Sentence examples for be straightforward about the from inspiring English sources

It would be nice if a few legislators started to be straightforward about the true costs of tax expenditures, despite their popularity.

"You need a New Yorker who is going to be straightforward about the truth, particularly when it isn't what people want to hear, particularly in the tough, tough moments," Ms. Quinn said.

Since the episode, in which an internal investigation found that about 1,500 crimes went unreported, Mr. Cordero has promised to be straightforward about the latest round of figures.

"The answer is to be transparent about the data, be straightforward about the goals, and always be trying to move the needle in the right direction," Dauber said.

Be straightforward about why you don't want to be friends.

In meetings with potential contributors, Mr. Segal was straightforward about "the ask".

But that would have involved being straightforward about the ways he is lucky: above all, about his money.

But far from discounting her modeling career and famous collaborators, Ms. Elson is straightforward about the advantages they confer.

Automakers want subsidies to offset the cost of developing them; consumers want subsidies to buy them; and people who are building electric charging networks — like Lowenthal and Agassi — are straightforward about the fact that they, too, need government money.

And Irsay was straightforward about the Colts' difficult salary-cap situation: they spent as much as $10 million over the cap last season, and they are in a tight financial situation in 2012 that would be even more constricted by keeping Manning and drafting Andrew Luck with the No. 1 pick over all.

The week before, a federal magistrate judge fined Kobach $1,000 for not being straightforward about the nature of the documents he was photographed holding while meeting with Trump earlier this year.