Example sentences of "[noun sg] was clear [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He never lost hope and his mind was clear and calm . |
| 2 | The subtlety of his disagreement with the garden city lobby may have been lost on many , but the message in his final chapter was clear and unequivocal : ‘ Plan we must ’ . |
| 3 | If the calf was to be kept alive the course of action was clear and time was critical . |
| 4 | From my side there were hoots of derision while the embarrassment on his own side was clear as Labour members found a sudden fascination in the detail of the Chamber 's roof . |
| 5 | So if the law was clear that in those circumstances they should have been on notice and should have therefore watched where the money was going , there would n't have been a problem and are we not saying that legitimate stock lending which I think is what is about is suggesting , if carried on properly on the market , would be all right , but if it immediately goes off market into the back doors and back rooms and people ca n't see what 's going on and the Financial Institutions take part in that , then they are doing something that un undoubtedly is probably going to cause loss to pension funds and should n't there be a clear law which makes them liable in those circumstances . |
| 6 | So if the law was clear that in those circumstances they should have been on notice and should have therefore watched where the money was going , there would n't have been a problem and are we not saying that legitimate stock lending , which I think is what Good is abou is suggesting , if carried on properly on market , would be all right , but if it immediately goes off market into the back doors and back rooms and people ca n't see what 's going on and the financial institutions take part in that , then they are doing something that un undoubtedly is probably going to cause loss to pension funds and should n't there be a clear law which makes them liable in those circumstances . |
| 7 | The voice on the telephone was clear and strong . |
| 8 | The taxpayer , however , contended that , on a literal reading , its meaning was clear and unambiguous and accordingly there was no alternative but to give effect to the express statutory language . |
| 9 | The Court was clear that the meaning o |
| 10 | The lake water was clear and cool , not cold . |
| 11 | This morning the water was clear and silvery , chuckling a little as it lapped over the smooth , oval , brown stones . |
| 12 | The kind of boat fishing at sea that I 've always done has had quite a few fathoms below the boat , but here the water was clear and only a few feet deep , we were certainly less than one hundred yards offshore . |
| 13 | ‘ They pretended that Paul was hit by a ricochet , but the evidence was clear that he 'd been hit by a direct shot . |
| 14 | Cloud flooded the southern valleys but our night was clear and starry , the coldest yet , with a white ground frost . |
| 15 | The night was clear and the sky full of stars as she walked from the comer shop in Cotton Lane along River Street , then turned left into Bacon Street . |
| 16 | The May night was clear and fresh . |
| 17 | They went by the sea route ; the night was clear and calm . |
| 18 | It was as if some great mass of thunder-cloud was driving up and up , and darkening the sky before it broke into wind and storm and rain ; except that the night was clear and the only movement was the slight rustle of the branches above , silvered against the stars by the moon 's bright light . |
| 19 | The night was clear and dark , the moon a sharp crescent to the north-east , high above the distant outline of the mountains . |
| 20 | ‘ But my strategy was clear and once Riccardo had gone out — and he was really the last chance of anybody catching me — I just had to stay calm and not worry about winning . ’ |
| 21 | On the third day his urine was clear and his renal function remained normal . |
| 22 | The message was clear as members of Gloucestershire county council turned up to todays budget meeting , with protestors , anxious over the scale of impending cuts urging councillors to think again before wielding the axe . |
| 23 | The river was clear and sport patchy with big bream and chub dominating results . |
| 24 | The river was clear and rushing and fringed by trees . |
| 25 | Clouds still heaped in the west , but over the crossroads at Quatre Bras , and above a stream just north of Fleurus , the sky was clear as glass . |
| 26 | The sky was clear and glittering with icy stars . |
| 27 | A heavy snowfall left the hills deliciously inviting and the sky was clear and bright . |
| 28 | The time was 9 a.m. , the sky was clear and blue , and nothing was going to stop me this time . |
| 29 | It had stopped snowing now and the sky was clear and black with a few stars . |
| 30 | The moon had set , but the sky was clear and lit by a sprinkling of stars . |