When politicians say they want to talk to their constituents, it is often a polite fiction.
Like, I don't mean happy, as in cosmetically OK, like a polite dinner party answer.
Then central banks resorted to quantitative easing (QE), a polite term for the creation of money.
After a polite round of laughter in the room I barely gave it a second thought.
But the king, knowing this is a polite way of phrasing a republican ambition, will not.
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It was, in effect, a polite ultimatum: he would relent or she would leave.
That is a polite way of saying that its offensive capability may be limited.
In unbelieving, lapsed Britain, God is a polite puzzle more than an everyday challenge.
She dismissed me with a polite and condescending smile and went about her merry and metric-happy way.
There was a polite round of applause, followed by silence, as Scott made his way down the aisle.
For that call, I received a polite cold shoulder from the other panelists who were making those year-end predictions.
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The prime minister's office returned the checks, with a polite note of regret.
But our request to film there has been met with a polite refusal on the grounds of commercial confidentiality.
Best of all, asking the public to sponsor a valve is far more interesting than a polite request for donations.
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They shared a polite kiss on arrival at Reagan National Airport and sat side-by-side on the flight to New Hampshire.
It would seem obvious that a new building should offer something more challenging than a polite bow to a distinguished past.
In addition to signing a polite yet firm non-disclosure agreement, Moffat asked us to not reveal certain details about the episode.
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Smiles are often used as a polite response and to cover up other emotions, but these faked smiles involve the mouth only.
Nielsen has taken the art of deadpan into uncharted territory, marrying a polite, paternal manner to a state of acute mental shutdown.
While Europe's show calendars are controlled by industry oversight groups, a polite power battle is breaking out among New York's show organizers.
At the end of the first womenswear show that September afternoon, primarily held for the press, Sander tellingly received a polite, respectful applause.
It was music that was bluesy with a cool, laid-back swing, coming from a polite Southern gentleman who had a sharp, biting wit.
The reference got a polite laugh from the CES audience, but Cuban exiles in South Florida are notoriously and understandably touchy about such references.
She's also grown used to getting comments from people she describes, clearly searching for a polite way to put it, as "not wholly rational".
Professor Malcolm Gillies, the vice chancellor, has described the UKBA's decision as "not particularly cogent" which is a polite way of saying sheer lunacy.
And he got a polite reception on, and I've worked the room, and he did admit, though, that he's behind in a lot of polls.
They speak loudly and warmly to each other in an accent that alternates between a drawling slang and a polite and mannered form of address.
"Merit aid" is a polite way of saying they're buying students.
This may appear to be a polite discussion among gentlemanly bankers.
There are 150 games to enjoy at the exhibition, with a polite reminder to limit play to five minutes to allow everyone to have a go.
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