Surely jazz is truly the music of the era, combining stature, dignity and emotion with the highest musical ideals".
Surely only something truly inexplicable, like some timber falling down on to John Travolta's head, can save the day now.
He surely does not truly believe that ruination is always the path for those who raise the alarm; that desperation must come hand in hand with honesty.
And, on top of that, it is, surely, the first truly good-looking Volvo for at least four decades, possibly more.
Launched by Paul Keating, surely nobody ever truly believed in the Quarterly Essay as an organ of impartiality, but that was beyond the point: an independent Australian publisher was taking a chance on the discussion and dissemination of ideas.
In part, that is surely because Russians truly see Chechnya's rebels, with a long list of kidnappings and grisly executions to their credit, as entirely deserving of extermination.
Surely if he truly believes that the mutilation of young girls is ordained by God and is good for women, he would not laugh.
Supporting this radical tradition by rejecting the compulsory nationalism of American sports events is surely the more truly patriotic act.
It is now, more than ever, that I know that I am truly, surely, thoroughly, soundly, undeniably, definitely, unequivocally, Black and unapologetic about who I am, what I am, and what I shall become.
Surely Rampling was never truly playing herself.
