Example sentences of "[pers pn] plain that [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I made it plain that we oppose the MacSharry proposals . |
| 2 | It is not clear from the report in Willmott v. Atack whether the police had made it plain that they did not want the defendant 's ‘ help , ’ and , if so , what impact that has on the state of the law . |
| 3 | They turned him down on ‘ security grounds ’ ; a lot of the Surinamese living in Holland make it plain that they do not like him at all . |
| 4 | There are also external hazards ; too much effort here is offering ammunition to the Republicans , with every campaign word a potential hostage , for the Republicans have already made it plain that they plan to use New York to frighten voters who live elsewhere . |
| 5 | However , the Government made it plain that they intended to go back into the ERM when they judged the moment to be right . |
| 6 | Yet The Stock Exchange , while strongly supporting the Cadbury initiative , has made it plain that it does not intend to require compliance with the code as a listing requirement . |
| 7 | The British Shippers ’ Council has made it plain that it welcomes foreign competition as a means to lower rates of freight . |
| 8 | In advocating the creation of the new offence , the Government made it plain that it did not wish to promote legislation too similar in this respect to the discredited ‘ sus ’ laws . |
| 9 | It stated the soldier 's undying love for his wife but also made it plain that he realised that they could not live in harmony , so they had better not see each other . |
| 10 | What it does mean is that he had made it plain that he intended a legal relationship to exist between two persons ( soon to become trustee and beneficiary ) . |
| 11 | A director may have made it plain that he has a definite intention for a character , but the student may not always see this straight away . |
| 12 | Only where the person using the foul language makes it plain that he has no intention of resorting to violence , and there is no bystander who is likely to be provoked by what the defendant is doing , is no offence committed under this section . |
| 13 | Suppose , for example , that the police seek to remove a person 's clothing , or to take fingerprints when they are not authorised to do so , or persistently seek to question a person who makes it plain that he has no wish to answer , or seek to enter a house when they have no search warrant or a defective one . |
| 14 | Silas had made it plain that he did n't want women in his life , but she refused to accept that fact . |
| 15 | Maxton had surprised the Party by welcoming the agreement , though he made it plain that he did so out of relief that war had been averted . |
| 16 | For my part I wish to make it plain that I do not base my judgment on any reservation as to the correctness of the law long ago enunciated in Stilk v. Myrick . |
| 17 | The first priority was to restore order and she made it plain that she backed the police unequivocally in doing so . |
| 18 | The bulk of domiciliary care is already provided by families , but Mrs Thatcher has made it plain that she expects families to take on extra responsibilities , and this is also apparent in the White Paper on Caring for People . |
| 19 | ‘ Servant ’ seemed too coarse a word for such a refined creature and indeed she made it plain that she did not usually inhabit a servants ' hall . |