Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] [not/n't] clear that [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They find new ways of sharing what resources there are , whether collaborating in local policing or working with health authorities or whatever it is and I think they form the base for renewal of politics because we have to recreate politics for localities upwards and here , just finally chancing my arm , I must just frankly say that I am not clear that over-large amalgamations of unions will be much more helpful than over-centralized government bureaucracies . |
| 2 | It 's not clear that new institutions are needed rather than simply an intensification of activities in the republics . ’ |
| 3 | Although it is not clear that subjective risk can be biased in this way theories of driving which stress a schematic or conceptual representation of the environment ( e.g. Dubois , 1991 ; Fleury , Mazet & Dubois , 1988 ; Groeger , 1988 , 1989 ; Riemersma , 1988 ) might suggest that biases in the perception of the environment would indirectly lead to biases in subjective risk , either because risk is an important aspect of such schemata or because subjective risk would result from the inconsistency between the environment and pre-existing schemata . |
| 4 | The situation in the Gouriet case was a politically sensitive one and this may well have justified the court 's refusal in that case to review the Attorney-General 's decision , but it is not clear that such refusal would be justified in every case . |
| 5 | However , it is not clear that such memories are completely accurate and it is unlikely that arousal at the time of encoding is the only important factor in creating such memories . |
| 6 | Another complaint is that it is not clear that all the matters discussed in part III , perception , memory , induction and a priori knowledge , are forms of knowledge . |
| 7 | Second , it is not clear that conditional statements are strongly verified simply by showing that both antecedent and consequent are true . |
| 8 | However , it is not clear that existing mechanisms ensure that the right quantity of floorspace is available in the right place at the right time . |
| 9 | It is not clear that military involvement in such disputes is always undertaken willingly and , indeed , the military 's own attitude in any given situation may crucially affect the ability of the government to pursue its policy . |
| 10 | Moreover , it is not clear that either party could agree to a change and still hold itself intact . |
| 11 | It is not clear that any useful purpose would be served by the indiscriminate archiving of operational information of this kind . |
| 12 | Contractual arrangements between the parties can lead to disputes , but it is not clear that these are the concern of competition policy authorities . |
| 13 | Yet it is not clear that this promise can be translated into any effective weapon systems . |
| 14 | Of course , the effort required is a true social cost ( it reduces the manager 's utility , and the manager is a part of society ) and so it should be an offset on the social benefits , but nevertheless it is not clear that this mechanism described will lead to the socially efficient amount of effort being supplied . |
| 15 | Certainly , examples can be found where the growth of the enterprise has involved the creation of massive technical operating units ( in the car industry and the shipyards for instance ) but it is not clear that this trend will continue , and in some cases technological change is already undermining the competitive advantage of those enterprises operating very large-scale units . |
| 16 | Education regarding the potential dangerousness of the drug in overdose may prevent accidental deaths , but it is not clear that this alone will prevent death among those who impulsively overdose with this drug . |
| 17 | It is not clear that this had a significant effect . |
| 18 | Moreover , it is not clear that this pattern of results is what would be predicted on the assumption that subjects had schemas for situations previously available . |
| 19 | Although this concurs wit suggestions that magma in caldera-forming systems is produced at rates of around 1km 3 per thousand years , it is not clear that this is a reasonable timescale . |
| 20 | Although most speakers in British society are also literate , and therefore have the advantage of knowing where /r/ occurs in writing , it is not clear that this is really a big help in flowing conversation , though it might be in very slow speech styles . |
| 21 | This was an unreasonable wish since it was not clear that such a leader would be available and the effect of defeat might as easily have been an undesirable fudging of economic issues and a gerrymandering of constitutional issues . |