Example sentences of "[pers pn] [is] [adv] clear that this " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet it is not clear that this promise can be translated into any effective weapon systems . |
| 2 | Of course , the effort required is a true social cost ( it reduces the manager 's utility , and the manager is a part of society ) and so it should be an offset on the social benefits , but nevertheless it is not clear that this mechanism described will lead to the socially efficient amount of effort being supplied . |
| 3 | Certainly , examples can be found where the growth of the enterprise has involved the creation of massive technical operating units ( in the car industry and the shipyards for instance ) but it is not clear that this trend will continue , and in some cases technological change is already undermining the competitive advantage of those enterprises operating very large-scale units . |
| 4 | Education regarding the potential dangerousness of the drug in overdose may prevent accidental deaths , but it is not clear that this alone will prevent death among those who impulsively overdose with this drug . |
| 5 | It is not clear that this had a significant effect . |
| 6 | Moreover , it is not clear that this pattern of results is what would be predicted on the assumption that subjects had schemas for situations previously available . |
| 7 | Although this concurs wit suggestions that magma in caldera-forming systems is produced at rates of around 1km 3 per thousand years , it is not clear that this is a reasonable timescale . |
| 8 | Although most speakers in British society are also literate , and therefore have the advantage of knowing where /r/ occurs in writing , it is not clear that this is really a big help in flowing conversation , though it might be in very slow speech styles . |
| 9 | However , it is also clear that this general principle is subject to exceptions . |
| 10 | It is abundantly clear that this God will never let his people go . |
| 11 | It is quite clear that this thread of non-incrimination is at variance with the recent emphasis on obtaining confession evidence . |
| 12 | The belief that different treatment methods are needed for and tried on different populations of sufferers does not stand up to critical examination : the stories of those in recovery from addictive disease through the Anonymous Fellowships are so immensely varied that it is quite clear that this population has not been selected in any way . |
| 13 | It is quite clear that this power available to the courts is essential to deal with contempt of court when it emerges as a result of abuse of trade union power or trade union positions . |
| 14 | It is now clear that this was too simplistic a view . |
| 15 | While we know of certain special cases ( the sonnets of Michelangelo to Tommaso Cavalieri , for instance ) , it is now clear that this was not at all customary , and that the imputation of homosexuality in the Renaissance could have as destructive an effect on a man 's life as it has had until recently ( if , indeed , there has been any real change of English attitudes in these supposedly liberal times ) . |
| 16 | It is now clear that this is no longer an adequate explanation and that the rates of schizophrenia in British black young people are worryingly high . |
| 17 | Although originally the doctrine was thought to be restricted to cases of iniquity or wrong-doing on the part of the party seeking to enforce the obligation of confidence , it is now clear that this is not so . |