Example sentences of "is clear [conj] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Although it is clear that mountainous areas with few nearby notable pollution sources are receiving their pollution burden from regions or countries several hundreds or thousands of kilometres distant , it is difficult to determine precisely from which source or sources the pollution originated .
2 ‘ It is clear that political-administrative elites and not the masses of acceptors are deciding on the technology to be used ’ USAID Evaluation Report , 1979
3 However , it is clear that chronic health problems appear to increase with age .
4 So it is clear that private citizens are the proper persons to ‘ enforce ’ private law .
5 Although it is hard to know how valid these comparisons are , it is clear that ordinary people in Britain have far more possessions and assets than they did in 1911 .
6 It is clear that electronegative chlorine substituents on the phosphine ligands decrease the electron density on the central Co atom , thereby decreasing the back-bonding and raising the CO and NO bond stretching frequencies .
7 It is clear that quantitative methodology can be applied , with interesting results , to data bases other than the bodies of naturally occurring spontaneous speech for which it was originally designed .
8 From the point of view of production , it is clear that spoken and written language make somewhat different demands on language-producers .
9 Nevertheless it is clear that Anglo-American relations had suffered a number of shocks since 1950 , while Churchill was quite wrong in his expectation that the Americans would be happier to work with him than with Labour .
10 It is clear that better therapeutic strategies will be needed if we are substantially to improve outcome in subjects with phenylketonuria .
11 Housing subsidies in the past have sometimes favoured rural areas , but Shucksmith believes that the higher building costs have not been matched , and that ‘ it is clear that central government policies have played a major role in frustrating council housing in rural areas , both through the overall financial allocation to rural areas , and through the constraints imposed on individual developments … . ’
12 It is clear that political commitment is no more sufficient for the development of good pedagogy than is the ability to speak a particular language and to share in its associated culture .
13 Pareto is clear that political activity is not necessarily a moralising activity ; on the contrary , the governing elite has to be able and willing to use violence , corruption , guilt and deceit to ensure public order , national independence and social conditions for the growth of national prosperity .
14 Since these variations can occur within a single species , and even within a single individual , it is clear that good samples are necessary before attempting to distinguish patterns .
15 ‘ However , it is clear that 18 July 1989 is not a magic cut-off point .
16 It is clear that unpublished price sensitive information fulfils this requirement .
17 It is clear that 0 and 1 are again the ( unique ) elements required by axioms A3 and M3 .
18 It is clear that each case in this area will depend on its own facts .
19 It is clear that each Command had a basis for judging tour length ; for example , Bomber Command seemed to feature the number of sorties to establish this .
20 Most of its 380,000 population is economically dependent on the Black Sea Fleet , but it is clear that many have run out of patience with the arguments .
21 Constituency party activists were certainly mostly pro-Thatcher , but it is clear that many MPs used the secrecy of the ballot to oppose her .
22 Also , it has proved very difficult to reproduce the events which led to Fleming 's famous observation , and it is clear that many versions of the story which were published 15 or more years later , after penicillin became famous , drew on faded but vivacious memories and are more or less imaginary .
23 However , it is clear that many of his police constables and sergeants did not agree with this approach .
24 Reading the report , it is clear that many of the ideas in it about people 's perception of risks are his .
25 But however we label this stage , it is clear that many , if not most , women experience a quite severe sense of loss when their children leave home .
26 Although we respect the pastoral motives for this , it is clear that many of these divisions are arbitrary and unhelpful and unworkable .
27 It is clear that many media underlie the revelation we have in the Scriptures .
28 It is clear that many of these kinds of views were based on the evidence that in some areas of employment , and in particular on production lines involving speed and pacing , problems began as early as the mid to late forties .
29 It is clear that many others — perhaps Lanfranc too — saw this .
30 Even with the comparatively slight knowledge we have of Mithraism and its liturgy , it is clear that many of Paul 's phrases [ in his letters ] savour much more of the terminology of the Persian cult than that of the Gospels .
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