Example sentences of "clear [conj] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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31 Following this , it is clear that a strong distinction can be made between rule on the one hand and normative regularity on the other .
32 Whatever else , it is clear that a modernist representation would not accurately capture the organizational patterns of contemporary Japanese organization , which have served in the 1980s as if they were a very beacon of postmodernity , given the role that various representations of them have played in recent debates .
33 For it is becoming increasingly clear that a semantic theory alone can give us only a proportion , and perhaps only a small if essential proportion , of a general account of language understanding .
34 Unless the context makes clear that a special emphasis is to be given to the term ‘ third party ’ , the two expressions will be treated as equivalents .
35 Greeted that evening by our charming host Eduard de Nazelle , Sales Director of Champagne Veuve Cliquot , it soon became clear that a special night lay ahead .
36 The 1334 tax assessments and the 1377 poll-tax returns show which communities existed at those dates ( the latter also showing how few had disappeared between them ) , and make it clear that a high proportion of those which eventually disappeared were markedly below the average size ( 58 , pp.162–3 , 207 ) .
37 But it is quite clear that a large number of people believe these three , who have now been in prison for 13 years , to be innocent of the crime for which they stand convicted .
38 It is clear that a main attraction of the project for its participants was the opportunity offered to obtain a large amount of space in a Central London location for a modest outlay .
39 When the form of the Christian church was being developed , it was clear that a different type of design was .
40 This point should not be pushed to perversity : the IMF is still clear that a US-style deficit is worse , and it certainly is not being quickly corrected .
41 By the time a permanent replacement for the prototype was contemplated , it was clear that a definitive method of handling software had been evolved .
42 But the requirement of leave need not be too burdensome for applicants if an expeditious procedure for cases of emergency is provided ; and the question of time-limits could be dealt with by making it clear that a short time-limit should be imposed only if public works would otherwise be held in undue suspense .
43 The Government have made it absolutely clear that a statutory register of council taxpayers is not required .
44 That definition makes it clear that a statutory tenant is not the holder of a statutorily protected tenancy .
45 In fact it became clear that a considerable part of the defence was going to be that of justification , that the laws and usages of war permitted reprisals to be taken against hostages .
46 Article 5 of the convention makes it quite clear that a contracting state such as Libya must either extradite an alleged offender , or prosecute the alleged offender itself .
47 It later becomes clear that a dummy head can produce dramatic results only when recording sounds from close quarters , such as whispers or sound effects .
48 If it is clear that a listed building is being neglected and is in urgent need of repair , and the owner has no plans to remedy this or to sell the property , the next stage is simple .
49 In many cases it may be clear that a particular meaning is intended , but the drafter 's job is to avoid ambiguity and possible disputes .
50 In the unlikely event that a prosecution were brought in these circumstances , and it was clear that a sado-masochistic pact existed between the parties , the judge could take this into account in sentencing .
51 For all its deficiencies , the 1988 Office of Population Censuses and Surveys ( OPCS ) survey of disability in Britain makes clear that an overwhelming feature of the disabled state is poverty ( Abberley , 1991 ) .
52 By 1986 it was clear that an actual return of the territories to Jordanian sovereignty would threaten his long term authority on the East as well as the West Bank .
53 Census data , for instance , made clear that an increasing proportion of the more numerous national groups had been choosing to live in their ‘ own ’ union republic , with the greatest increases in Central Asia , the Baltic and Armenia ( Russians , by contrast , had become more dispersed throughout the USSR ) .
54 It should be clear that an expansionary change in the economy ( such as an increase in government spending , a cut in tax rates or an increase in the money supply ) would shift the AD curve to the right .
55 If the meanings of these latter concepts are themselves established by definition , it is clear that an infinite regress will result unless the meanings of some terms are known by some other means .
56 While it is clear that an enormous range of interest groups exist in Japan , few would argue that small firms , non-unionized labour ( who make up over 70 per cent of the total ) , minority groups or the elderly have the same continuous access to the state as do large companies .
57 It thus becomes clear that an intricate web of mutual dependency existed between the state and private individuals , between the military , the hunters , the peasants , the craftsmen and the merchants .
58 However , it is clear that an imaginative treatment of this form of interior could show off the texture and complexity of the original timber structure to dramatic effect .
59 But it became clear that an outright sale was the best way forward , its spokesman said yesterday .
60 And he has made it clear that an all-German election should be held next year at the earliest , not as a quick substitute for the West German one in December .
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