Only a prude would expect their politicians not to exaggerate.
It is increasingly concerning that Tory ministers seek to exaggerate the potential benefits of shale and dismiss genuine and legitimate concerns.
Hugh Quarshie's long-suffering character has seen and suffered so much since he joined the soap in 2001 that he feels like the personification of the best of the NHS: wearily irritable, still just about hanging on despite 25 government-initiated reorganizations (I exaggerate, but not much), still good at his job and still trying to be selfless - against the odds.
Pre-registering scientific articles in this way helps to protect against a number of undesirable practices (such as p-hacking and HARKing) that can exaggerate statistical findings and make non-existent effects seem real.
Assuming the Queen is, really, one of us, she will want to do more than replace Caro with the – I hope I do not exaggerate – 9th woman OM, ever, and make more generous reparation to the scorned.
Nor does Miliband exaggerate when he defines today's choice as a Tory government for the rich or a Labour government for working people.
You don't want to exaggerate the differences.
PD Top targets Toby Alderweireld (Atlético Madrid, £7m), Idrissa Gueye (Lille, £7m), Jordy Clasie (Feyenoord, £12m) May end up with Some relatively unknown gem from the Dutch league Transfer kitty Around £30m, plus income from sales Already signed None The outgoing Dick Advocaat did not exaggerate when he said Sunderland required six new quality players this summer.
"It is difficult to exaggerate how important it is to get the portrayal of indigenous Australians right," he told the Independent.
There's no doubt there are cases of FGM in this country – and even one is too many – but in our horror over the practice we must resist the urge to potentially exaggerate its scale.
Ipsos Mori executives had also briefed Whitehall that the last Quebec independence referendum suggested that polling figures could exaggerate support for yes – Ipsos Mori staff in Canada had advised their UK colleagues to assume that on polling day, undecided voters would break two to one for no; that had been the experience in Quebec, where the polls had over-estimated the pro-independence vote.
