"They kind of surprised us with how good they were, to be honest, " Withey said.

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Which is, if we are to be honest, how it should be.

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And the sort of debate I want to open up is to say, this is about reform, if we're going to improve our public services we've got to be first of all be honest about how good they are, and I think second we've really got to look at what works.

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To be honest, no matter how many products you brand with the letter i, the Web can be a pretty dull place to be if you're surfing on an Apple.

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Wright said he recognizes his responsibility to the Mets to "be honest and forthcoming about how I felt, " but he believes he fulfilled that obligation.

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"Pascal is very similar in build to Taylor and to be honest I only realised just how much the experience of that fight with Pascal had brought me on when I sparred him in Canada, " revealed Froch.

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From the participating alumni, the students learned that they must do their research and be prepared, how to be persistent without being a pest, how to stay calm and honest when handling a crisis and the importance of going beyond their job description.

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The net migration target was designed to usher in a more efficient, fairer system but the government had to be honest with the public about "what it meant and how it can be improved".

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But to be honest I think the part that worries me the most is, well, how hard is it to hack into this?

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No matter how honest a person the opposing coach may be, who in their right mind would allow that to happen?

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