Sentences with phrase «as being above reproach»

Cricket has always prided itself as being above reproach.

Not exact matches

Yet if we listen only to our cheerleaders, we become horribly inflated, as if we are above reproach and far too virtuous for correction.

You use the word «blameless» - free of guilt; not subject to blame: synonyms: innocent, guiltless, above reproach, irreproachable, unimpeachable, in the clear, exemplary, perfect, virtuous, pure, impeccable, faultless; The master is only «blameless» if he was chastising the slave as was customary and not to cause harm but correct behavior or consequence for criminal behavior.

Tit 1:5 - 6 ``... appoint elders in every city as I directed you, namely, if any man is above reproach, the husband of one wife,»

Now that being said, I am not above reproach, because I have WRONGLY attributed the quote: «These people are seen as failures, burn - outs, has - beens, dead woodâ $ ¦ whatever.

«Each of us should be our own sternest critic, and I recognise that my attempts to keep my personal life private were in conflict with my duty as an MP to ensure that my claims were in every sense above reproach.

«It looks to me as though David Cameron and George Osborne have been thinking they can be above the law, beyond reproach and just listening only to those who can afford to pay,» says shadow chancellor Ed Balls.

The Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls said: «It looks to me as though David Cameron and George Osborne have been thinking they can be above the law, beyond reproach and just listening only to those who can afford to pay.»

Nassau Democratic Leader Jay Jacobs said in an interview: «I think, Judi Bosworth leads with integrity, and I think that she is certainly, demonstrating that she believes that the town's political operation should be above reproach, and I fully understand her need as the top Democratic elected official to reassure the public that the political process is being run properly.»

What I said at the time was that... Madam Charlotte, because of her position as the first woman to occupy that seat, and the fact that she needed to be like Caesar's wife, above reproach, I said that because of her integrity, there should be an investigation so that her name would be cleared.»

Its animation above reproach and its story as laden with subtext as it is with valuable life lessons, Spirited Away astounds not only with its own mastery, but by demonstrating again the gulf between Japanese animation and the misogynistic, indistinguishable garbage churned out by Disney every year.

But as everyone surely knows by now, Albert is Joey's defender, not his destroyer, and there's a weirdly retrograde feel to the sections near the start where Albert grins with pleasure at his new - found companion's high spirits and gift for learning: «He's a horse, not a dog,» the lad is reminded, such implicit reproaches proven to be as meaningless as the odd look of disapproval from Emily Watson (pictured above with Irvine) as Albert's tight - lipped but loving mum.

As Joe DeMatio notes, clutch, brakes, and shifter are all above reproach.

To many, Stalin had been positioned as a god, above reproach.

My recent Twitter debate with John Stauber, co-author of the «Trust Us, We're Experts» book, reminded me of a particularly embarrassing embellishment error that pops up elsewhere among efforts to portray experts on man - caused global warming as authoritarians above reproach.

I'll grant that detailed material such as climate science is beyond the scope of politicians, bloggers and most college students, but when it comes to elemental accusations of corruption, people ranging from the President of the United States on down to college professors, bloggers and students like the one I feature here can undertake basic due diligence to see if the «industry - corrupted skeptic climate scientists» accusation is above reproach.

They are a large company with many interests and investments, but their business ethics are above reproach — from 2008 to 2012, and again in 2014, The Hartford was honored as one of the Ethisphere's World's Most Ethical Companies.