But the picture is far from clear cut.

But there will be no clear cut change in policy direction.

The choices to be made are not simple, obvious, or clear cut.

It is still not clear what led Greenspan to support the tax cut.

Once it became clear that the burden was unbearable, debt should have been cut expeditiously.

Civilizations do not have clear cut boundaries and borders, they flow smoothly into one another.

We can only wish that formulating economic policy were as clear cut as, say, mechanical engineering.

The division of responsibilities between them with regard to technical assistance, however, was insufficiently clear cut.

At the same time, however, that reaction is much less uniform and clear cut than many observers believe.

The concepts of intelligence and of race are less clear cut than we often assume them to be.

The answers to such questions would be obvious if the moral issues in the current financial crisis were clear cut.

The EU s eastern policy should not be seen as philanthropy, but as a strategy promoting clear cut pan European interests.

So, why not let evidence, rather than theory, guide policy? Unfortunately, it is hard to get clear cut evidence of causality.

For, if economic logic were clear cut, governments wouldn t have to justify what they do on the basis of market confidence.

Until Koizumi, the electorate was never faced with such clear cut choices, and his administration taught the Japanese to like them. In the meantime, Japan will drift, unable to take any significant foreign policy decision at a time when Asia s security landscape is changing rapidly.

And it is clear even now that this decision will have three long term consequences.

It is clear that the time for a decision on Security Council reform has arrived.

Admittedly, however, the argument in favor of capital punishment becomes less clear cut as the number of lives saved per execution falls.

Forward looking deliberations need to aim at a mechanism or instrument for a clear cut prohibition of the weaponization of outer space.

(f) The negotiation of a fissile material cut off treaty with clear disarmament objectives, which also addresses the issue of existing stocks

Its activation would be subject to a fully democratic decision making process, with clear political accountability.

And We informed him the decision of this command , that at morning the root of the disbelievers would be cut off .

And We informed him the decision of this command , that at morning the root of the disbelievers would be cut off .

Since this landmark decision, the mandate for negotiations on a fissile material cut off treaty has been renewed on numerous occasions.

Successful education and integration policies take time to work and thus will not bring clear cut results in time for the next election.

Their puritanical religious style sets forth an ideal morality with clear cut rules that are similar to the constraints of an engineering project.

The blade part of the head extends out of the lashing and shows clear signs of having been used to chop and cut.

There is now convincing evidence that the same decision to cut public spending can have very different consequences, depending on economic conditions.

The answers to such questions would be obvious if the moral issues in the current financial crisis were clear cut. But they are not.

Clear cut gains exist only for a few commodities, such as cotton and sugar, which are not consumed in large quantities by poor households.

A major concern after the withdrawal of UNAMSIL would be a widening information gap, as currently there is no clear cut Government public information policy.

Other codes, such as the Code of Professional Conduct of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia provide a clear cut principle of scientific (or professional) obligations.

Once it became clear that the burden was unbearable, debt should have been cut expeditiously. Too many creditors were reimbursed at par on their maturing claims.

Then would those who are followed clear themselves of those who follow ( them ) They would see the penalty , and all relations between them would be cut off .

Then would those who are followed clear themselves of those who follow ( them ) They would see the penalty , and all relations between them would be cut off .

It is not clear whether the admissibility decision in Varnava and others is based on detention or on some other ground.

It is not clear whether a decision ordering his detention was issued at that or any other time, nor is it clear whether any steps to bring Mr. Zhao to trial have been initiated.

A major boost to confidence would be a clear cut strategic commitment from the West in the form of an extension of NATO s own deterrent to the Middle East.

The world s central banks are already cutting interest rates on safe assets, and will cut them more as the proximity and magnitude of the likely global slump becomes clear.

Mr. REZVANIAN RAHAGHI (Islamic Republic of Iran) said that the paragraph must make clear the need for a decision on the issue.

This increase has no separate climate effect, since we ve already promised to cut emissions by 20 . However, it does manage to make a poor policy decision dramatically worse.

Not for you , O Muhammad , but for Allah , is the decision whether He should cut them down or forgive them or punish them , for indeed , they are wrongdoers .

Not for you , O Muhammad , but for Allah , is the decision whether He should cut them down or forgive them or punish them , for indeed , they are wrongdoers .

And although these differences may grow smaller with time, they occasionally take on an alarmingly clear cut form, as in the case of the United States led invasion of Iraq.

He noted, with reference to the questions put by the United Kingdom representative, that there was a clear cut link with the groups defined as vulnerable, namely, women and children.