Sentence examples for test of fairness from inspiring English sources

Positions on programs, taxes and who needs to sacrifice should be judged against this test of fairness: will most Americans view the decisions reached as fair, even if those decisions are not their ideal outcome?

Everything we do will face an enormous test of fairness".

And that's the true test of fairness: you don't know who would benefit.

"That is the test of fairness – and that is what you should hold us to account on".

The White House issued a stern veto threat, saying the bill would "fail the test of fairness and shared responsibility".

"I am convinced that the tax and budget reform plan I have proposed meets the test of fairness for all Virginians," Mr. Warner told legislators on Wednesday.

How they look after society's poorest during hard times is one of the tests of fairness which will help pull us through in hard times.

He said: "The provision of an exceptional fund for just cancer medicines made no sense with respect to much greater financing needs for radiotherapy and surgery, which are the primary methods of cancer control and cure, thus failing tests of fairness.

Stung by the near-universal verdict that his budget fails the fundamental tests of fairness and decency, Joe Hockey took to the lectern at the Sydney Institute earlier this month to wax lyrical about the need to end the so-called age of entitlement.

But Labour said this approach "failed" the twin tests of fairness and simplicity and it was considering a series of wide price bands to avoid the need for detailed annual valuations.

While it is superficially attractive, an additional tax on graduates fails both the tests of fairness and deficit reduction," he has written in an e-mail sent to Liberal Democrat and Conservative members.