Example sentences of "always clear [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To the general public , understandably , it was not always clear whether the creation of a Commonwealth involved a grand gesture of renunciation on Britain 's part , or a grand gesture of affirmation on the part of those who took up the option . |
| 2 | Fifteen were tradesmen ( grocer , pawnbroker , draper etc. ) , though it is not always clear whether these were small shopkeepers or employed by someone else . |
| 3 | C. I. Lewis used to claim that basic beliefs were ‘ certain' or ‘ incorrigible ’ ( Lewis , 1952 and 1946 , ch. 7 ) ; it is not always clear whether he thought of these as the same as being infallible or not . |
| 4 | Although the recording equipment was not concealed , and was monitored quite openly by the fieldworker , it was not always clear whether all participants were aware of being tape-recorded . |
| 5 | There may be uncertainties in interpreting an ultrasound picture ; the prognosis of the abnormality detected is not always known ; and in some groups of defects , such as oesophageal atresia or obstructive defects of urinary system , it is not always clear whether the defect is so severe as to justify abortion or whether surgery might be successful . |
| 6 | As Czeizel and colleagues point out , ‘ it is not always clear whether the defect is so severe as to justify abortion or whether surgery might be successful . ’ |
| 7 | It is , in particulars the unnerving intellectuality of the life around him that Hölderlin attacks , the overvaluation of philosophizing and the promise of action that never comes , the substitution of books and words for deeds , the excessive introspection and lack of worldly competence ( the criticism has a special poignancy in that these are character traits he is intimately familiar with , which at times become part of his self-criticism ) When he speaks of Greece , it is not always clear whether he has in mind the fifth century or the timeless present in which Hyperion lives , but it is always Greece that provides the contrast . |
| 8 | Nor is it always clear whether a given list of topics constitutes an actual plan for a book or not , or whether a given note pertains to our book at all . |
| 9 | Some of the changes were felt to be long overdue , such as a scale 3 second in department for English , and it was not always clear whether the appraisal had been the driving force behind a particular change or whether it had simply brought some long-standing problems to urgent attention . |
| 10 | Though comparatively few knights were actually killed in battle , the prince who committed his cause to battle was also putting himself in jeopardy , since it was always clear that the surest way to win a battle was to capture or kill the opposing commander , as Harold was killed at Hastings . |
| 11 | Nevertheless , it was always clear that Schmidt 's third term in office would prove a difficult one . |
| 12 | The connection between algal blooms and large-scale mortalities of marine organisms is not always clear but , often , there is another common feature ; unseasonably warm temperatures . |
| 13 | It was always clear but perishingly cold at that early hour ; later the mists came down and in the afternoon there were often storms of rain and sometimes hail . |
| 14 | Even at setts which are used regularly , the signs are not always clear if there are only a few animals present . |
| 15 | There has been much discussion of attempts to increase labour force " flexibility " and the rise of the " flexible firm " , although it is not always clear if this discussion is based upon descriptions , predictions or prescriptions . |
| 16 | Oesophagogastroduodenoscopy in patients with amaemia often yields abnormal findings buyt it is not always clear if these abnormalities are the cause of the anaemia . |
| 17 | She was anxious , for no such thing has ever happened to her before , her memory was always clear and rounded as a bell-note and utterly reliable . |
| 18 | Some of the tempi in Fauré 's solo piano music — Nocturne No. 4 , Impromptus Nos. 2 & 5 — are rather fast , but always clear and concise . |
| 19 | Their intentions are always clear and straightforward . |
| 20 | The book 's structure is not always clear and the lack of index makes it difficult to pin-point where a section on , for example , challenging behaviour or services for black and ethnic minority people was located . |
| 21 | In the past , just what such backing entailed was not always clear and when disputes arose , the outcome was not usually made public . |
| 22 | However , the meaning that these words contain is not always clear and unambiguous . |