Sentences with phrase «have fallen on»

Had we needed it, sanity would, as usual, have fallen on us when Corinna MacLeod dropped this into the mix:

My socks have fallen on the climb up the stairs to this lookout point.

Penguin Random House and Hachette have also reported that e-book sales have fallen on average by 5 % every quarter in 2015.

The book follows the March sisters — Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy — who live in straitened circumstances and have fallen on even harder times now that their father has gone off to war as a chaplain.

The FEE grant committee commented on the program, «It's almost hard to read some and see the need that is there, and the tragedies that have fallen on our families!

The purpose of Tuesday's demonstration is to express to lawmakers that the state budget silences the voices of the charter school community, and that the demands for fair and equitable treatment have fallen on deaf ears.

Demonstrators» mouths were covered with black ribbon in order to illustrate the feeling that their voices and their demands have fallen on deaf ears.

Although these findings resonate with education activists and an increasing number of parents across the nation, they have fallen on deaf ears with leadership in our state, even while many other states have dropped their membership with the consortium or removed tying results to high stakes until such findings are substantiated.

When not picking clean the bones of people and projects that have fallen on hard times, Boas is a major player on behalf of the corporate education reform industry and one of Achievement First's most important supporters.

Instead, U.S. News opinion writer David Greene (2014) and teacher blogger Jose Vilson argue that because no teachers were involved in the drafting of Common Core Standards, messages from Common Core proponents about increasing the depth of instruction and engaging lessons have fallen on deaf ears.

The description for the book reads: Jackson and his family have fallen on hard times.

Possibly 5 to 10 minutes could have fallen on the cutting room floor.

Jackie has voluntarily taken on the role of (college - educated) Barbie - doll trophy wife and baby - maker (if not real mother) who wants terribly much to please her workaholic, inattentive husband who in turn sees himself as the «pulled - myself - up - by - the bootstraps» bread - winner who happens to have fallen on hard times.

I have fallen on some rough times.

Well I can do this but Curious George usually ends before I'm done or baby Tia usually has eaten a fair share of dried peas that have fallen on the floor left over from her breakfast.

«It could be the way the leaves have fallen on the path or passing a child learning to ride a bike, or — my favorite — dog spotting,» says Chris Mosier, a four - time member of Team USA in duathlon and triathlon and a coach in Chicago.

Decades of environmental doom - mongering have fallen on deaf ears.

Pesticides still abound, we're in the midst of a human - made mass extinction and decades of warnings about irreversible climate change appear to have fallen on deaf ears.

Bee - assisted pollination helps produce about 30 percent of our food, but bees have fallen on hard times, posing a serious threat to food security.

But researchers haven't been able to identify the sperm's binding partner in the layer, although their suspicions have fallen on two of the glycoproteins, ZP2 and ZP3.

Concerns about sounds in urban settings may have fallen on deaf ears: Noise levels have increased.

During that time, meteorites have fallen on them, become embedded, and gotten carried along.

«We calculated how much material was knocked out of the crater, and it was far more than enough to explain all the meteorites that have fallen on Earth,» Russell says.

As a result, the dipole will tend to get stuck in the positive direction, bringing rain to Africa that would otherwise have fallen on Australia and Indonesia (Nature Geoscience, doi.org/p9w).

Many young scientists are employed in a variety of high - tech start - ups — although many of these small companies have fallen on hard times.

The man behind news portal Ghanacelebrities.com said «What's even more ridiculous is the type of politics or governance he seems to have fallen on — cheap...

Their approach has been characterized by de Blasio officials as a show of intolerance and discrimination against families that have fallen on hard times.

While Borelli has called for his resignation previously, he said Thursday, «The calls for his resignation have fallen on deaf ears for years.

Reports and recommendations in the past have fallen on deaf ears to the detriment of patients.

Tom Baldwin is rumoured to have fallen on his sword after Labour's trouncing at the polls.

The SNP's claim that Westminster was arrogantly interfering in the formulation of the referendum seems to have fallen on deaf ears.

His warnings, it seems, have fallen on deaf ears unfortunately, including the Governor, which speaks to your point of the Governor and the Comptroller being from opposite parties.

These protests from economists in the John Maynard Keynes camp aren't, however, the only ones to have fallen on deaf electoral ears.

His appeals to the executive branch for backup information have fallen on deaf ears, he said, echoing Chipman.

«For too long, voices calling out for progressive action in Western New York have fallen on deaf ears.

Some MPs might have fallen on their sword after being found guilty of leaking a draft select committee report on payday lenders to a notorious pay day lending firm.

A section of a drain that passes in front of the High Commission, has almost been turned into a refuse dump as several posts warning perpetrators to desist from such acts seem to have fallen on deaf ears.

Many of the structures of the past may have fallen on evil days, but new structures have replaced them: Google, Goldman Sachs, GCHQ, Barclays Bank, the Murdoch Press, the Premier League, BP and GlaxoSmithKlein, to mention only a few.

If it is a real safety net, then clearly it's principally for people who have no other means of support, or who have fallen on hard times.

One place where these concerns have fallen on deaf ears is in Whitehall, where the government bears a greater responsibility for the unfolding crisis than most.

I'm a big dates person and her birth honestly couldn't have fallen on a more appropriate day.

If like me you have fallen on love with this stroller then order it from Amazon.

The stairs are very steep and several adults have fallen on them in the past.

My continued overtures have fallen on deaf ears.

The Blues have fallen on hard times in their league title defense season, however, and some expect Chelsea to sack him after the season if things don't turn around.

Over the past few seasons, both Milan clubs have fallen on hard times.

The left - back is likely to have caused a stir in north London, and after The Independent revealed on Monday that United are looking at Rose as a potential back - up signing after missing out on Gareth Bale, his comments are unlikely to have fallen on deaf ears at Old Trafford.

Not that there are not genuine grievances that, until now, have fallen on deaf ears in the boardroom.

At the time of publication, 74 % of spread tickets and 90 % of spread dollars have fallen on Rhode Island, dropping the line to a pick»em.

Miami opened as a 4.5 - point favorite at CRIS and 64 % of spread wagers have fallen on the Heat.