase with age .
4 So it is clear that private citizens are the proper persons to ‘ enforce ’ private law .
5 Although it is hard to know how valid these comparisons are , it is clear that ordinary people in Britain have far more possessions and assets than they did in 1911 .
6 It is clear that electronegative chlorine substituents on the phosphine ligands decrease the electron density on the central Co atom , thereby decreasing the back-bonding and raising the CO and NO bond stretching frequencies .
7 It is clear that quantitative methodology can be applied , with interesting results , to data bases other than the bodies of naturally occurring spontaneous speech for which it was originally designed .
8 Nevertheless it is clear that Anglo-American relations had suffered a number of shocks since 1950 , while Churchill was quite wrong in his expectation that the Americans would be happier to work with him than with Labour .
9 Housing subsidies in the past have sometimes favoured rural areas , but Shucksmith believes that the higher building costs have not been matched , and that ‘ it is clear that central government policies have played a major role in frustrating council housing in rural areas , both through the overall financial allocation to rural areas , and through the constraints imposed on individual developments … . ’
10 Pareto is clear that political activity is not necessarily a moralising activity ; on the contrary , the governing elite has to be able and willing to use violence , corruption , guilt and deceit to ensure public order , national independence and social conditions for the growth of national prosperity .
11 It is clear that political commitment is no more sufficient for the development of good pedagogy than is the ability to speak a particular language and to share in its associated culture .
12 Since these variations can occur within a single species , and even within a single individual , it is clear that good samples are necessary before attempting to distinguish patterns .
13 ‘ However , it is clear that 18 July 1989 is not a magic cut-off point .
14 It is clear that unpublished price sensitive information fulfils this requirement .
15 It is clear that each case in this area will depend on its own facts .
16 It is clear that each Command had a basis for judging tour length ; for example , Bomber Command seemed to feature the number of sorties to establish this .
17 Total membership fluctuated widely around 5,000 and it is clear that many members only stayed with the Party for a short time .
18 It is clear that many others — perhaps Lanfranc too — saw this .
19 In the meantime , it is clear that many judges consider that the Lord Chancellor 's Department has ceased to act as an intermediary or ‘ hinge ’ between themselves and the executive Government and has become as much a part of the governmental machinery as any other Department of State .
20 It is clear that many Opposition Members , and possibly some Conservative Members , have received letters telling us that claims could not be paid because a bill board had been placed in the social security office .
21 It is clear that many people are now using asylum claims as a means of evading immigration control .
22 Constituency party activists were certainly mostly pro-Thatcher , but it is clear that many MPs used the secrecy of the ballot to oppose her .
23 It is clear that many media underlie the revelation we have in the Scriptures .
24 Also , it has proved very difficult to reproduce the events which led to Fleming 's famous observation , and it is clear that many versions of the story which were published 15 or more years later , after penicillin became famous , drew on faded but vivacious memories and are more or less imaginary .
25 It is clear that other groups , such as the military , scientists and intellectuals , could exercise influence over the party and modify policy .
26 The first temple at Mallia , raised in about 1900 BC , was equipped with storage rooms , but it is clear that other buildings , apparently houses , in the town of Mallia were also equipped with store-rooms .
27 It is clear that certain policies have a limited call upon union expenditure , while other policies are a heavy burden upon expenditure .
28 It is clear that general practitioners have the potential to be able contributors to the discussion of what needs to be purchased and where , although the mechanisms by which this is achieved need a variety of well thought out and appropriate structures .
29 Finally , it is clear that centralized planning such as this must be kept under constant review , if it is to respond to changed needs and resources .
30 There is , however , some difficulty in the study in relation to the choice of stimuli and in the fact that only neutral facial expression was used — while it is clear that facial characteristics are important to the holistic perception of the sign .
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