fair-minded person
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fair-minded
adjective
uk/ˌfeəˈmaɪn.dɪd/us/ˌferˈmaɪn.dɪd/
treating ...
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person
noun[C]
uk/ˈpɜː.sən/us/ˈpɝː.sən/
a man, woman, ...
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(Definition offair-mindedandpersonfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Using patients as hostages, as happened last year, is abhorrent to anyfair-mindedperson.
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Anyfair-mindedpersonwould say that that is completely inequitable.
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I do not think anyfair-mindedpersonwould be prepared to disregard those services.
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I do not think that anyfair-mindedpersonwould want us to go back on that position.
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Nofair-mindedpersonwill deny, for a start, that the gas industry has always been a model employer.
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I cannot imagine anyfair-mindedpersontaking such an advantage as is here suggested.
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Surely, anyfair-mindedpersonregards that statement as true.
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Does he agree that there is no way in which that can be taken by anyfair-mindedpersonas an attack on the unions?
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I do not think anyfair-mindedpersoncan say that there has been undue talking or improper continuation of the proceedings.
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I am sure that everyfair-mindedpersonwill agree that the case of these 4,000 policemen is a just one.
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Anyfair-mindedpersonwould conclude that the high level of tax currently imposed on betting turnover is unreasonable.
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We believe that we have done so and that anyfair-mindedpersonwould agree with us.
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It is not an unnatural desire on their part, as anyfair-mindedpersonwill agree.
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I do not think that anyfair-mindedpersoncould contend that any such case has been substantiated by their interventions to date.
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Nothing at the prison would convince anyfair-mindedpersonthat new lessons had been learnt.
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I know him to be afair-mindedperson.
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She is a veryfair-mindedpersonand will accept that there is at least some room for misunderstanding.
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But, as everyfair-mindedpersonacknowledges, the tough and difficult decisions of the last few years are beginning to bear fruit.
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That would be unconscionable in the view of anyfair-mindedpersonand such cases should also be referred to a neighbouring authority for adjudication.
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I do not think anyfair-mindedperson, who is not straining for party advantage, could claim this.
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