Sentences with phrase «let him off the hook by»

As pastors, letting ourselves off the hook by appealing to our sympathy for people's fragility and limits robs us of some of our most rewarding opportunities to confirm our ministry in a church that really looks like a church rather than a social club.

While it's true that I believe Russell Wilson largely let them off the hook by not pull the ball on read option, the fact remains that the Patriots did a damn good job of limiting the damage Lynch could do.

you fool's still think arsenal make a come back with ten men they still could score five are six goals there manager let us off the hook by start defending there three goal.

A long shot was saved well by Wiedwald and then Millwall was able to pile on some more pressure before Leeds was let off the hook by the half - time whistle.

Cue the mandatory humiliating interview in which Dave pleaded to be let off the hook by the good people of Yorkshire, citing Dickie Bird and Geoffrey Boycott as character witnesses.

In the same vein, research shows a common tendency among aggressive and angry drivers is to let themselves off the hook by blaming external factors for their own behavior («I had a really bad day at work.»).

Enter Mark Wahlberg's Billy Taggart, a disgraced former cop let off the hook by Hostetler back in the day, now a struggling private detective.

Or you might let him off the hook by giving the answer, while saying something like «That was a tough one,» and then moving on.

Unfortunately then people let me off the hook by saying, «Your are just not a math person.

EA's removal of loot boxes from Star Wars: Battlefront 2 was timed impeccably as the publisher has been let off the hook by the Belgian Minister of Justice Koen Geens.

Not exact matches

The Community Bankers Association (CBA) says they want to be let off the hook if a robocall is made to the wrong cellphone number by mistake.

The sentiment seemed widespread on tech and media Twitter: there was a lack of specificity in terms of questions about privacy (this allowed Zuckerberg to turn nearly every question about the ownership of data to a discussion about user interface controls that limit where data is shown to other Facebook users), plenty of dodged questions (every time there was a question about the data Facebook generates about users beyond what they themselves enter into the system Zuckerberg needed to «check with his team»), and bad questions that presumed Facebook sells data, letting Zuckerberg run out the clock at least three times by explaining the basics of Facebook's business model (this is precisely why I have been so outspoken about the problem of perpetrating this falsehood: it lets Facebook off the hook).

The fact that Prentice let the corporate sector off the hook and the corporate sector, as represented by the Monopoly Men, had a meltdown at the suggestion they should pay 2 points more in taxes convinced us that the business sector had been coddled for far too long.

For even though the results of this claiming often accrue to the advantage of better - off blacks, and in no way constitute a solution to the problems of the poor, the desperate plight of the poorest makes it unthinkable that whites could ever be «let off the hook» by relinquishing the historically based claims» that is, by a broad acceptance within the black community of the notion that individual blacks bear personal responsibility for their fate.

He did... about cheating on his wife... she never let him off the hook... he committed suicide convinced by her, he was bound for hell.

First, we must not be governed by our limited perception of him — supposing that we are qualified to judge him; secondly, we forgive him not because he is guilty, but because we choose to affirm him as he is revealed in the Bible; and thirdly, we must set him free — letting him totally off the hook — until the day arrives when every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father (Philippians 2:9 - 11).

We choose to pay taxes to fund our collective efforts by electing governments who impose and spend them the way we want — not that it let's us off the hook for our individual actions, or what we do as the church.

Name ONE «moral absolute» that is / was shared by ALL religious faiths throughout all of recorded history (I'll let you off the hook for prehistory since I will assume you don't believe such a thing existed).

Bellerin too was horrendous, and look how the author lets Ozil off the hook by saying oh well he must be just fed up creating so many that go begging so he wanted to have a pop instead.

He was let off the hook for his first big misstep by an offside call, but Guillermo Ochoa was forced into a couple saves after his second bad turnover, on a close - range shot from Emmanuel Emenike and a 25 - yard blast from Ogenyi Onazi in the 12th minute.

Liverpool are on the verge of being overtaken by their fierce rivals Man United and they are not too far from being caught by city rivals Everton, but the last thing Arsenal must do is to let them off the hook.

Instead we let them settle and grow into the game and then once we had finally got going and taken the lead, we let them off the hook again by conceding as needless penalty which saw the game end in another draw.

Malone would then be unable to control a cross whipped in from the opposite flank by Kachunga - who had dropped onto the relevant flank following Tom Ince's departure - which let Palace off the hook; the Town players were evidently out to not let this cup tie slip away without a fight.

what a joke!how can we go from absolutely dominating one half to complete self destruction in the second?watching us in the first half I would have said no team in the league could have lived with us, never mind bloody Tottenham!second half were shocking.what was bales goal all about?a hoof over the top and our defence all taken out in one go.the second was an even bigger farce.why the hell couldn't cesc just head the thing.we should have been out of sight by then.what kind of striker is chamakh?what is his problem.twice he was played clean through and he had no intention of going for goal.work rate is all well and good and being able to put it in from 3 yards but if he is going to lead the line he needs to have a proper strikers instinct.sure enough if we give away enough stupid free kicks then the opposition will score because we cant defend and thats exactly what happened.we'll be winning nothing unless we buy some players with spines and balls.getting beat to 2 newly promoted teams and spurs at home.way to let chelsea off the hook fellas.what did wenger say yesterday...» best squad ive ever had....

It lets all those kids down by letting their parents off the hook.

And of course, such a discourse should be moderated by someone that knows how to ask the right questions, the right follow ups, and wont let anyone off the hook.

This would be good for pro-hunting campaigners but it would have let the government off the hook by relieving them of the need to use the Parliament Act and to introduce a potentially unpopular ban just months before a general election in May 2005.

Hall spokesman Patrick McGarrity said: «Our democracy is weakened by candidates who spend millions of their own dollars trying to buy elections and then force their radical ideas on people like letting corporate polluters like BP off the hook — sticking taxpayers with the bill.»

I'm not letting the State off the hook by any means, but every time I read a story like this I have to wonder — where are the families?

Either way, by not letting Labour off the hook and causing the issue to arise again, some voters will be reminded that the Labour Party isn't necessarily the friend of the working man, has caused many students debt, and that its central operation is beginning to resemble the Russian military.

The TU says Cuomo's «commendable» proposal to address sexual harassment in the workplace is «marred by a flawed idea that would let governments off the hook in sexual harassment settlements.»

Mr McCluskey accused Hilary Benn - sacked by Mr Corbyn just before 1 am today - and the Shadow Cabinet members who have quit today of «letting the Tories off the hook» as the Brexit fallout continues.

Second, he let Sen Landrieu take the heat and be called a whore by his GOP minions for aquiring additional funds for Medicade - althought it was at his bequest Third - he goes around galavanting around the country fundraising» instead of governing - He blasts government for all of the ills and blamed the BP oil mess on Washington - yet he went licking up to DC for funds so he could build berms that wold be mysterious for the coast and let BP off the hook Cut funding for education - although he was afforded a damn good one He sides with his GOP pals about health care reform - REMINDER his child has a pre existing condition - heart problem

A respected Labour MP has hit out at colleagues who let the Government «off the hook» after Brexit by turning their focus on a coup against Jeremy Corbyn.

By acting now, some critics said, the council let the city off the hook in the event of any legal ruling against it.

That pact was abandoned by the U.S. Senate because it imposed emissions cuts on wealthy countries but let developing nations — including China — off the hook by allowing them to make voluntary cuts in exchange for financial support.

Letting suspects sleep will protect the innocent but may also let more criminals off the hook by helping them resist interrogation, says John Wixted, a psychologist at UC San Diego who recently published a study on the vulnerability of eyewitnesses to false accusation.

Despite that statement, at a conference in 2017, Landry said he felt that Obama's EPA had let the wind industry off the hook by failing to prosecute Migratory Bird Act violations.

he felt that Obama's EPA had let the wind industry off the hook by failing to prosecute Migratory Bird Act violations.

Going by «feel» just be sure not to let yourself off the hook in that second minute: stay focused!

Studi is a magnificent presence, as always, but he's stuck in the role of the noble Native American who, by befriending a white soldier, implicitly lets European ancestors off the hook for their legacy of atrocity.

The place where it deviates most starkly is that The Savages lets its audience off the hook by allowing pressure valves for its escalating conflagrations.

I suppose there's a chance I'm just letting Scherfig and Co. off the hook, because I've been glamoured by all the accents.

However, there's a derivative issue — many students have been convinced that, if learning isn't accompanied by the psychological stress of an exam, then they're somehow «let off the hook» and can devalue the content.

Now consider building knowledge: Individual teacher accountability on a fourth - grade reading comprehension test, for instance, is unfair because children's comprehension depends on what they've learned every year, in school and out (a reading test is a de facto test of background knowledge); it's also unproductive because it lets the early - grade teachers off the hook if they don't contribute by teaching the knowledge - building subjects.

By allowing states to focus on the worst five percent of schools (along with another 10 percent or more of schools with wide achievement gaps), the administration is also letting districts not under watch off the hook for serving up mediocre instruction and curricula.

As Dropout Nation has pointed out ad nauseam since the administration unveiled the No Child waiver gambit two years ago, the plan to let states to focus on just the worst five percent of schools (along with another 10 percent or more of schools with wide achievement gaps) effectively allowed districts not under watch (including suburban districts whose failures in serving poor and minority kids was exposed by No Child) off the hook for serving up mediocre instruction and curricula.

The California High School Exit Exam may be suspended immediately, possibly letting off the hook thousands of seniors who need to pass it to graduate this year, under a bill passed today by a legislative committee.

Given the collapse of the Campaign for High School Equity (which once served as the convening body for civil rights - based reformers) and the efforts by the National Education Association and American Federation of Teachers to co-opt such groups by peddling a version of accountability that lets states, school operators, and adults off the hook for failure, Ed Trust deserves praise for rallying so many civil rights players to stand up for our most - vulnerable children.

Considering that nearly all suspensions are meted out for minor issues such as disruptive behavior (and not because of acts of violence, drug abuse, or weapons possession), this almost always means that black children are being dealt harshly by adults in situations in which white peers are let off the hook.