Example sentences of "be fair [to-vb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would be fair to conclude that the trend in Japan caused concern to Peking but not to the extent that it did in Moscow . |
| 2 | However , it would be fair to conclude that neither of these studies has shown the NYSE to be less than semi-strong efficient . |
| 3 | But it certainly would n't be fair to claim that all you need to do in order to shed surplus weight is to add sufficient fibre-rich foods to your diet or switch from refined carbohydrate foods to natural fibre-rich foods like wholemeal bread . |
| 4 | It would be fair to claim that the exam results in Classics are very good . |
| 5 | A Ford spokesman said : ‘ We are looking at various aspects of our high performance models , not just the hot hatches … it would be fair to say that we are being a lot more discreet about the badging and ‘ dressing up ’ of some models now . ’ |
| 6 | Would it be fair to say that you accepted his decision when you thought it was the right decision , regardless of whether he may have been depressed or he may have been under the influence of drugs or some other pressure ? |
| 7 | It may be fair to say that this book , perhaps above any other , has generated a great deal of interest , world-wide , in the healing art of aromatherapy . |
| 8 | It may even be fair to say that if this were not so , then surely there would never have been any life experience at all . |
| 9 | And it would be fair to say that the vicissitudes of electoral fortunes were as hot a topic as those of peer group approval . |
| 10 | However , it would be fair to say that they do not have a long-term answer to the question : ‘ What is the appropriate level of funding ? ’ , except that of adding on an amount , based on the estimated shortfall , to existing expenditure . |
| 11 | As a gallery , we specialise in a great many virtually ‘ interlocking ’ different art styles , of which it would be fair to say that the Japonisme Aesthetic Movement is our largest single field . |
| 12 | As regards the public perception of the term ‘ antique ’ , I think it would be fair to say that a great many of today 's most eminent collectors , particularly in America , and public institutions , are definitely beginning to interpret the word far more loosely than its previously accepted definition of ‘ a hundred years old ’ and , it is clearly a great shame that two of the most original and internationally influential artistic styles ever to emerge in Britain are almost entirely excluded from the Fair : the Arts and Crafts Movement and Art Nouveau , on the basis of age . |
| 13 | It would probably be fair to say that views of this kind have been dominant among British socialists from the Labour-left leftwards , but over recent years they have come under increasing criticism , on both theoretical and political grounds . |
| 14 | Of course , we 're all women here tonight , th , there are men carers as well , but would it be fair to say that the bulk of care responsibility falls on women or or is that is that unfair ? |
| 15 | It would be fair to say that desktop publishing was undoubtedly the beginning of the revolution ; the programs are just so much easier to use on the Macintosh than on a PC . |
| 16 | It would be fair to say that JustText is a professional tool which , without an understanding of typography and design , it is impossible to fully exploit . |
| 17 | Er just to run through what the two what the two schools sort of think it will be fair to say that the traditional school thinks as follows . |
| 18 | It might be fair to say that the paintings Picasso executed during the following eighteen or so months tend to look like all tribal art , an indication that he was ultimately interested and immersed in its spirit and its formal principles rather than in any of its individual manifestations . |
| 19 | As a general model , then , it might be fair to say that in early capitalism the bourgeoisie is very often on the side of the development of civil society , and in later capitalism it is often opposed to such development . |
| 20 | It would be fair to say that our impression so far is that the previous Soviet systems were , in many ways , impressive and that the Soviet Union had good controls over its nuclear weapons . |
| 21 | It would be fair to say that a substantial number would be included . |
| 22 | It would be fair to say that these tests are as details , if not more so , than those for human food . |
| 23 | Would it be fair to say that that 's a good statement to make ? |
| 24 | It would be fair to say that the influence of anthropogenic carbon dioxide on the world 's climate is not known . |
| 25 | It would n't be fair to suggest that most users of desktop publishing systems were unhappy with the quality of their page printer 's output — more that they have realised that they can improve the quality still further by going to a bureau . |
| 26 | Not only did the existence of a divided society help fuel party tensions under William and Anne , but taking the longer perspective covered by this book as a whole , it might even be fair to suggest that the emergence of the party divide amongst the political elite was itself a symptom of the bitter divisions that already existed in this society , divisions which we have traced back to the Restoration in 1660 . |
| 27 | IT MIGHT be fair to assume that the people who made the posters for both Labour and the Conservatives would be experts on the way the campaign has been run . |
| 28 | Around the same proportion of the population , according to the same surveys , never thought of giving up the struggle to the end — or recovered from such defeatist notions — and it is fair to presume that for them Hitler remained the symbol of continued hope and determination . |
| 29 | However , it is fair to conclude that town planning practice had not yet made any significant contribution in Britain to dealing with traffic question ; this remained for the future . |
| 30 | It is fair to say that this race lacked the energetic input normally associated with Mansell , banned from yesterday 's Grand Prix after breaking the regulations at Estoril last Sunday . |