When these matters were finally clarified for judge Starr, he exulted in letters home; 'I think I have helped John Marshall save the nation.

From the Middle Ages until the English laws of matrimony were finally clarified in 1753 all it took was for an eligible couple to exchange a solemn promise phrased in the present tense.

(The situation was not finally clarified until clergy were declared ineligible by statute early in the 19th century.)

It is only in Berlin, 28 years later, that the mystery surrounding the events of spring 1961 is finally clarified and, with it, the emotional truths that have long shadowed the story's characters.

During this conversation, the matter of Owen's relationship with Kara is finally clarified.

I am gratified that Bill Keller, The Times's executive editor, has finally clarified remarks made by him that were unsupported by fact and personally distressing.

But nothing is finally ever clarified and - I hope I'm not giving it away - nothing happens.

To her biographer, the meaning of all this was revealed over time and finally clarified by the letters to Ellen Doubleday.

The confusion is finally clarified.

Ms. Miller wrote in her letter that she was gratified that Mr. Keller "has finally clarified remarks made by him that were unsupported by fact and personally distressing."