Example sentences of "it is [adv] [prep] clear that " in BNC.
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1 | If the foreign and defence policy-makers may be accused of insufficient attention to the economic aspects of their policies , it is far from clear that the economic arguments were pressed in a manner most likely to bring about a re-assessment of overseas commitments . |
2 | It is far from clear that the necessary Listed Building Consent for demolition would have been forthcoming from the local authority . |
3 | Though there is clearly a potential conflict of interest , it is far from clear that the law against insider trading would be broken by a firm that took advantage of it . |
4 | The code word for locking Germany into the alliance with France is , of course , ‘ Europe ’ , although it is far from clear that using the methods of the 1950s , strengthening the legal structure of the EC , can continue to serve their purpose , since the legal structure itself would inevitably be more and more influenced by Germany . |
5 | Those who hoped , then , for a genuinely unitary system of examining may be disappointed ( though it is far from clear that their hopes were ever realistic ) . |
6 | Moreover , it is far from clear that the LDDC has managed to obtain anything like the best financial deals in its negotiations with developers : land appears to have been sold at substantially less than might have been achieved , and as the freeholder the LDDC has retained little control of , nor gained any benefit from , subsequent development . |
7 | It is certainly true that employment opportunities for older men have declined sharply over the last eighty years , but it is far from clear that this has been solely due to a contraction of demand for them . |
8 | It is far from clear that this essential step is always taken . |
9 | It is far from clear that the hope of the russian Academy of Sciences that industrial contracts can keep the rump of its establishments in being can be realized ; experience in other countries in not encouraging . |
10 | Even in pre-telegraph days , when instructions could be sent no faster than a horse could trot or a ship sail , it is far from clear that this meant greater independence for diplomats . |
11 | However , it is far from clear that term ‘ registered auditors ’ was fully understood by either the supports or detractors of the proposal . |