Example sentences of "[noun sg] it be [adv] clear that " in BNC.

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1 It seems certain that Louis-Napoleon would have preferred a prolongation of his power by legal means , but in the long run it was equally clear that he would not shrink from a confrontation with the opposition .
2 It can , however , no longer be assumed that that is so , and in any case it is not clear that if a clergyman wishes to stand and electors wish him to represent them the mere fact that the churches do not like the idea has anything to do with matter .
3 In this case it is quite clear that following the procedure of section [ 7(4) ] a requirement was made .
4 For instance it was pretty clear that there were no unique memory molecules .
5 Disgruntled Conservative agriculturalists and imperialists resented Bonar Law 's dropping of the ‘ food taxes ’ in the winter of 1912–13 , and although he survived the initial furore sparked by this decision it was not clear that the ill feeling had been fully dissipated or his leadership wholly secured .
6 Yet had he decided the reverse it was already clear that the League of Nations lacked the will-power to say him nay .
7 What disturbs me about the wording of this resolution it 's quite clear that it 's it has not been discussed with the relevant officers here and yet it seeks to instruct those officers to prepare a report .
8 By the last quarter of the nineteenth century it is quite clear that the middle classes were limiting births .
9 As in a modern context it is immediately clear that students find it hard to combine study with a full-time job ; so , addressing a would-be contemplative , the Cloud-author explains his view that it is impossible for man to pursue the discipline of meditation and study unless he first ceases external activity , and impossible to come to mystical knowledge of God if the mind is engaged in discursive thought .
10 In retrospect it is quite clear that , despite the various ( and for the most part ill-defined ) policy proclamations issued by the 26th July Movement both before and immediately after the revolution , Castro wanted his revolution to instigate radical social change in Cuba .
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