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Example sentences for "clear conception"

  • Having disposed of Genus, Species, and Differentia, we shall not find much difficulty in attaining a clear conception of the distinction between the other two predicables, as well as between them and the first three.

  • A clear conception, in the mind of the learner, of regular and well-formed letters.

  • A clear conception in the mind of the learner, of regularly and well-formed letters.

  • When we begin to write or speak, we ought previously to fix in our minds a clear conception of the end to be aimed at.

  • Before we begin to write or speak, we ought to fix in our minds a clear conception of the end to be aimed at.

  • It is rather difficult to get a clear conception of the substitution, and it seems necessary to designate the peculiar relationship between the two characters forming such a pair by a simple name.

  • Of course, Haeckel's genealogic trees are of a purely hypothetic nature, and have no other purpose than to convey a clear conception of the notion of descent, and of the great lines of evolution at large.

  • Some of my experiments and pedigree-cultures are described here in a manner similar to that used in the "Mutationstheorie," but partly abridged and partly elaborated, in order to give a clear conception of their extent and scope.

  • No clear conception as to its true nature had been formulated, and even the propriety of designating the observed phenomena by the term atavism seemed doubtful.

  • It is very important to get a clear conception of the modern theory of command, or way of directing what subordinates shall do.

  • It requires him to have a clear conception of this object, and thus enables him to hew truer to the line in carrying on the work.

  • Here we would seem to have a clear conception of the idea of universal gravitation, and Anaxagoras stands before us as the anticipator of Newton.

  • It would appear, for example, that their mental arithmetic did not enable them to multiply by a number larger than two, and that they did not reach a clear conception of complex fractional numbers.

  • Both in the history of the race and in that of the individual, we find that the attention is seized first by material things, and that it is long before a clear conception of the mind and of its knowledge is arrived at.

  • Professor Jevons suggests that it is lack of time and attention that prevents the scientific investigator from attaining to a clear conception of what is meant by scientific method.

  • But one cannot answer them until one has attained to rather a clear conception of what is meant by the mind.

  • If we are to have an effective army of freedom we must enrol only men who have a clear conception of the goal, a readiness to yield full allegiance, and a determination to fight always so as to reflect honour on the flag.

  • This cause is primarily responsible for the failure of many of the ablest and subtlest economic treatises to impress upon the reader a clear conception of the industrial world as a single "going concern.

  • In order to build up a clear conception of industry it is possible to take either of two modes of inquiry.

  • The chief thing is to obtain a clear conception of the mental atmosphere in which sound criticism has to live and move and have its being.

  • He speculated boldly, incoherently, vehemently; but he speculated with a clear conception of the universe, as we still apprehend it.

  • But who could possibly have had in early times a clear conception of the Life of Jesus?

  • With His appearance and the rise of belief in Him, a clear conception, a definite mental picture of the Messiah became possible; and thus it was that a Christology(92) first arose.

  • Until a clear conception should be obtained, and expressed in accurate language, of the differences in structure of the ultimate particles of compounds and of elements, it was perhaps better to apply the term "atom" to both alike.

  • If you reflect upon these examples for a few moments, you will have a clear conception of the nature of transitive and intransitive verbs.

  • It will require close application, and a great deal of sober thinking, to gain a clear conception of the nature of the relative pronouns, particularly the compound relatives, which are not easily comprehended by the young learner.

  • The conscious use of the creative power of thought consists in the attainment of the power of Thinking in the Absolute, and this can only be attained by a clear conception of the interaction between our different mental functions.

  • In order to lay the foundations for practical work, the student must endeavour to get a clear conception of what is meant by the intelligence of undifferentiated spirit.

  • The event has shown, not only that a clear conception of interest does not arise automatically in everyone, but that it did not arise even in Marx and Lenin themselves.

  • Because the Marxians thought that men's economic position would irresistibly produce a clear conception of their economic interests.

  • They thought they themselves possessed that clear conception, and that what they knew the rest of mankind would learn.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "clear conception" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    are but; clear and; clear away; clear case; clear enough; clear from; clear glass; clear light; clear liquid; clear profit; clear that; clear the; clear voice; cleared away; cleared land; clearer light; clearing house; clearly defined; clearly enough; clearly seen; like body; little plant; mushroom ketchup; port wine; sliced onion; specie payments