Example sentences of "has [been] clear [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has been clear for some time that the demands of the arms control process would increasingly dominate military planning . |
| 2 | So do I. To anyone capable of seeing beyond a county bank balance , it has been clear for a number of years that there is too much limited-overs cricket played by the counties and that the present mix of three and four-day Championship games is not only confusing , especially now that they start on different days of the week , but also unnecessarily exhausting for all involved . |
| 3 | It has been clear for some time that there are a number of significant practical problems with the interpretation of SSAP 6 , Extraordinary Items and Prior Year Adjustments , particularly in respect of the variety of treatments of apparently similar events as sometimes ordinary and sometimes extraordinary items in the p&l account . |
| 4 | It has been clear for some time that the Al Fayeds are not who they said they were in 1985 . |
| 5 | It has been clear for a long time that where land adjoining the highway is unintentionally entered , i.e. as a result of a car accident , that the plaintiff must prove negligence ( River Wear Commissioners v Adamson ( 1877 ) 2 App Cas 743 ) . |
| 6 | Germany is at last waking up to the what has been clear to outsiders for the past year or so , that there is going to be no quick fix to the recession it is facing and that it will be long and grinding : this week the BDI industrial federation admitted that the downturn could develop into Germany 's worst recession since the end of World War II , saying that the western German economy will continue to decline , and the fall will be deeper than previously thought , so that in important sectors such as the capital goods industry the downturn will represent a new post-war record ; the body blames weak foreign demand for German goods , the now over-valued mark and rising costs for German industry and now admits it is the result of structural problems that will have long-term economic effects . |
| 7 | The Government 's commitment to the coal industry has been clear over the past 10 years or more ; they have also shown their commitment to a successful future for the industry . |
| 8 | It has been clear from the beginning that there are problems here for teachers having to assess a whole range of attainment targets across the curriculum . |
| 9 | The constitutional position of the European Communities ( Amendment ) Bill has been clear from the outset . |