Example sentences of "has been a clear [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Of all its international forays , only Hongkong Bank of Canada has been a clear success .
2 The Government 's introduction of general practitioner fundholding has been a clear success , a fact confirmed in the independent academic research undertaken by Professor Glennerster of the London school of economics reported today by the King 's Fund .
3 In most cases that I 've dealt with and I 've f I repeat I 've probably dealt with more than any other living person in court , er there has been a clear case of rape .
4 Some wintering birds remain until late March or early April and , in recent years , there has been a clear tendency for them to linger later in the year ; all the May records have been since 1968 .
5 On each of the three occasions this century where there has been a clear coalition government — May 1915 to November 1922 , August 1931 to September 1932 , and May 1940 to May 1945 — it has been to meet a national emergency .
6 This practice is also not unknown elsewhere , but the preferential treatment for corporate dividend receivers where the effective tax rate is ‘ close to zero ’ ( Aoki 1984 p.238 ) , has been a clear incentive to intercompany stockholding .
7 In the last five years there has been a clear commitment from the Nursery/First , Middle and Comprehensive schools to work in a co-operative and supportive way , resulting in a pyramid of schools developing coherence and continuity for young people in the area from the ages 3–16 .
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