Sentence examples for be a straight question from inspiring English sources

Is it going to be a straight question and answer?

So here is a straight question: will he now rule out a rise in VAT?" "Yes," said Cameron.

"I know Ricky's agent and it was a straight question really.

They have to be asked a straight question – how could they possibly not have known about the fate that had befallen a British citizen?" He said: "Governments have many responsibilities but the primary responsibility of all governments is to keep their own citizens safe from harm and governments aren't meant to collaborate on the illegal abduction and the torture of one of their own citizens".

In TS3, the students have agreed that this is a straight recall question, but in TS4.U4 the student claims her aim was to create a secondary question.

Another lovely listen was Jackie Clune's programme A Straight Question.

The Arizona law involved no expenditure of funds by government or the private sector; it was a straight-up question of whether discrimination will be permitted.

Medland asked him about the reward and said: "I'm going to ask you a straight question.

As for Weiner, he is quite unable to answer a straight question, usually claiming to have already answered it in some previous speech or interview.

But Mr Cameron's cabinet colleagues insisted he was simply giving a straight answer to a straight question.

Fallon spoke out after Gove made an unscheduled appearance on the BBC's Newsnight programme on Monday to say the prime minister had given an honest answer to a straight question and that it was just confirmation that he hoped to serve a second term in No 10.