Example sentences of "to be clear " in BNC.

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1 I 'm trying to be clear .
2 He wanted the choices and decisions to be clear .
3 Just to be clear , what 's this ‘ prig ’ , ‘ hypocrite ’ .
4 Adrian Titcombe , the FA 's crowd management co-ordinator , said : ‘ We want to be clear where the trouble occurred so we will study all the reports before coming to any conclusion . ’
5 Mr Carey said : ‘ We submitted a bid which tried to be clear about the problems , and to arrive at a view of what is practicable , which disturbs MPs as little as possible , while giving the broadcasters what they want .
6 But whether a monetarist or exchange rate policy is preferred it ought to be clear that the country can no longer endure an ambiguous mix of the two .
7 It is as well to be clear on this .
8 However , there would have to be clear parameters of sentencing in order to avoid the intrusion of discriminatory or irrelevant factors at this stage .
9 Inouye : I just wanted the record to be clear , because somehow I felt like something less than a patriot all day long .
10 First , we must take care to be clear in our own minds as to the accuracy we require for our research .
11 It is important to be clear that the Deity does not lose its transcendence by being immanent .
12 In an article in the TES ( 14/9/90 ) Mary Castle claimed that there are fourteen local authorities that insist their schools should have no direct contact with journalists , so one needs to be clear about the LEA regulations before giving a story about the school to the press .
13 If bladder and testicles are found to be clear of disease , the most likely culprits are an adductor strain or osteitis pubis .
14 C , on the other hand , has to be clear and reasonably accurate ; and for him the historical terminology must be correctly used .
15 Commentators need to be clear about whether they are enquiring into interviewees ' reading or their politics .
16 Any consideration of ageism has to be clear about the difference .
17 These are the kinds of issues which an analysis of curriculum balance needs to address , and the head will need to be clear that the heart of the matter is the question of the deployment of time in ways which allow adequate attention to all parts of a curriculum .
18 The new remit has to be clear about the purpose and contribution of members , corporately and individually .
19 It is more important to be clear about the links between the way they are behaving and the situations they are in .
20 The objective helps you to be clear about what you have to do in a bid to get it to come true .
21 the right to be clear what is expected of you
22 The true state of affairs is unlikely to be clear until more and better quality deep seismic data become available .
23 She said she thought the parents needed to be clear about what limits they felt they had to place on Pamela 's behaviour .
24 Drawing with thick felt pens is essential for the presentation to be clear .
25 He just wanted everything to be clear , like in a court of law .
26 Again , there seems to be clear vindication of environmental traffic management approaches emerging from these experiments .
27 It is important to try to be clear about what exactly this force was and the nature of the challenge that it posed to British rule in India — for there was a profound difference between Gandhi 's perception of these things and that of the British .
28 They cover a lot of ground so the designated flight area has to include very generous margins of up to an extra 50% over the line lengths and , most important , this area has to be clear of all spectators and especially other kites .
29 This is why , before you embark on any kind of anti-drug crusade with your children , you have to be clear where you stand — and not just on the subject of heroin .
30 It 's a good idea to be clear on this at the outset ; it 's also a good idea to resist the temptation to start shooting whatever catches your eye the moment you arrive .
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