Example sentences of "make [pers pn] [adv] clear " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You 've made it pretty clear you could n't care less . ’ |
| 2 | But although the argument over who were the real world champions was emphatically settled in favour of Nick Farr-Jones 's side , the political machinations before , during and after the tours have made it painfully clear that rugby is a sideshow — albeit one with significant political influence — in the scheme of things in South Africa . |
| 3 | Almost from the day she and the children had been brought to this large dilapidated dwelling on Buncer Lane , Luther Reynolds had made it painfully clear that they were not welcome . |
| 4 | I do have a question and , and it has n't made , that has n't made it particularly clear as to where we are , you hinted that , and I think that was also seconded here that there might now be a post of some kind to carry on for instance the thing that I 'm particularly worried about is that there 's a sort of hiatus in the heartbeat awards , which I think would be a tragedy if that happened , and I want to be absolutely sure that that is , is n't so . |
| 5 | My right hon. and learned Friend the Member for Edinburgh , Pentlands ( Mr. Rifkind ) has made it unequivocally clear over a long period of years that he is wholly opposed to unilateral devolution , which is what the Bill proposes . |
| 6 | We have made it explicitly clear that none of the changes that we propose , either in tax or in national insurance contributions , will make a penny difference to any individual earning less than £21,000 a year . |
| 7 | The testatrix has made it amply clear that she wishes the land to pass from her sons to their descendants . |
| 8 | And , although she never actually put it into words she had made it perfectly clear that she would put him out of business if he did n't agree to her terms . |
| 9 | And that she had made it perfectly clear that , to her , fidelity and trust meant more than just nothing — meant everything , in fact . |
| 10 | He sounded annoyed , and Robbie felt a wave of irritation at his cavalier attitude towards her , but since he had made it perfectly clear that he did n't appreciate her intruding on his private life … |
| 11 | I have made it perfectly clear to the ferry owners in Rathlin that we shall do nothing without discussing it with them and the islanders ' development and community association . |
| 12 | It is noticeable that a number of other politicians abroad have made it perfectly clear that this country becomes a more attractive place for investment — and therefore for jobs and prosperity — because we are not committed to the costs of the social chapter . |
| 13 | My right hon. Friend the Prime Minister has made it perfectly clear that we have no intention of increasing VAT . |
| 14 | But they have made it perfectly clear that the council is prepared to fight for compensation if the companies it holds responsible do not pay up . |
| 15 | Liberal Democrat candidate Peter Bergg said : ‘ We have made it perfectly clear that we intend to invest lots of money in training . |
| 16 | ‘ Graham has made it perfectly clear he does n't want to go to the West Indies next winter — but he 's said those sort of things before about touring and has ended up going . ’ |
| 17 | I can not comment on the evidence , but the Lord Advocate has made it extremely clear that the criminal proceedings are the result of an extremely brilliant , thorough and painstaking investigation by the Scottish police services and their colleagues , to whom I also pay tribute . |
| 18 | They 've made it fairly clear to me that I 'll never be a high-flier , but every company needs some people who are n't high-fliers , and that 's all right by me . |
| 19 | Moreover the Keynesian analysis of the labour market as set out in Chapter 5 should have made it fairly clear that Keynes was not denying any of the neoclassical assumptions motivating self-interested households and firms to engage in trade in attempts to achieve Pareto-efficiency . |
| 20 | In theoretical terms , however , Lenin had made it quite clear , when local Soviets advocated independent local finances in 1918 , that ‘ democratic centralism ’ would be vigorously enforced . |
| 21 | The clash came as Mr Kinnock exploited the apparent contradiction between Mrs Thatcher 's claim that she did not know why Mr Lawson resigned and the former Chancellor 's assertion in last Sunday 's Walden interview that he had made it quite clear to the Prime Minister that Sir Alan Walter 's continued presence as her economic adviser was the only issue . |
| 22 | ‘ I have made it quite clear from the beginning that a partnership government has to be a partnership at all levels , ’ he said . |
| 23 | Colonel Joshua Murchison had always been a tough unyielding man who had made it quite clear to Julie that he would rather she had been a boy . |
| 24 | ‘ We 've made it quite clear that no award will be made unless we 're absolutely satisfied that the problem of retuning has been probably addressed . |
| 25 | Yet the Queen Mum has made it quite clear that she will decide for herself . |
| 26 | It was due to take place the last week in August and Mrs Bennett who , since the death of her husband , had lived with her married daughter , had promised to ‘ see it through ’ , as she put it ; but she had also made it quite clear that she had no desire to stay on permanently , as Celia had hoped . |
| 27 | ‘ He signed a long-term contract only recently and has made it quite clear he is very happy here . |
| 28 | Kate was curiously fascinating , but mixed in with the fascination was a sort of fear ; and over the last few months she had made it quite clear that the less she had to do with him , the better she would like it . |
| 29 | There had been cries for his public execution but Jamel Mobuto had made it quite clear that Ngune would be tried and , if found guilty , sentenced to life imprisonment . |
| 30 | You 've always made it quite clear that you were staying here and that I could fuck off to the other end of the world for all you cared . |