Mr. Tallon said that "there is a lot more continuity here than the rhetoric would suggest."

- This rhetoric suggests that the rioters are all (or at least mostly) social tenants.

But that, of course, is not at all what the candidate's rhetoric suggests.

Certainly Clegg's rhetoric of the last couple of weeks suggested that unity was unlikely.

As General Lord's rhetoric suggests, these approaches are hardly novel.

Palin's sudden rise to prominence, however, owes more to members of the Washington élite than her rhetoric has suggested.

If young people are not deficient in the ways that current rhetoric suggests, then what is the explanation for the high levels of youth unemployment?

When a process is defined as "natural" the rhetoric suggests that it is inevitable, normal, good, and futile to question or resist.

Here again, the practice of the Thatcher government by 1983 was less strident and aggressive than its rhetoric suggested.

President Bush's rhetoric suggests that proving the case against Saddam Hussein will not be difficult.