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US
/ˈkɫɔz/
]
[ UK /klˈɔːz/ ]
[ UK /klˈɔːz/ ]
NOUN
- (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate functioning as a part of a complex sentence
- a separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will)
How To Use clause In A Sentence
- A test is to see how the clause would read if you used a personal pronoun instead. Times, Sunday Times
- The relative clause: it is defined as a clausal modifier, restrictive or non-restrictive, used to modify a preceding construction, most often a preceding noun or noun phrase.
- Blair's answer should be embalmed in the Labour party constitution, perhaps as a better substitute for the old clause four.
- The dependent clause functions as a substitution item in a frame, the frame being the rest of the sentence.
- Clause 19.4 excludes all liability for indirect or consequential loss or damage on the part of either party.
- The set-off clause precludes the withdrawals of amounts standing to the customer's credit as long as this liability is contingent.
- The model may be the context for interpreting the clause, but the interpretation need not be a full one.
- Rather than supporting businesses that seek to reclaim brownfield land, however, many cities have in place archaic laws full of clauses and subclauses that add further time and cost to a project.
- In 22 articles with 138 clauses, the FIA has laid down in minute detail exactly how the cars should be designed.
- Many companies are worried by the worker-participation clauses: if they are really so flexible, why bother with them at all?