Tory peer Lord Tebbit - not known for mincing his words - was even more scathing.

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But, not mincing his words, Mr Pearson Wright called for him to be sacked.

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Furiously mincing his words, Mr Hoon said he regretted her husband's death, but hasn't apologised for it.

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Normally, I don't see the point of mincing herbs, but rosemary, with its woody sprigs, is hard to eat.

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel is not known for mincing her words, particularly when it comes to protecting what she sees as her country's interests.

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Not mincing words, Judge Posner said the plaintiffs were tax cheats.

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There were meat cleavers, knives, wooden chopping blocks, a commercial sausage making machine, a commercial meat mincing machine and weighing scales in the room as well, it said.

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He gives Bernie a mincing walk but not too mincing.

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