Example sentences of "but it is clear that " in BNC.

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1 The effects of electrical discharges on glass fibre and carbon fibre structures are uncertain , but it is clear that any moisture in the material would be turned to steam by a flash and would certainly cause delamination and very expensive damage .
2 It takes a while to get used to the looks of the new car , but it is clear that Lotus is seeking to advance sports car design rather than just repeat past successes .
3 A packed run of the ‘ The Wind in the Willows ’ at the National Theatre is drawing to a close , but it is clear that Alan Bennett has launched a new Christmas tradition in London .
4 But it is clear that if , as we have said , death from suicide is relatively common in Britain and most funeral services take place within the Christian context , then it would seem that the church needs to look at this whole subject again with a great deal more openness than has been possible up to now .
5 Most of its 380,000 population is economically dependent on the Black Sea Fleet , but it is clear that many have run out of patience with the arguments .
6 But it is clear that the present ecology of the lake can not be sustained .
7 But it is clear that in the case of God both ingredients are required — an act of trust and factual observation .
8 Better chances of adoption lie with larger family units with a sense of community concern and involvement , but it is clear that prospects of a widespread programme of adoption are grim .
9 This may well be true , but it is clear that the somewhat unorthodox background of the Emperor himself was probably a factor .
10 Precise details of the evidence presented at that meeting have not yet been revealed but it is clear that it proved inconclusive .
11 Constituency party activists were certainly mostly pro-Thatcher , but it is clear that many MPs used the secrecy of the ballot to oppose her .
12 This can be explained in part by the large numbers of dogs that were imported initially , but it is clear that the breed has really taken off and is now firmly established in the top ten most popular breeds in New Zealand .
13 There is a body , the National League against the Venereal Diseases , which receives a grant from the government and organizes lectures in schools , prisons , and to the army , but it is clear that their efforts have little effect on the prevalence of disease .
14 But it is clear that both Montenegro and Kosovo have a critical foreign debt problem .
15 But it is clear that , in Japan at least , the machines will soon be down mines , exploring the sea bed , sweeping up nuclear reactors and generally doing more dirty work than ever before
16 There is no one right way to behave , but it is clear that teenagers suffer when parents overprotect , as well as when they leave them to their own devices and appear not to care .
17 But it is clear that companies should have a strategic approach to the issue just as they would with R&D .
18 Hannah Arendt has linked the rise of both pan-Germanism and pan-Slavism with the ‘ triumphant imperialist expansion of the Western nations ’ in the 1880s , but it is clear that while pan-Slav ideas were confined in the main to the idea of restoring or gaining independence for the Slav subjects of Prussia and the Austro-Hungarian Empire , pan-German ideas ran in a quite different direction .
19 There was no evidence of this , but it is clear that old rivalries were used as an excuse for fights .
20 The poet follows with more abstract interpretation of the event , but it is clear that his ideas are not opposed to the shepherd 's : ‘ Small difference lies between thy creed and mine . ’
21 Much has been made of the need to question the impact of elderly medical care but it is clear that , unlike other areas of counselling , it is the counsellor who has to do this rather than the counsellee .
22 How far Anselm had travelled along this road , and how much further he would still travel , are questions to which an answer must be sought in the reign of Henry I. But it is clear that Anselm in exile was beginning to see events , if not through Hildebrandine eyes , at least with shades of Hildebrandine colour .
23 Whether this visit took place after Anselm 's return to England in September 1100 is unclear , but Anselm left the pope in no doubt about his view of the matter , and the pope promised to send no legate with authority over Canterbury during Anselm 's life time ; but it is clear that he did not , and could not , accept the Canterbury claim made by Anselm , that he should never appoint a legate in England other than the archbishop himself .
24 it is a tempting leap to suggest that sign language may be the natural alternative development when auditory deprivation occurs at birth , but it is clear that objective evidence on this is not easily obtained .
25 The first temple at Mallia , raised in about 1900 BC , was equipped with storage rooms , but it is clear that other buildings , apparently houses , in the town of Mallia were also equipped with store-rooms .
26 Since ideology works in a mysterious way , it is not easy to see what would count as meeting such a standard , but it is clear that Althusser himself does not succeed .
27 But it is clear that there are certain features of the economy which these reforms will not change .
28 Philippa Russell 's chapter reviews a wide spectrum of ideas and work , but it is clear that disability is an area in which much more research is needed and that policy and practice should both be reviewed in the light of such research as it becomes available .
29 But it is clear that the future lies with a microkernel , which IBM dubs the Workplace OS and will be using to host future versions of OS/2 , AIX and MS-DOS with Windows .
30 Most attention has been focused on the ionotropic receptors ( like NMDA and kainic acid receptors ) , but it is clear that metabotropic receptors operating through the InsP 3 and DAG messenger systems have a profound effect on neural behaviour , including memory .
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