But it would be somewhat churlish to focus too directly on the failures of the season. |
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I think it would be churlish to criticise the efforts that have been made around the globe to help. |
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Being pampered, of course, is one of the main reasons why people book into luxury hotels, and it would be churlish to resent it. |
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It just seems churlish for a writer to refuse to have their music used on an advert. |
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It is a record only the most churlish, or those with almost impossibly high expectations, could deem anything less than laudable. |
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It would be churlish to refuse, so he downs one, then another, then another. |
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The only prize a churlish young whelp like you should get is a good hiding! |
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The churlish response of the anti-noise brigade is sadly only what we have come to expect of them. |
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All that atmosphere means not to linger over the excellent coffee would be churlish. |
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It seems churlish to criticise referees, but his second half performance had to be seen to be believed. |
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As soon as we are persuaded that we are lucky to be alive, the thought of complaining about quality of life becomes churlish, ungrateful. |
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Now that I've had time to think about it, I feel pretty churlish about my reaction to Gale's happy news. |
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It's a timeless display of good-time rock 'n' roll, and you'd have to be a churlish misery guts to claim otherwise. |
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The empirical basis of his work is sound and it would be churlish to complain of the absence of any overarching theory. |
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But it seems rather churlish to criticise a president for lacking vision and then to ridicule him when he tries to be visionary. |
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Once you turn 30, if you chase someone to repay the tenner you lent them, you look mean-spirited and churlish. |
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But to blame Boyeson for such a horror show from the Clarets would be churlish, because even a goal down an equaliser never looked on the cards. |
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Eliot's willingness to put aside his Sphinx-like mask may have led him to say too much, but it seems churlish to hold that against him. |
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If you chase someone to repay the tenner you lent them, you look mean-spirited and churlish. |
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Fans of studio politics everywhere understand that while Harvey's a boor, Bob is merely churlish, and boors hardly ever stand down for churls. |
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Of course, it would be churlish not to marvel at the fantastic performance of Tiger Woods. |
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Christmas is a season of marvelous and mystical experiences, and maybe it seems churlish to let science and history intrude. |
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After these first four matchdays, it would be churlish not to pay tribute to the extraordinary solidity of the Nigerian defence. |
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His churlish attack created a media storm that the Republican Party got dragged into and which has hurt the image of the party. |
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Occasionally — and this may seem churlish to say — the record suffers slightly for the lack of Tucker's magnificent yowling. |
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Mr President, I am very sorry but I am afraid I have to be a little bit churlish as well. |
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First, I want to dissociate myself from what I thought were some slightly churlish comments made by a member whose words I usually listen to extremely closely. |
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This is the thin-skinned Gucci model Franco who hurls tweeted insults with the churlish gusto of Kanye West. |
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Petraeus, the long-suffering hero of the Surge, now transcends all but the most churlish criticisms. |
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The parents of these churlish, raffish youths should be held responsible. |
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I feel a little churlish raising this because they were certainly an enjoyable pair to watch and undoubtedly gave everything to achieve really bravura performances. |
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Throughout his life Watson's conduct was unpleasant and churlish. |
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But it would be churlish to be too critical following a good day's work. |
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It seems churlish to quibble over the fact that there is no lamb. |
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Back at Balbirnie, it seemed churlish to forego afternoon tea. |
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It would be churlish to note the disparity between Spark's fastidious energy and the pedestrianism of this book, were the disparity not so glaring. |
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It would be churlish not to thank the journalist concerned for saying that I look better now than I did in the early days of Harry Potter's success, and I am indeed grateful for the underlying compliment. |
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You would have to be churlish and tribal – which many of the SNP's opponents undoubtedly are – to want to deny them the pleasure of their achievements. |
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He probably feels that, in context, we are churlish to get upset at this colourful, Lannisterish little government he has got together for the handover. |
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His words were laced with an edge — churlish, chiding and self-pitying. |
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It seems a churlish time to attack the principle of monarchy, or vulgarly assess the economics of keeping the royals in the style to which tourists have become accustomed. |
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Successive governments have tried to solve the north's problems through blind, naïve attempts at modernisation, informed by the churlish and discourteous perception of the north as an economic backwater. |
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It would be churlish of me to whinge and nitpick. |
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My friends all seemed to drool over churlish boy-band types. |
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This idea may seem churlish, but I have long thought it might be a good idea to have a few days in the year that are not for this or for that but are just days. |
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It seems churlish to raise the illogicality of domestic violence leave. |
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It would be churlish not to acknowledge this, but it is certainly true that we need to state more strongly the convictions that we have in our deeds and must learn to accord them their due worth. |
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A few churlish cowboys heard this lecture and decided to test him. |
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I am surprised, frankly, that Liberal members on the opposite side of the House would, in their own conscience, sit by and cheer in their churlish, childish way those attempts to distract attention from the real issue. |
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He appears not so much as a revolt against societal standards as an embodiment of them, being generous, pious, and courteous, opposed to stingy, worldly, and churlish foes. |
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