Example sentences of "honestly [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are as anxious as anyone to provide good working conditions for public servants ; but would the public servants themselves honestly contend that working conditions during eight hours of the day should , in the present emergency , take priority over the living conditions of mothers and children for the whole twenty-four hours ? |
| 2 | Do you honestly think that they did all ? |
| 3 | And do you honestly think that I normally allow females to wallop me across the face ? |
| 4 | Mr Johnston said : ‘ I do honestly think that the proposals the Government has brought forward seriously endanger the fabric of our social existence . |
| 5 | You do n't honestly think that I could n't help |
| 6 | She honestly believed that she was making life easier for Jack , by providing him with a background of home , where not only were meals provided and clothes mended , but his time was also jealously guarded . |
| 7 | ‘ But the day I wrote this song I honestly believed that I did love everyone ! ’ insists Paul , chirpily . |
| 8 | Gradually it dawned on Peter that Molland wanted more than confirmation of his decisions and to demonstrate his own honesty : he honestly believed that this numbingly tedious attention to detail was doing Peter a favour by distracting him from his grief . |
| 9 | Yes , and Li Yuan would fight to preserve the boy , for he honestly believed that he could control him . |
| 10 | When they came out the club went mad , and they honestly believed that the crowd thought they were good . ’ |
| 11 | When he was accused , quite erroneously , of siphoning money from school funds he honestly believed that everyone would realise that there 'd been a mistake . ’ |
| 12 | Similarly there is no liability if a railway company , acting upon A 's directions , carries B's goods , honestly believing that A has B's authority to give such directions or , of course , where a finder removes them to a place of safety . |
| 13 | Can we honestly assume that the way they are in school will be the way they relate to an employer , or to younger children in an adventure playground ? |
| 14 | Bearing in mind that there 's something like forty companies chasing about eighteen percent of this market , do you honestly feel that your advertising revenue is going to go down as quickly as feel if you want to try and keep ahead of the the pack and keep up with the leaders . |
| 15 | ‘ I can not honestly see that a system which would require us to compromise the morning after the election is really so morally inferior to a system which has already obliged us to compromise our policies two years before polling day . ’ |
| 16 | The jury … found that Constable Laurie was not actuated by malice or direct motive , but had actually been over-zealous ; that he had no reasonable and probable ground for believing that Roche 's house was used for betting , and that he did not honestly believe that he made bets with plaintiff . |
| 17 | Could he honestly believe that when I went off to work at nine o'clock each morning I was really heading for some regular-as-clockwork day-long love-nest ? |
| 18 | This means that a management policy that is injurious to employee interests can be attacked only on the grounds that the directors lacked good faith , meaning that the directors did not honestly believe that the policy constitutes an appropriate balancing of interests , or that they have altogether disregarded the impact of their decision on the employees . |
| 19 | I ca n't honestly believe that anyone can question whether or not Wilko should be manager . |
| 20 | I think that the point , has to be made that when we 've had a transport supplementary grant decision and settlement as poor as this one , then it really is about trying to protect and enhance the people of Lincolnshire and the road network , rather than just for once , party politics , because I ca n't honestly believe that the conservatives would actually , feel that this is a fair , reasonable settlement . |
| 21 | She did n't want him to stop kissing her , but curiosity made her murmur , ‘ Did you honestly believe that I would n't be angry with you for telling me so abruptly that you were Miguelito ? ’ |
| 22 | Were getting into an area which I think is a whole different programme and before this programme started I might tell you we were having a little er discussion amongst ourselves whether or not er zoo 's were good for animals and I suppose there is a discussion about whether prisons are inevitably going to be degrading because of , because of what er , what , what a prison represents which is a curtailment of freedom , but we do n't have time in this programme , so that 's another one for next year , can I ask you , we 've , we 've touched a lot of basis and it must be frustrating that we ca n't pursue er to the end some of the things we 've er , we 've picked on , but can I ask you a couple of final questions , as far as you know have you committed a crime ? , button one for yes and button two for no , as far as you know , I mean we have n't got time to go into what they might be so your perfectly free to be very honest and honestly reveals that three people are n't quite sur , oh yes there they are |
| 23 | Given the proposed increase in pensions , does the Prime Minister honestly feel that it is sufficient — yes or no ? |
| 24 | I honestly believe that it could not be more inspirational playing in front of a home international crowd . ’ |
| 25 | I honestly believe that The Smiths , with ‘ Panic ’ , wasted an opportunity to subvert our beloved mainstream radio playlists . |
| 26 | Suppose we honestly believe that some treatment is unlikely to bring us a benefit that makes worthwhile the pain or distress involved , we have every right to refuse it . |
| 27 | ‘ I honestly believe that Lee is England material . |
| 28 | LAWRENSON : ‘ No but I honestly believe that there are certain members of the Press that are delighted to have a go at Liverpool because of the success that they 've had . |
| 29 | I honestly believe that she is good enough to win the King George and the Arc next year . ’ |
| 30 | I was eleven years old , and I honestly believe that I was too young to cope , that my father should never have taken me to the game , that if he had been a responsible parent he would have recognized the potential for trauma that the afternoon contained . |