Sentence examples for comment to the effect from inspiring English sources

They also contained comment to the effect that he had shown willing to abuse his position to further his own financial and business interests.

A group email or Facebook comment to the effect of "Nice dress – I didn't know there was a hooker convention in town.

They also contained comment to the effect that the ex-Tory MP had shown a willingness to abuse his position to further his own financial and business interests.

I READ somewhere a comment to the effect that this year people at SXSW had finally grasped that "business gets done at parties".

MISHAN: In one of the sections, there's a comment to the effect that the girls most complicit in the system don't even know that the system exists, which seems to be a clear reference to Lily.

QUESTION FROM JO: Race-baiting aspects of birthers: Cf. the "joke" cartoon distributed by Orange County, CA, Republican with the comment to the effect that his parentage (chimpanzees) are "the reason no birth certificate".

I never made comments to the effect that I had credit (genius) taken from me".

Much American sci-fi was social criticism or disguised political comment: it has been exasperating to read comments to the effect that science fiction is "escapist".

Instead, there were comments to the effect that the movie "pays subtle tribute to movie scores of both the silent and sound eras".

I endorse Colin Powell's reported comments to the effect that global action against terrorism does not constitute a licence to violate human rights.

A follow-up question: What do you think of Mr. Paladino's recent comments to the effect that children should not be taught that homosexuality is acceptable?