Example sentences of "it is fair [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , it is fair to claim that the common response to individual instances of difficulty in the classroom is the antithesis of what seems to be known about the more effective school . |
| 2 | It is fair to claim that those words have been amply borne out in the intervening period and are confirmed again in this order . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | But it is fair to say that the real chemistry is not between actor and part , but between the idea of the star as entrepreneur and the idea of the king as a self-made man . |
| 5 | It is fair to say that the real chemistry is not between actor and part , but between the idea of the star as entrepreneur and the idea of the king as a self-made man . ’ |
| 6 | I think it is fair to say that the really top quality olives are usually sold in oil rather than in brine . |
| 7 | Of all the wonderful cricketers to come from the West Indies , it is fair to say that five have been of outstanding importance . |
| 8 | Should a court be prevented from hearing and acting on evidence that , despite the lapse of a few hours , a defendant 's temperament was such that it is fair to say that he or she was provoked to lose self-control , and that it was not calculated revenge ? |
| 9 | It is fair to say that nothing Frank has achieved as a film-maker approaches the heights he scaled with The Americans . |
| 10 | WHEN the first seven horses home finish in a heap , with less than three lengths covering them , it is fair to say that the race in question is not much of a Classic trial . |
| 11 | Indeed , it is fair to say that the chemical industry is seen as one of the worst polluters . |
| 12 | Nevertheless , it is fair to say that he was far more conscious of the reductionist tendencies in logical positivism than were others who passed through this particular school of thought . |
| 13 | As I recall , he had not been initially so preoccupied with the peace treaty when it was drawn up at the end of the Great War , and I think it is fair to say that his interest was prompted not so much by an analysis of the treaty , but by his friendship with Herr Karl-Heinz Bremann . |
| 14 | Starving people in the sub-Sahara can not afford much quality , though it is fair to say that their problems are more political than strictly agricultural . |
| 15 | It is fair to say that , in so doing , they are applying sensible principles of good industrial relations rather than the strict law of contract . |
| 16 | It is fair to say that this reconstruction is based on late classical texts , and it is unclear in particular how far Papinian 's view may have been anticipated in earlier law . |
| 17 | I think it is fair to say that hard words were spoken , but I never knew exactly what was said . |
| 18 | It is fair to say that this view is controversial : certainly Grinsell remains strictly factual , but the Bords support this explanation and in so doing follow in the footsteps of John Michell , Tony Wedd , and earlier writers of the 1930s . |
| 19 | However , it is fair to say that the Forestry Commission has become more sympathetic to the needs of the land and is now encouraging the planting of more broadleaved trees . |
| 20 | It is fair to say that the British obscenity test is one of the few in the world which attempts to focus specifically on the ‘ protection of health or morals . |
| 21 | None the less , it is fair to say that this concept of home country authorisation or the ‘ single passport ’ ( as it has become known ) provides a potent tool for the establishment of a single market in financial services . |
| 22 | It is fair to say that this is probably not a very pleasant experience for the cyclist either , so that ‘ give and take ’ is an essential ingredient of operating such facilities in practice . |
| 23 | From their early emphasis on relationship as opposed to religion , and an initial growth from Christians transferring from denominational churches , it is fair to say that mission and church planting now feature high on the whole movement 's agenda as never before . |
| 24 | I THINK it is fair to say that every hobby has its frustrations , and that there is no pastime that is genuinely ‘ roses all the way ’ . |
| 25 | It is fair to say that the British extreme right has not been able to draw on specific traditions of activism that have assisted , say , the French FN or the Belgian VB in extending their influences so widely . |
| 26 | Frightened by the threat of invasion ( Fears in Solitude ) , he was beginning that slide or jump to the Right which angered and puzzled his liberal associates , though it is fair to say that his revolutionary sympathies , unlike Wordsworth 's , had never been more than superficial . |
| 27 | While it is fair to say that the regulations in the Blue Book are complex to read and interpret , the guidance notes are eminently readable and practical . |
| 28 | Autonomy is important to everyone , but I think it is fair to say that it is of particular importance in adolescence . |
| 29 | It is fair to say that in the last instance , it will not actually produce a design with the colours separated out into their appropriate rows , but will make a card design showing the colours so that punching a card from this is made easier . |
| 30 | It is fair to say that by the time of the establishment of OEEC progress in Benelux had more or less ground to a halt . |