Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [pron] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | But Vergil 's presentation of the episode makes it clear that he thought the accusation had no validity and was merely an excuse for Hastings ' execution . |
| 32 | Life had not prepared him for the task , and it soon became clear that he lacked the natural shrewdness and strength of character that a Gdansk plumber was to show the Polish bosses three years later . |
| 33 | Nevertheless , it is fairly clear that he saw the democratic political movement as the principal force creating this new social order , for it is the democratic regime that assigns pre-eminent value to the wellbeing of the greatest number , establishes an open and mobile society by destroying the old hierarchy of ranks , and encourages the development of trade and manufacture . |
| 34 | Dworkin makes it clear that he considers the second principle to be the more fundamental one under a liberal conception of equality . |
| 35 | Although he has been accused , of course , of social snobbery , I think it 's clear that he observed the life around him closely and critically . |
| 36 | Terry seemed to have settled in easily to Army life , but although Joe made no complaints it was clear that he missed the family . |
| 37 | Husameddin goes on to make clear that he means the revolts associated with Shaykh Badr al-Din Mahmud b . |
| 38 | After other speeches condemning Ian Paisley , Terence O'Neill rose and delivered a long statement in which he made it clear that he regarded the defeat of Ian Paisley as a central part of his reforming Unionism . |
| 39 | It was clear that he regarded the matter as closed . |
| 40 | Although his speech to Edinburgh University students will spell out the need for the creation of a level market place which is supported not supplanted , he will also make clear that he believes the Government does have a role in ensuring Scotland prospers and in attracting industry . |
| 41 | It was clear that she saw the drift of his question but her answer was simple : ‘ Granny seemed to exercise a sort of spell over her sons , her husband too , I think . |
| 42 | The testatrix has made it amply clear that she wishes the land to pass from her sons to their descendants . |
| 43 | But she made it immediately clear that she regarded the two policemen as being of a social order little higher than the servants . |
| 44 | From your letters , it is clear that you enjoy the magazine and like what we are doing . |
| 45 | Finally , foreign museums started contacting the Ministry of Culture and asking if they could buy , let us say , a picture by Malévich or Popova , and then it became clear that I had the pictures . |
| 46 | This choice was helped to be made when one of them wrote me a nasty letter saying that it was clear that I wanted the other as my friend ( which , if I may say , was a lot of nonsense ) ! |
| 47 | ‘ I am extremely annoyed about it and I want to make it clear that I find the policies of the British National Party abhorrent . |
| 48 | This , it is proposed , should be reformulated so as to replace the expression ‘ merchantable quality ’ with ‘ acceptable quality ’ and to make it clear that it covers the fitness of the goods for all their common purposes , their safety , durability , freedom from minor defects and appearance and finish . |
| 49 | The new Commonwealth was at least a genuinely voluntary union , and yet it was far from clear that it provided the answer to nationality differences that had for so long eluded the Gorbachev leadership . |
| 50 | It was not until 1876 that she started the meetings for mothers which were to develop into the Mothers ' Union . |
| 51 | It does n't seem to me sensible that I have the masters of the quality manual , master lists of procedure holders and so on because |
| 52 | I knew conditions would be different once we crossed the railway and entered Danakil country . |
| 53 | We then realized that our costs were too high so we narrowed the range and cut the costs . |
| 54 | Derek Green says he 's come to defend his title and beat the horse … it 's muddy so he hopes the horse will get stuck |
| 55 | Look , funny that they print the . |
| 56 | Previous years were ok once you got the sought after dial tone . |
| 57 | Previous years were ok once you got the sought after dial tone . |
| 58 | The insurance company had claimed that the system for calculating punitive awards — to punish wrongdoers and deter future misconduct — was so irrational that it violated the company 's constitutional right to be treated fairly . |
| 59 | Menem publicly stated on Aug. 12 that he wanted the Constitution to be amended in order to allow him to run for re-election . |
| 60 | Don Sargent 's diagrams of Great Zawn in particular , are excellent and should help demystify areas like this so they achieve the popularity they deserve . |