Their departure can be considered a realistic assessment of human nature.

"But he had to make a cold, realistic assessment of the finances."

"That's just a realistic assessment of how long it takes government to work," one said.

But, he added, it reflects a realistic assessment of the state's situation.

It is time to take a realistic assessment of your partner.

But you do not include a realistic assessment of their impact on public safety.

So I hope that we can get back to a more realistic assessment of what goes on there.

But other measures are needed for a realistic assessment of what is happening.

Today we are quite able to make a realistic assessment of events in Russia.

But we also need a realistic assessment of what is happening.