Example sentences of "[be] clear [conj] " in BNC.

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1 This third aspect of modernist innovation is the one whose ‘ logical and historical ’ consequences are clearest and easiest to trace in later writing .
2 Explanations are clear but thorough .
3 And we are clear that if we want to make a modern Britain , we must first change Britain .
4 However well the country may have been served by the largely unco-ordinated activities and initiatives of the past , we are clear that from now on they are not good enough .
5 . We are clear that it should not be used as a punishment or as a deterrent , and we think that there should always be an alternative task available for men for whom stone-breaking is unsuitable . ’
6 Both Geoffrey le Baker and Murimuth are clear that this was the crucial issue under discussion in the parliament , and both record that the king refused to agree to such a proposal .
7 Chroniclers are undecided as to who took the initiative in joining forces , but all are clear that once the two dukes had met at Northampton , Buckingham became Gloucester 's alter ego .
8 For example , suppose you are clear that you are trying : — to introduce teachers of English in secondary schools to the microcomputer and show them its potential as an aid to their teaching objectives , and — to produce a teaching unit that will generate a great deal of hypothesising and discussion amongst the children .
9 Rex and Tomlinson ( 1979 ) are clear that the position of ethnic minorities and the conflicts that surround race and ethnicity in Britain can only be understood in the light of Britain 's imperial past and the recent collapse of empire ; ‘ a serious sociological analysis of race relations problems must rest upon a concept of the social structure of Empire and of the class formations which occur within it ’ ( p. 286 ) .
10 If the procedures are acceptable — we are clear that they must be — the opening articles are also acceptable .
11 Chroniclers are undecided as to who took the initiative in joining forces , but all are clear that once the two dukes had met at Northampton , Buckingham became Gloucester 's alter ego .
12 Our audiences are clear that we are the most trusted source of information and news in Britain .
13 We are not given access to her private emotional struggles , but we are clear that she can not reject social values .
14 But the results are clear if you compare performance in Germany and Japan with that in the UK . ’
15 The reasons for this are clear if we examine the work of two well known urban sociologists , Pahl and Saunders .
16 Cases of underlexicalisation are clear when a non-specific noun ( such as log ) is used to refer to something for which a specific word exists in English .
17 The text and diagrams are clear and readable and the value of the text is greatly enhanced by about 80 per cent of the papers having an average of over eight references .
18 The reasons are clear and , it seems , widely accepted .
19 Firstly make sure your aids are clear and understandable before using the whip .
20 Again , the G1S implications are clear and are discussed below .
21 Co-ordinator — making sure that objectives are clear and that everyone is involved and committed .
22 Still , both the oil level and temperature gauges are clear and the two main control stalks that work the wipers and lights are easy and pleasant to use .
23 The book is well produced , the text commendably free from errors , and the diagrams and spectral reproductions are clear and comprehensible .
24 The graphics are clear and well defined with some excellent backgrounds , while the sound is suitably atmospheric .
25 They are likely to be fairly extrovert personalities , who are clear and confident in their approach to people and can easily relate to a stranger by establishing immediate contact .
26 It can take a great deal of courage and confidence to challenge colleagues in this way , but as you will see by studying the Code itself , the definition and standards of conduct required are clear and unequivocal , even if putting them into practice is not always as easy as it is made to sound .
27 Most landowners do realise that people have a right to be there and the best PR for them is to ensure the rights of way are clear and enjoyable — landowners need public support .
28 To assume that the messages from research for the practitioner are clear and straightforward is naive .
29 The land is so dry that only isolated juniper trees and low scrub freckle the surface of the cliffs and the rock strata , some soft , some hard , are clear and stark .
30 Follow the old Craven Way on a frosty October morning when skies are clear and the whole of Dentdale opens below you tinged with autumn and you can keep your Grand Canyon and your Taj Mahal .
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