Sentences with phrase «national derision»

Seemingly not as the UK Met Office stopped publishing theirs a while back because of the national derision heaped upon them for predicting a barbecue summer that wasn't.

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• So, having heaped upon the National Council of Churches» screed against the celebration of the 500th anniversary of Columbus» arrival in the Americas a small measure of the derision that it deserves («Repenting of America 1492 - 1992,» October 1990), we are asked how Christians should think about the occasion.

Last week's publication of the revised National Curriculum has, unsurprisingly, set discussion boards alight with expressions of delight or derision over the new framework's implications for the quality of our young people's education.

«Support for expansion of electricity generation and transmission facilities — on a vastly increased scale — as part of a deliberate national «export driven» strategy is either limited or all too often met with derision or outright hostility,» Nathwani wrote.

By virtue of being a fairly decent and fantastically successful bloke, having a tragic love life — not counting Jane Asher the party cakes lady who must have been fun if only for the mini rolls — and surviving for four - and a - half decades since his first success, Sir Paul has become a national treasure, and anything short of CCTV footage of him kicking Mills in the behind was always going to be greeted with at best derision, and at worst hostility and contempt.

It was the target of much satire, parody and derision with a local newspaper complaining that it would lead to mindless promotions such as «National Clean Your Desk Day».