Example sentences of "made it [adv] clear [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The testatrix has made it amply clear that she wishes the land to pass from her sons to their descendants . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | And that she had made it perfectly clear that , to her , fidelity and trust meant more than just nothing — meant everything , in fact . |
| 7 | 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 … |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | My right hon. Friend the Prime Minister has made it perfectly clear that we have no intention of increasing VAT . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Liberal Democrat candidate Peter Bergg said : ‘ We have made it perfectly clear that we intend to invest lots of money in training . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ 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 . |
| 15 | Yet the Queen Mum has made it quite clear that she will decide for herself . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | The deputation which arrived soon after the unfortunate events that attended their arrival had made it quite clear that he should not surrender such precious captives . |
| 21 | It has made it quite clear that it believes that the existing legislation can deal with such matters . |
| 22 | Wimpey have made it quite clear that they will not release a strip of that land unless they get planning permission to build some houses . |
| 23 | As far as the County Highways Authority 's concerned , I think they 've made it quite clear that as a matter of principle , when they considered the new settlement , the new settlement proposal was then around nineteen hundred dwellings , larger than what is being proposed at the moment . |
| 24 | However , we have made it quite clear that there are certain erm issues erm which we stand very firm on , and we were not interested in erm moving on issues like charging frail elderly people and physically handicapped people for the already fairly sparse services that they received , so we put that , if you like , as a no-go area . |
| 25 | Mr Heseltine added : ‘ John Major has made it absolutely clear that , in the present circumstances , the right thing to do will be to put the Conservative programme in a Queen 's Speech . ’ |
| 26 | Whereas Luke 's made it absolutely clear that he 's not interested in anything permanent . ’ |
| 27 | We have made it absolutely clear that , in our view , that body will play an important part in our future defence position . |
| 28 | We have also made it absolutely clear that we will ensure that our deterrent is effective and absolutely credible , and that it puts real fear into any potential aggressor about the damage that he could suffer if he were to attack this country . |
| 29 | That is our position and we have made it absolutely clear that we will do that within the terms of operating a minimum deterrent , which is obviously the sensible way to go . |
| 30 | We have made it absolutely clear that we are determined that Plymouth should have a good future . |