hay quienes dicen que
there are those who say that
la gente piensa que
people think that
otros constatan que
others maintain that
la mayorĂa opina que
the majority think that
segĂșn se oye/se lee
according to what one hears/reads
segĂșn una encuesta
according to a survey
sondear las opiniones
to sound out opinions
la verdad lisa y llana es
the plain truth of the matter is
cualquiera es capaz de ver que
anyone can see that
desde el punto de vista ajeno
from other peopleâs point of view
es de presumer que, segĂșn cabe presumir
presumably
la cifras atestan que
the figures prove that
como ya se sabe
as is already known,
que se sepa
as far as is known
no se puede menos de pensar que
one cannot help thinking that
es una ilusiĂłn creer que (+ subjunctive)
weâre kidding ourselves if we believe that
eso serĂa tremendamente optimĂsta
that would be wildly optimistic
cualquiera que crea esto
anyone who believes this