Sentence examples for gives straight from inspiring English sources

Liz Kendall: Mr Corbyn is not ahead because he gives straight answers to simple questions.

The New Yorker, January 23 , 1971P. 28 Writer gives straight answers to questions about cows.

But his misstatements, exaggerations and carefully constructed claims belie the national image he has built as a blunt talker who gives straight answers to hard questions, especially about budgets and labor relations.

I give her some stick when she misses a shot because I know that she is not the sort of person to go in a mood and any stick I give her she gives straight back to me.

9.14pm BST 88 min: White finds herself in space on the right, and Deville comes out of goal anticipating a square ball for Duggan - which White gives straight to her instead of shooting.

A plot of ln Kc versus 1/T gives straight line and ΔH° and ΔS° were calculated from the slope and intercept.

mays) has two different pathways for starch formation: one that generates branched-chain polysaccharides (amylopectin) and another that gives straight-chain polysaccharides (amylose) from a common substrate (Figure 1).

Directness is prized; ask straight questions and give straight answers.

"He said that it was because he believed in giving straight answers to straight questions.

He puts up spurious legal arguments for not giving straight answers to straight questions.

But Mr Clinton also refused to give straight answers to less threatening questions.