...to put it bluntly.

Let me put this bluntly.

To put it that bluntly

I don't enjoy putting it this bluntly.

Forgive my speaking so bluntly, but it is the truth.

To put it bluntly Neuer cheated, and then boasted about it.

I am leaving soon, and you will forgive me if I speak bluntly.

I believe the colonel has a point, even though he makes it rather bluntly.

To put it bluntly, American political opportunities are heavily loaded against those who are simultaneously intelligent and honest.

And to put it really bluntly, you know, people are willing to pay for stuff that has value, right?

To put it more bluntly or perhaps a little less believably, i don't think this airplane is really here.

In fact, these talks constitute the longest and most futile negotiating process between any two countries in modern history. During a 2010 visit to New Delhi, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao stated bluntly that sorting out the border disputes will take a fairly long period of time.

While accepting a reporter's interview, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Simsek bluntly said that the Chinese culture has made a lot of contributions to the world.

He also lamented the fact that some vendors bluntly rejected the exemption cards while others, such as cable or telephone companies, refused to process reimbursement claims.

We must be clear on this and state, quite bluntly, that all acts that aim to kill or seriously injure civilians or non combatants are acts of terrorism.

China stated

China stated

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I have to say quite bluntly that the United Kingdom does not believe this is the best way of making progress towards the goal we all share, either substantively or procedurally.

Religion not stated

The Mission stated

To put it bluntly, we needed such a law because North Korea continues to dispatch armed agents to the Republic of Korea, as evidenced by the North Korean submarine infiltration incident last September.

The President then stated

They then stated that

10. The Government further stated

The Working Group stated that

And so it turned out. Rather than deflating the economy, Nixon took America off the gold standard in 1971 and imposed wage, price, and import controls, proclaiming bluntly, I am now a Keynesian in economics.

Ambassador Parrilla invoked the privileges and immunities he enjoys in conformity with the existing international legal regime on said privileges and immunities and bluntly refused to put himself through such humiliating, selective and discriminatory procedures.

one stated withdrawal from the NPT

As Secretary of State Rice stated,

The representative of Cuba stated that

In conclusion, the report stated that

It has achieved its stated objective.

The Secretary stated, inter alia, that

InokoSensei clearly stated in his book.

Latvia stated that the designated authorities were

The delegations stated their views as follows

This must be stated time and again.

3. Pope John Paul II has stated

Furthermore, the report stated, and I quote

Lebanon stated that it had no comment.

In his report it is stated that

18. The Government of Cuba stated that

In particular, the Punjab authorities stated that

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