Example sentences of "to be fair " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Terrible , ’ he told them — and to be fair it was entirely without relish that he spoke . |
| 2 | He was , to be fair , smiling . |
| 3 | I love all dogs but , to be fair , Bull Terriers are my first real love . |
| 4 | To be fair to him , he had repeatedly hinted that , when the evidence was in , it would show that Pound 's contribution went far beyond the mere passing of judgement on particular passages ; and indeed it turned out that the very structure of the poem had been extricated by Pound , rather than conceived and composed by the poet whose name appeared on the title-page . |
| 5 | But , to be fair , the McLaren directors had other matters on their mind in Portugal as they moped Senna 's fevered brow and cursed Mansell 's unwelcome intrusion into a family affair . |
| 6 | ( The Labour Party , to be fair , has never observed quite the same double standards when it comes to private and public speech ) . |
| 7 | She got a better deal , to be fair , out of the Common Market , because she was so difficult . |
| 8 | I think you 've got to be fair about how much time you give the family . |
| 9 | To be fair , she was a good-hearted woman who tried to do her best . |
| 10 | To be fair , the assumption that a single woman must be seeking the refuge of coupledom again is common to men and women . |
| 11 | To be fair , there is no doubt that with luck , commonsense and sensible advice many people have done very well out of privatisation shares . |
| 12 | For political reasons as much as for economic ones , the government needs to come up with a scheme that is simple ( so that its essence can be explained in one sentence ) and seen to be fair ( the duke pays more than the dustman ) . |
| 13 | To be fair , Britain 's budget does matter more than most — even though , unlike the others , it is concerned with gathering revenue rather than spraying it around . |
| 14 | The ‘ defending ’ firm 's use of any legal ploy , including ‘ poison pills ’ designed to make the acquisition indigestible , is cheerfully assumed to be fair . |
| 15 | I know you are one , but try to be fair . |
| 16 | But to be fair that was just the gourmets . |
| 17 | To be fair , Same-Lamborghini UK did say that it had n't had any complaints about lifting capacity here . |
| 18 | But a desire to be fair , a wish to be absolutely certain , and an understandable reluctance to accuse someone of perfidy who has been a friend of mine for six difficult years made me pull the telephone back to my mouth . |
| 19 | In Britain , the tits you see will be blue tits , great tits , coal tits , crested tits , marsh tits , or willow tits ( to be fair , you are unlikely to be able to distinguish the latter two unless you listen to their calls and songs ) . |
| 20 | To be fair , there 's no reason why anyone 's early home movies should appeal outside home ; and Time Zones and In The Shadow of the Sun ( ReVision / Jettisoundz , 18 and U , £14.99 each ) are no exception . |
| 21 | But to be fair , none of the drivers had had that Mr Major or Mr Kinnock or Mr Ashdown in the back of the cab . |
| 22 | Nor is it possible to imagine the Regent allowing such a hideous series of plates to be made to commemorate his coronation , though , to be fair , even Regency designers might have had trouble making an elegant plate incorporating a photographic portrait of the old reprobate . |
| 23 | ‘ We do try to be fair to everybody , ’ said a Milk Marketing Board spokesman . |
| 24 | To be fair , some stations , for example the one at Hinkley Point in Somerset , have worked much better than this description suggests , and the two latest examples , at Heysham in Lancashire and Torness in Scotland , look more promising . |
| 25 | To be fair , some British Rail employees do their best to inform . |
| 26 | ‘ To be fair , he does n't seem to have much power . |
| 27 | Their class were the guardians for the mysterious quality of Britishness ; it was their duty to be fair , honest , and clean in a partial , deceptive and dirty world . |
| 28 | For competition to be fair and meaningful , either everybody has to be drug-free , or everybody has to be on drugs — which do we want ? |
| 29 | To be fair , the Eighth Army was in a state of some confusion and was having to plan the defence of the Nile Delta . |
| 30 | Neither , to be fair , was the Government . |