A government spokesperson said: "This is intended to be an open and transparent process so of course we have invited other EU countries to contribute, and indeed several have along with a number of international organisations, but we recognise others consider this an essentially domestic review and have decided not to so far.
A spokesman from the Foreign Office said: "This is intended to be an open and transparent process so of course we have invited other EU countries to contribute.
This was, of course, transparent flattery, the idea being that the voter would be proud of him for being proud of them.
Mr. Coburn's question about mandatory fruits and vegetables was, of course, a transparent proxy for the recent health care legislation, and Ms. Kagan knew that.
You knew what the transparent Mr. Gore was thinking, of course, when he was forcing himself to give that self-effacing little smile: I know I'm smarter.
Collectively, we now have data that could help green the environment, create transparent government, deal with pandemics, and, of course, lead to better workers and better service for customers.
And the stage for Drucker's great power shift – from the corporation to the consumer – is, of course, the radically transparent Internet, where nobody, it seems, can hide anything from anyone.
Of course, there was a transparent poignancy to the con: Hatto had possessed genuine talent but there had been no brilliant career.
When I selected Father's Day gifts of sporting goods, books and desk supplies I was, of course, unaware of how transparent were these attempts to make my father be vigorous, clear-headed and employed.
