Sentences with phrase «let them off the hook in»

We could have really hurt them with our height advantage on the set pieces and we definitely let them off the hook in this regard.

If your toddler sees that you're becoming frustrated and you've let him off the hook in the past, he will push you to this again because it's given proven results.

On Channels TV a few days ago, even the then confab chairman, Senator Femi Okunrounmu, expressed reservations about the National Assembly's sudden interest in the report so soon after Senate President Bukola Saraki was let off the hook in a no - case submission and acquittal which Prof Itse Sagay has been losing sleep over.

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

I think a lot of people go keto as they feel it lets them off the hook in terms of having to do exercise...

After taking such a large sum of money they force Winterkewl to agree to a contract which ensures they're not financially obligated to them in any way, and that lets them off the hook in regards to finding a programmer.

Not exact matches

It was unclear if she would face charges, but an 80 - year - old woman who did the same thing in 2016 was let off the hook due to her age.

The banking system was hyper - competitive and quick to take risks in pursuit of profits; policymakers aggressively pushed homeownership through measures such as tax breaks for mortgage interest payments; and weak recourse laws let mortgage defaulters off the hook.

In his own statement Wednesday, Schneiderman said he «will enforce and defend the new law,» but he isn't letting DraftKings and FanDuel off the hook completely.

But in 1982, Congress let the military organization off the hook when it came to dealing with citizens» boneheaded behavior, handing nonemergency calls over to private companies.

«I don't want to let companies off the hook, because they do have a responsibility in this ecosystem,» boyd says.

«Mick Mulvaney is letting predatory payday lenders off the hook while they rip off American consumers,» Diane Standaert, executive vice president for the consumer watchdog group, said in a statement.

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 corporate tax hike was part of her strategy to demonstrate that the WR were just PCs in wolves» clothing, equally intent on letting the corporate sector 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.

I too wish you well, loving you in Christ enough to not let you off the hook.

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.

Not to let guilt - inducing churches off the hook... but we ARE in fact guilty.

I've heard it referred most often in the context of «God's strength is perfected in our weakness», or letting us off the hook of thinking we have to be in control of everything in our life.

The IRS has chickened out before in political cases, notably letting the Church of Scientology completely off the hook in its investigation of that group.

Given the centrality of grace in the Christian life, how should Christians respond to those who have been publicly disgraced, and how to we avoid appealing to grace as a way of letting abusive or dangerous people off the hook?

At the same time, he refused to let the church off the hook for the part he accuses it of playing in tacitly condoning the bullying of LGBT youth.

Sin - stained and deceived hearts are not so keen to let God «off the hook» so to speak for the perceived notion he is trying to exonerate himself in the process.

Ireland had just had an election then, and the newly elected Prime Minister, Enda Kenny (now triumphing over his referendum result) in one of his first speeches in the Parliamentary chamber, blamed the Vatican for everything whilst the visitation was underway, thus undermining it completely — as though it were Italian or French priests and Cardinals who were guilty of the Irish abuses, conveniently letting the locals off the hook, and redirecting the anger towards Church discipline and teaching rather than criminal individuals.

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.

Let yourself off the hook and go sit in your favorite outdoor place and be still... and know that HE IS.

David discovered this principle and this was probably why God let him off the hook and did not have him stoned to death for adultery and murder like the law required: because David was humble and repented (even though Achan and plenty of other people repented and God still punished them, and this has nothing to do with the fact that David was king and probably would not have commanded his own stoning to keep the law even though he wrote Psalm 119 which is all about how much he loved keeping every commandment in the law).

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).

The unhappy aspect about the present ordained breast - beating is that this point is used, surreptitiously, as if it let ordained ministers off the hook about «supervising» what is going on in the impact of the church upon the world.

The English word «enemy» may be part of our problem, because we let ourselves off the hook if we're not in hand to hand combat with Lex Luther or Nazi soldiers.

Though the use of «enemy» in the Old Testament often did refer to a nation - state enemy of Israel, Jesus» exhortation was never meant to refer to a public enemy — like another nation's military force — that would let me off the hook.

Did he tell her to pray to him for forgiveness and then he will let her off the hook of eternal punishment... No Instead in his tenderness and compassion he said, be whole, be true to yourself, be at - one with yourself, be strong, respect yourself don't let these men take advantage of you again...

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.

Don't disagree with much of this other than the bizarre willingness to let wenger off the hook for failing to build a team / squad / style that could capture the weakest league in years..

While I agree with the general priciple that the man in charge is essentially responsible, I think that this would let the players off the hook too easily.

The Greeks had to come forward but we were in no mood 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.

Looking at the final, Cuads was rightly sent off for violent conduct, but the same referee lets Ronaldo off the hook and just have a friendly chat with him when he kicked Dani Alves right in front of him.

WE could have scored a hatful and let United off the hook, while Cech showed De Gea that he may not be the best keeper in the League.

USC, meanwhile, has suffered from an acute case of letting teams off the hook in 2012.

West Ham's plan was obvious, pump those long balls in and hope Carrol or one of their other 6ft players gets to it first... and unfortunately because we are so weak in the air, it worked a few times but West Ham's finishing was so poor we got let off the hook.

Oregon was sketchy against the run and had the tendency of letting opponents off the hook on passing downs but did well in preventing big plays and rose to 29th in Def.

We were modest when we had leads vs Stoke / Man City, but then let Brighton off the hook in the second half yesterday.

For Obama to be congruent, he should let people off the hook for breaking the law because their heart was in the right place?

I believe you can trace the resurrection of Spurs back to that dreadful day in Oct 2008 when we drew 4 - 4 at THOF; for the first time in an epoch, we let them off the hook, we gave them the belief that it was possible to get something from a lost cause playing against a better team.

It was David Navarro who put the ball in his own net letting Barcelona off the hook.

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.

It was agonising for the home side, but Saville, who joined Wolves from Chelsea in 2014, had let his old club off the hook.

The only thing missing was a telling final ball: despite more hard running from Origi, Mané, and Wijnaldum, some poor decision - making in the final third let West Ham off the hook.

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....