in no uncertain terms

Example Sentences

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"We were told in no uncertain terms by our network's lawyers, who called us directly, that we could not have him on the broadcast," he said.

From BBC

But he said on air that he was “told in no uncertain terms by our network’s lawyers, who called us directly, that we could not have him on the broadcast.”

From Los Angeles Times

“We were told in no uncertain terms by our network’s lawyers, who called us directly, that we could not have him on the broadcast,” Colbert said in a scathing 6½-minute monologue.

From The Wall Street Journal

But he said he had also been "uncomfortable" when he introduced a permanent ban "because I had to look children and young people in the eye, and their parents, who told me in no uncertain terms that that decision was harmful to them".

From BBC

After becoming aware of Wandelt's visit to the vigil and then Charing Cross police station to have DNA - which was later destroyed - taken, Det Con Mark Draycott told the trial he called Wandelt for a second time to say "in no uncertain terms" that she was not Madeleine.

From BBC