Sentences with phrase «lone voices»

It's telling that among the few lone voices praising the governor's budget — aside from Republican legislators and the state comptroller — are organizations representing businesses.

Terribly slowly, some lone voices in the Westminster village have started to suggest Labour might just be crazy enough to get into a campaign without a Budget.

As you point out, the sugar industry fights very hard to suppress anything negative about sugar, and the few lone voices who speak out about it are often fairly easily discredited as people out on a limb.

The lone voices of reason are myself, a woman who is an anesthesiologist and another woman whose husband is a pediatrician and 1 - 2 others who are planning hospital births.

At first, the critics of orthodoxy were often lone voices that could be quickly silenced.

There was a time when lone voices cryed out to teach the things you seem now even more expert in.

When you first start out on Twitter, you're a lone voice in the wilderness, talking to yourself.

Public Interest Advocacy Centre director John Lawford, who is sitting in on a couple of panels, is perhaps the lone voice of the public — Wind Mobile's two representatives could maybe be included — in what is otherwise an industry love - in.

But is he a lone voice?

@ David Johnson You are perhaps the lone voice of reason here.

Roszak is hardly a lone voice crying in the wilderness.

Gioia is an articulate and passionate lone voice in the wilderness who would reignite the Catholic imagination with a vigorous Catholic literature placed high on a hill.

It's not like Rachel is some lone voice in the wilderness stirring up trouble.

Hate to be the lone voice swimming upstream on this one, but I was surprised to find it disappointing at best.

Boral chief executive Mike Kane is a lone voice because most companies do not have the wherewithal or courage to stand up to the construction union, the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry says.

And then read your lone voice comment, disagreeing.

Ramsey has more reason than most to be happy about Wenger's new deal, I suppose, as the Frenchman has shown great loyalty to the player and was almost a lone voice when Rambo was struggling to come back and find any sort of form after his long injury lay - off.

I seem to be a lone voice as I refuse to accept the «luck explanation» when things don't go our way.

Let's get real here — it's not like I'm the lone voice in the wilderness.

The blogging community has a wide and diverse range of views and sometimes one can feel like the lone voice on any given subject but the blog exists to allow debate and the airing of those views.

This included a letter to Children and Families Minister Sarah Teather — who had blocked the enactment of joint birth registration, despite it already being on the statute books as part of the 2009 Welfare Reform Act — a legislative change for which the Fatherhood Institute has campaigned long and hard (often as a lone voice and in the face of opposition from other quarters).

Reluctant as we are to be seen to support a baby milk substitute manufacturer (we are keen advocates for breastfeeding — and pretty much a lone voice in emphasising how crucial dads can be in supporting it), SMA offers an interesting example of an advertiser which seems to be getting on board with the involved fatherhood agenda.

The lone voice in the wilderness is often ignored.

I've long felt like the lone voice out there promoting minimally processed food as a way to address poor eating habits: I think that when we insist on fresh, we are turning our back on all kinds of good foods, and people who can't afford fresh foods then just throw in the towel and go for junk.

yes I link to Hari's piece in the Independent, as he has (as far as I'm aware) been a lone voice in raising the issue.

As the prime and first ministers shook hands for the assembled media there were no demonstrations or banners, just barriers and police officers, while a lone voice yelled, slightly incoherently, «vote yes for independence Mr Cameron».

Thanks Nick for setting the record straight, but unfortunately for your colleagues YOU ARE LONE VOICE!

Initially he was greeted with warm applause, but a minute into his leaden, formulaic speech, a lone voice bellowed out, «Justice».

At the moment I'm a lone voice.

Liz, You're the lone voice of sanity and objectivity in the LCA.

«I felt like a lone voice,» she says.

The moment when a lone voice shouts: «Rubbish!»

Legislature Majority Leader Joseph Lorigo was a lone voice against the project.

A lone voice at the time, the researcher was admonished for his candor, rebuked by his department, and later declined to be interviewed for this story when I visited his CAS office in Lanzhou, located deep in central China.

These comments are credited to the individual researchers, but participants say that being part of the Climate Feedback community makes them feel less pressure and anxiety about being a lone voice doling out public critique.

«Five years ago, I was the lone voice testifying against the guidelines,» said Sally Fallon Morell, president of the Weston A. Price Foundation and member of the CHN.

Since then, the website has continued the tradition set forth by the magazine; a lone voice shouting into the void of mainstream media, that there is more to film than summer blockbusters and celebrity gossip.

Shameless would be a better comparison as Dafoe plays a similar lone voice when all around him is chaos.

Independence Day: Resurgence sees Jeff Goldblum return as Earth's lone voice of interplanetary reason.

As our own Republican Party is too weak to confront America's most dangerous president, it is reminiscent of Churchill being one lone voice to challenged and...

As our own Republican Party is too weak to confront America's most dangerous president, it is reminiscent of Churchill being one lone voice to challenged and committed to fight Hitler.

In one of the film's earliest scenes, Pryce breaks down at a congressional hearing as he speaks of the damage done to his hometown, and voices the outrage and moral certitude of a lone voice demanding justice from the giant corporation responsible.

And Keaton could hardly be better supported: Norton is uproarious as a preening, Method - acting nightmare; Watts and Riseborough note - perfect as actresses jangled by daft insecurities; Stone tremendous as the lone voice of reason, faltering and defiant.»

Described at the time as «the lone voice of moderation» among the candidates, Rouhani largely confirmed that reputation during his tenure — supporting freer Internet access and holding ground - breaking, regular face - to - face talks with the U.S. about Iran's nuclear program.

I feel like we've been a lone voice on this in an education reform community where most people care about reading and math scores.

In kindergarten, he is the kid itching for recess, the lone voice chattering through quiet time, the boy who is always in «time out.»

If I can live with their positions and their biases, then you can live with the lone voice of Strauss at The Washington Post.

His lone voice in the wilderness would likely have remained there had not Wisconsin Watchdog posted an article, two days later, condemning Evers for his remarks and exalting Holtz.

Without community support, educators are typically unwilling to become a lone voice against district policy.

There is much more «brain safety» in a small group to share and build on one another's ideas, admit confusion, and make mistakes than to risk embarrassment in a large group or as a lone voice (Gregory & Kaufeldt, 2012).