Sometimes younger children aren't able to do proper hearing tests until a bit older. (ourfamilyworld.com)
With Andy «mid-Staffs» Burnham & Ed «Always Wrong» Balls remaining in his team he was always going to struggle to be given a proper hearing (labour-uncut.co.uk)
It's never easy to get a proper hearing for the third party; he's struggling to get a word in edgeways between Gordon Brown and David Cameron. (theguardian.com)