Sentences with phrase «fell on deaf ears»

Apparently, my words to him fell on deaf ears as today, his dog was running loose and I'm sure doing what dogs do, with his owner watching on the fringe of the property.

That was a stratagem that fell on deaf ears because you actually had to spend real dollars (rather than commission dollars), and you had to spend time out of the office.

I'm not surprised that the Couch Potato fell on deaf ears within the industry.

Some teachers said Duncan's words fell on deaf ears.

Quote: «My efforts to have her held back at the public school fell on deaf ears, as she was not «behind enough.»

But the assertion that Melvoin was Trump - lite mostly fell on deaf ears.

Their appeals fell on deaf ears, and Bush chose to remain silent after the fact.

She felt this trivialized the news and violated essential journalistic standards and, when her protests fell on deaf ears, she left the station.

Attempting to clarify this by saying that Quiet's state of dress would fit with her character and be addressed in the game fell on deaf ears.

Nintendo made sure to promote it as a first person adventure, which probably fell on deaf ears for the most part but the idea was right.

Obviously my refund request fell on deaf ears.

Sadly, it fell on deaf ears.

Yet her warnings fell on deaf ears in the scientific community — much to the public's misfortune — due mostly to the ties between the vegetable oil industry and big - money corporations with their government subsidies.

When molecular biologist and Princeton University President Shirley M. Tilghman first sounded the alarm about the need for major overhauls to the way the United States trains its biomedical workforce in the 1998 National Academies of Science report Trends in the Early Careers of Life Scientists, many of her proposals fell on deaf ears.

But that plea fell on deaf ears, she says.

But her proposal fell on deaf ears.

His confrontation fell on deaf ears and the constituency knows what's going on.

Even petitions the complainant sent to the Police Intelligence and Professional Standards (PIPS) Unit of the Ghana Police Service and other follow - ups to the Police Headquarters fell on deaf ears, leaving the complainant Ernest Asare, a car dealer, frustrated.

A member of the NWC of the party who pleaded not to be named told our correspondent that plea by Obiano to stop Oye» suspension fell on deaf ears.

All pleas by him fell on deaf ears.

I'm glad all those Osbourne - sacking calls fell on deaf ears.

Speaking on the Citi Breakfast Show on Tuesday, Mr. Awuni who was also the Spokesperson of former President John Kufuor said every advice he gave, as far as the takeover of Merchant bank was concerned, fell on deaf ears.

My royal father Alhaji Ademu Abuh Ejeh of Olamaboro Local Government and Obaje Otalu of Atavaka saw reasons with me and made appeals to the then Executive Governor Alhaji Ibrahim Idris for my reinstatement but all fell on deaf ears.

My friend queried this, saying that he could easily save the department money by going home at the end of the evening, but his calls for austerity fell on deaf ears.

Alas Burgon's plea fell on deaf ears with Labour's leading lights.

Unofficial results indicate Republicans will hold their narrow majority in the county legislature, the call for a constitutional convention fell on deaf ears by a near 6 - 1 margin and races in some towns were extremely tight.

«When we were waging the fight to pass a living wage bill, Bill de Blasio didn't show up to a single rally, didn't testify once, didn't send a letter of support and our pleas for his support fell on deaf ears until the very last moment when he saw a poll that showed it had widespread support,» Appelbaum said in a statement.

A similar appeal fell on deaf ears before the legislature with Ways and Means Chairman Rich Gerentine citing questionable expenditures on «travel, contractual and dueses [sic]» expenses.

But his call for a speedy resolution to the border problems fell on deaf ears as Madrid bragged it would continue with its controversial policy.

Concerns raised by the business community he lamented fell on deaf ears under former president Mahama.

My findings indicate that all entreaties to make the family, now headed and directed by billionaire younger brother, Dr. Deji Adeleke, see the death of the lawmaker as act of God which should not be used to tarnish the image of the government fell on deaf ears.

«The government was warned its policies risked increasing homelessness and rough sleeping but these warnings fell on deaf ears.

His plea to keep the post while he fights the charges fell on deaf ears.

«That call fell on deaf ears and no significant savings were offered.

It appears to local officials — and this newspaper's editorial board — that the issues raised at the hearings fell on deaf ears.

«It was insulting, I was disgusted that everything I had said fell on deaf ears and they had arbitrarily tossed me to the side to «use lighter pans».»

Vince Cable's gloom - mongering fell on deaf ears and Clegg emerged a strengthened figure in British politics.

«All our warnings fell on deaf ears and we predicted that a catastrophe like this was inevitable and just a matter of time»

The timing of the announcement drew howls from New York lawmakers on Capitol Hill, whose recent pleas for increased anti-terror spending in the Big Apple fell on deaf ears.

Unfortunately, it fell on deaf ears.

Mom's gentle reminders fell on deaf ears.

I fell on deaf ears last night when I asked our dance teacher not to feed our kids all junk and fried foods when they go out of town for competitions.

While my efforts to persuade the Board of Selectmen, the town manager, and the Rec Department director to allocate permits in a more equitable fashion, and to use their power to make sure that the programs using town - owned facilities met minimum standards for inclusiveness and safety, fell on deaf ears (we ended up being forced to use for our home games a dusty field the high school had essentially abandoned), I returned to a discussion of the «power of the venue permit» 10 years later in my 2006 book, Home Team Advantage: The Critical Role of Mothers in Youth Sports, where I suggested that one of the best ways for youth sports parents to improve the safety of privately - run sports programs in their communities was to lobby their elected officials to utilize that power to «reform youth sports by exercising public oversight over the use of taxpayer - funded fields, diamonds, tracks, pools, and courts, [and] deny permits to programs that fail to abide by a [youth sports] charter» covering such topics as background checks, and codes of conduct for coaches, players, and parents.

However, those claims fell on deaf ears and Madrid instantly broke up the other end to open the scoring.

«If you review the numbers of Yaya, each game he runs as much as every teammate,» he argued, although his words likely fell on deaf ears.

His message fell on deaf ears.

Even after the humiliation at Anfield protests fell on deaf ears.

McMullen says that at this meeting he warned other NHL owners not to trust LeFevre but that his words fell on deaf ears.

I realise there were a few sensible readers who kept asking why he would even consider leaving one of the best clubs in the world for Arsenal, but it usually fell on deaf ears.....

Despite his protests, the Welshman's appeal fell on deaf ears as Mike Dean failed to award the spot - kick, leaving Mark Hughes» men with it all to do in the second half to take something from the game.