Sentences with phrase «grain of truth»

Yet they can not be completely ignored in case there's the slightest grain of truth in them.

And there may be a small grain of truth to those statements.

You see, the critical tweet contained a big grain of truth.

While there are grains of truth in these descriptions, they do not fully portray the complexity of early brain development.

If so then I fear this country is going to the dogs, with such a large proportion of intelligence - free content — with the bottom three in particular, it not so much a case of pointing out an odd incorrect snippet, as trying to find a single grain of truth in there is a strain.

Make a glib assertion with no substance, though a partial grain of truth and see who runs with it.

Very few have genuine substance, we always take them with a huge amount of cynicism yet they can not be totally ignored in case there's the slightest grain of truth in them.

Now truthfully, I'm sure that they do tell the truth on occasion, but I really don't have time to sit a sift through the multiple thousands of pages of documents to find a small simple grain of truth.

Yafa's background as a novelist and playwright comes through in his lively pacing and witty asides, but it's his commitment to cutting through the hype and hokum that makes Grain of Truth so compelling.

Certainly, in our trips search of acquaintance, we all must respect time of each other and know that our time is valuable, and we must not consider, that time it is given, however, as one of dating professionals, we must give each other presumption of innocence and know that we do not always right, and we need, that our dates grain of truth after his or her sluggishness, before we begin to form own ideas and answers through this question.

Yet these characterizations carry grains of truth and offer some deeper insights into the nature of school leadership.

While there is a considerable chance that the images from the CrackBerry forums are in fact fake, there is still a relative grain of truth that makes it plausible.

There was a certain grain of truth in what he said, but a very distant grain that wouldn't be good for either of us or for our marriage if we spent time dwelling on it.

Unlike cultures that market daily for their edible needs, Americans, by and large, have a habit of shopping less frequently but bigger, justifying the «need» for massive fridges (plus: we buy in bulk, fear bacteria, package products more robustly, and commonly over-buy — all generalizations, but ones that nonetheless harbor grains of truth).

While there is grain of truth in a number of these accounts, contemporary research, and neuroscientific insights in particular, adequately demonstrates that both of these extremes distort what is in fact the case, and that both share a common mistake: underestimating the significance of the neurochemical underpinnings of human nature.

«I suspect Aurora involved a small grain of truth, and lots of wishful thinking,» he adds.

But as with most humor there's a grain of truth to the joke.

While there is a grain of truth in this statement, unlike oil, having lots of data won't make you rich.

There is of course a grain of truth in each point of view.

While it's funny, there is a grain of truth in it.

But if there's a grain of truth in the nowcasts, there's a reasonable possibility that inflation will remain at the Fed's target or move higher in the months ahead.

I think more often than not, there is a grain of truth in the critiques and statements of media that we need to understand.

THey are in it for themselves and to push their own vitriolic agenda without regard for who they hurt or even whether their stories even contain a grain of truth.

They may have a grain of truth in what they say, but it is usually embellished with hate, fear, or bigotry.

They may have been based on a grain of truth here and there, but they were likely amended over and over to justify the rule of one king or another.

Examining the demography and cultural influence of evangelicals, Noll and Kellstedt observe that «there may be a grain of truth to at least the first two - thirds of Michael Weisskopf's assertion in the Washington Post that the grassroots supporters of the Religious Right are «largely poor, uneducated, and easy to command.

Formalism is as much a betrayal of tradition as progressivism, because it refuses to recognize that what generated the tradition can happen again and generate new life, searching out and saving every grain of truth wherever it is found.

Narratives don't get to be standard unless there is a grain of truth in them.

Well, in a twisted, unforeseen way, there is a grain of truth in that.

There is a grain of truth in that idea.

This is, of course, a very wide sense of religion, but it contains its grain of truth.

What makes this sort of response to bullying and abuse so profoundly damaging is the grain of truth it contains.

I hope that you catch any grains of truth and just let the chaff blow away.

There is definitely more than a grain of truth to the old adage «an apple a day keeps the doctor away».

Wenger and Stans past and continuing reign have taken that away from me with Arsenal so now I don't react to Office banter and jokes against AFC and Wenger because most have more than a grain of truth.

It was all «anyone who goes to Pirates games or roots for them is stupid, because all Nutting cares about is your money», and while there is a grain of truth to that, it might be nice if the local media didn't outright denigrate the team, the owner, the GM, and even the fans at every opportunity, or, if not using outright derision, ignore or diminish them.