Example sentences of "it be only fair " in BNC.
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| 1 | I want to discuss this with my superiors , but I think it 's only fair for me to say that it may well be difficult for us to keep you here . ’ |
| 2 | He has no complaint : ‘ I 've been five years and I think it 's only fair that someone else should have a chance . ’ |
| 3 | Being over-logical e.g. it 's only fair that you go on holiday without me , as you work and I do n't worry anyway ! |
| 4 | And if we 're combining Morrissey and The Smiths ' covers , it 's only fair to point out the relative regularity with which three others have had their mugs used to shift copies . |
| 5 | ‘ I did n't explain the rules properly at the outset so it 's only fair we should start again … ’ |
| 6 | It 's only fair that you should know that the sow very often has to be slaughtered . " |
| 7 | I 'm as interested in what you can discover about Heather 's state of mind as you are yourself , so it 's only fair I should contribute to your expenses . |
| 8 | It 's only fair . |
| 9 | ‘ Well , as you had a hand in it it 's only fair that you should enjoy it . ’ |
| 10 | I mean it 's only fair it 's not we 're not talking about huge wages but for Gwynedd which is a low wage area they were reasonable and they worked for them too you know but but they were n't complaining about the money so much as the principle . |
| 11 | ‘ It 's only fair to tell you that we shall be asking everyone here a few questions about what they were doing yesterday afternoon . ’ |
| 12 | Now I think it 's only fair and right that the conservatives are doing as er , should be doing the same . |
| 13 | cos I think it 's only fair |
| 14 | erm let me consider first of all the minor claim , and here I think it 's only fair to tell you that I 'm not a palaeotologist . |
| 15 | Yes , it 's only fair yes I would ah there you go , ah that 's gon na ruin her weekend in n it ? |
| 16 | After a year in which the Treasury 's forecasting failures ( notably that very large trade deficit ) have been rather obvious , it is only fair to recall that it did presciently point out just about every awkward little detail of the poll tax , from its automatic upward impact on inflation to the folly of providing local authorities with a golden opportunity to raise more tax while blaming the Government . |
| 17 | The issue is far more complicated and it is only fair to note that we have not reached a stage of knowledge when we can easily say what explains the status of women among the different peoples of the world . |
| 18 | However , it is only fair to add that , in this case , the surviving windmill structure was little more than a ruinous stone stump before conversion work began ( Plate 41 ) . |
| 19 | He was wrong , but it is only fair to add that we still do not know how all the specific external stimuli which induce cell differences arise . |
| 20 | SIR — Regarding Michael Calvin 's article titled ‘ Atkins playing for home advantage ’ ( March 23 ) , I feel it is only fair to make comment on what , in some respects , was a rather slanted view of the role played by Mr Robert Atkins , Minister for Sport , in support of sporting activities in the local community . |
| 21 | At the same time , it is only fair to point out that my task in this instance had been of an unusually difficult order . |
| 22 | However , it is only fair to comment that he did place the lives of two of his most valuable NCOs in jeopardy as well as that of an officer whom he could ill afford to lose . |
| 23 | It is only fair to add that some lawyers play exactly the opposite role , persuading clients who are itching for a zero sum fight that they would do better to reach a nonzero sum settlement out of court . |
| 24 | It is only fair to add that this kind of language finds less favour with some modern experimenters . |
| 25 | Therefore rather than using ‘ he or she ’ , it is only fair that ‘ she ’ should be used . |
| 26 | However , it is only fair to point out that the population distribution is uneven , and any swamping will take place in urban areas . |
| 27 | Although every family must make its own plans , it is only fair for grandparents to have freedom of choice in this matter . |
| 28 | In the years 1815–27 , when he was hated by the young Romantic poets for his apostasy , it is only fair to point out that many quite reasonable people were at panic stations because of incipient popular unrest . |
| 29 | I think it is only fair to point out that this is not the first major development on the Ringdufferin Road . |
| 30 | Nevertheless , it is only fair to say that this marks a period of ‘ boom ’ in house prices . |