Example sentences of "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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Since I had collected a handsome pay-out from Ladbrokes a year earlier with money on Alesi I thought it only fair to 'phone Ken Tyrrell and tell him the odds . |
| 5 | 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 ) . |
| 6 | After having had it ruin so much of their practice time , it seemed only fair that it should come to their aid when they needed it . |
| 7 | Since I was asking young women to talk freely about a highly personal and intimate area of their lives , I thought it only fair that I should also tell my own story , and set out some of my reasons for my interest in the subject . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | He has no complaint : ‘ I 've been five years and I think it 's only fair that someone else should have a chance . ’ |
| 11 | At the same time , it is only fair to point out that my task in this instance had been of an unusually difficult order . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | It would seem only fair that he should return the favour later . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | It is only fair to add that this kind of language finds less favour with some modern experimenters . |
| 16 | Therefore rather than using ‘ he or she ’ , it is only fair that ‘ she ’ should be used . |
| 17 | It is usually only fair to deny you a right to appeal if top management has already been closely concerned in the matter because of your senior status or because the business is so small that there is no one left to whom you can bring your complaint . |
| 18 | However , it is only fair to point out that the population distribution is uneven , and any swamping will take place in urban areas . |
| 19 | It seems so right ; it seems only fair that the consequences of an organism 's adaptations and own endeavours become part of the heritage of its young . |
| 20 | Although every family must make its own plans , it is only fair for grandparents to have freedom of choice in this matter . |
| 21 | Only fair , really . ’ |
| 22 | So not only fair but just . |
| 23 | After the Chadwick interview it seems only fair to suggest a double interview with Terry Bickers and Bic Hayes from the awe-inspiring Levitation … |
| 24 | It was only fair that Neil Kinnock should be allowed to relinquish his post quickly , although the possibility of Roy Hattersley stepping in as deputy for a few months was ruled out too early . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | It seems only fair to allow Wordsworth the last word . |
| 27 | Kirwan and Timu look good on the wings , while Tuigamala is only fair for he is very large and by no means consistent . |
| 28 | I think it is only fair to point out that this is not the first major development on the Ringdufferin Road . |
| 29 | She had been such an innocent victim from the start it seemed only fair to help her all they could now . |
| 30 | 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 ! |