Sentence examples for remarks to the effect from inspiring English sources

There were also a number of remarks to the effect that the United States had already indicated to Britain, back in 1776, how it felt about outside interference.

The local newspaper had made remarks to the effect that the Coast Artillery was more proficient than the Infantry in dealing with snakes.

After, the guys walked me back to my building, and at the gate I made some closing remarks to the effect of "I had fun" and "Great to see you".

Ala Bashir had a quiet and self-effacing manner, and he talked about how Saddam was doing the best he could for his country, and made some remarks to the effect that Adolf Hitler had got a bad rap from historians.

Arthur Ashe, who seems to like Graebner well enough but would not ordinarily put himself out to defend him, rises quickly when he hears unfair remarks to the effect that Graebner's success has gone to his head and then into his imperial bearing.

Maxwell (1976, 354, fn. 25) and Strawson (1994, 97, fn. 6) make brief remarks to the effect that neutral monism is phenomenalistic.

The meeting was breaking up, but Mrs. Van Buren threw out a remark to the effect that even small two-bedroom apartments cost money these days.

She has cited Proust's remark to the effect that you find what you love only by first giving it up.

I've heard him quote Auden's famous remark to the effect that no poet's work ever saved anyone from a concentration camp.

"At a private lunch last month," she wrote, "the hostess -- doyenne of London's political salon scene -- made a remark to the effect that she couldn't stand Jews and everything happening to them was their own fault.

Prince Philip James Cromwelll) reports on Princess Margaret's anger at having her Tuscan holiday interrupted, and her remark to the effect that even in death, Diana was making trouble for the Windsors.