Sentence examples for are given to understand from inspiring English sources

We are given to understand that certain ex-CIA types are not happy with developments.

They are connoisseurs and creators, and their kind, we are given to understand, have supplied humanity's composers, artists and poets.

Although we are given to understand that many people think Krasner's paintings are important, Levin does not make the case.

Classical music is, we are given to understand, the playground of the one per cent, the province of the super-rich.

It is 2 November 2008, we are given to understand, All Souls' Day, the Day of the Dead, the Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed.

In the war on terror, we are given to understand that it is our patriotic duty to surrender our civil rights.

I was given to understand that this will never happen.

Some were given to understand that they were writing for the Observer.

Good story, of course, but I am given to understand, not true.

Nothing, we were given to understand by some speakers, would ever be the same again.

'I was given to understand that you required a valet.' " Bertie says he would have preferred a mortician.