Example sentences of "[vb past] clear [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each man would wear an individual set of breathing apparatus and as each group got clear of the gas in Bank mine the equipment would be taken back into Knockshinnoch by rescuers and used by another group of three men . |
| 2 | By the time Maisie and he got clear of the crowd , Aziz and Hasan were almost at the other side of the Common . |
| 3 | Yes I pick up on the comment from the , Notts are n't as in control as they were , after first Tony and then Paul got their names on the score sheet in each case for the first time this season , both with bristling finishing efforts and you 'd be a harsh critic indeed who did n't agree that Pisa deserved to pull one back because they played some fine attacking football , and it was the player who 's caused most danger , who 's wearing the number eleven that moved across to the right hand side , got clear of the defence , pulled back an absolutely brilliant clot cross and in the middle who 'd missed an earlier header on fifteen minutes to make it one one , did n't miss on this occasion . |
| 4 | And the peewit tumbled clear of the laundromat |
| 5 | Vergennes next toyed with the idea of an attack on Ireland , but the Spaniards proved unenthusiastic about anything short of an invasion as the Spanish minister , the Count of Florida Blanca , made clear to the French ambassador in February 1779 : |
| 6 | The Soviets , as shown by declining equipment orders since 1976 , have themselves become more careful in weighing the balance , and have lost much of their earlier enthusiasm , as Brezhnev made clear to the Twenty-Sixth Party Congress of 1981 : |
| 7 | And if it be thought that Mr Hunte retains a soft spot for Pakistan ever since he and Garry Sobers had a stand of 446 against them at Sabina Park 34 years ago , we have ascertained that he made clear to the 1992 management that any further offence would be met with punishment noticeably more severe . |
| 8 | The Community began by taking the line that federations were clearly a more advanced form of government than nation states : it refused to countenance any challenge to ‘ the integrity of Yugoslavia ’ and , under the presidency of Luxembourg , made clear to the Slovenes that small countries were not viable in the new Europe . |
| 9 | As I made clear to the House when I answered the main question , the know-how fund has been heavily used in the Baltic republics , on which about £900,000 has been spent . |
| 10 | As I made clear to the House on 2 July , the numbers of people seeking asylum pose major problems both in Britain and throughout the world . |
| 11 | I made clear to the Committee considering the Bill , when we considered a similar amendment , that I do not consider that enlarging the size of boards would ensure that they are more effective . |
| 12 | Nor , of course , did the church always disapprove of war — the English coronation service made clear to the king that he must protect his people , and symbolised this with the gift of a sword . |
| 13 | Mr Todd made clear at the weekend that he thought Mr Field was a bad loser , saying he appeared to think he was God 's gift to Birkenhead . |
| 14 | But as the Queen made clear at the Guildhall , if the family is to answer its critics it needs understanding from without as well as obedience from within . |
| 15 | Although it has been telling the world how successfully it has recovered , Unisys Corp made clear at the annual meeting last week just how parlous the company 's condition remains . |
| 16 | As they made clear throughout the case , they are neutral as to the outcome , and their purpose in coming to the court , as the terms of their application expressly shows , is to seek directions in the situation which has arisen . |
| 17 | ‘ Poor ’ in person , the monks enjoyed nevertheless a standard of living far above the Sussex norm , a situation made clear by the accounts of the late fourteenth-century cellarer , Brother Thomas Ellam , who bought the bulk provisions the monks needed : |
| 18 | The youths were black , a fact made clear by the relatively unusual use of photographs by the papers ; the young women were white . |
| 19 | As we made clear in the previous chapter , its definition of temporary workers might well include people whose jobs are available on other than a temporary basis , but who only intend to stay in these jobs for a limited period of time . |
| 20 | I made clear in the editorial that no randomised comparative trial is available and that there is an urgent need for such information . |
| 21 | I understand perfectly well why that should be so , as the hon. Member for Blackburn ( Mr. Straw ) made clear in the Second Reading debate his support for the higher education reforms , which account for quite a large part of the bulk of the latter part of the Bill . |
| 22 | Although the project was supported by many prominent politicians , the government bowed to growing environmental concerns , made clear in the March 1989 local elections in Le Puy in which the Greens obtained 22 per cent of votes , and to lobbying by European environmental groups . |
| 23 | The small jet came in to land with a rush at Marco Polo Airport and , brakes squealing a protest , taxied clear of the runway . |
| 24 | Peter Scudamore 's mount took it up from Jinxy Jack two out and sprinted clear on the flat , landing the odds by five lengths from Gordon Richards ' horse , with Fidway two lengths away in third . |
| 25 | It became clear to the teachers that many of the objectives of the research model identified above could be achieved by building up skills of co-observation and self-evaluation within and between teachers . |
| 26 | Her shoulders sagged in defeat and it became clear to the watching man that she accepted their veracity . |
| 27 | The direction of Bentley 's evolution became clear with the launch of the Mulsanne Turbo R , which , with its huge power and improved suspension , at last re-established the marque 's engineering credibility and its standing with younger and more enthusiastic owner-drivers . |
| 28 | The extent of Nixon 's belief in such " disruptive influences " later became clear as the Watergate drama unfolded . |
| 29 | It became clear as the Prime Minister 's speech progressed that that is precisely the most that he is playing for . |
| 30 | The area had effectively been abandoned by the authorities , a fact which became clear during the riot itself , when police waited five hours to enter the estate and put down the disturbances . |