Sentences with phrase «on deaf ears at»

ORBIT IN Mies van der Rohe's Modernist mantra «Less is more» evidently fell on deaf ears at the Orbit In.

This message has largely fallen on deaf ears at the highest level of state government, who continue to believe all is well.

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.

But such incidentals fall on deaf ears at [email protected] A famous victory against the Hornets on Saturday evening will confirm that the 4th place glory title race is well and truly back on.

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Residents of the high - rise said all previous warnings to building managers had «fallen on deaf ears» The post London Housing Project Fire Kills At...

Instead of looking at a universal definition of the poor as those who have been deprived, stereotyped and discriminated against, they are on a mission to make the cripple to walk; the blind to see forcibly; the deaf to hear by knocking their ears with sledge hammer; the dumb to speak by inserting tube in their esophagus and the list goes.

So many times it seemed like what I said fell on deaf ears, and the friendship was frustrating at times..

Arsenal's inability to find a goal while on top came back to haunt them as although Mesut Ozil felt as though he should have had a foul on Wes Morgan with the Leicester defender seemingly climbing all over him, his protests fell on deaf ears as play was allowed to continue with the visitors breaking at a frantic speed.

Well written, but I think it will fall on deaf ears, my fear is as follows, it will take a loss in money for the manager and board to change, this will only come if we finish out of the top 4, but knowing the board they would still give home a season to try again, I feel very sorry for Sanchez, he is total quality and deserves better, most of the other players look settled, turn up give70 % and get paid, no matter what level you play at you should come off the pitch thinking I gave everything, how many of our players could say that, they lack motivation, player for player we are as good if not better than athletico Madrid but they have a manger that gets 100 % out of every player, Klopp is the same, but why would they leave their clubs to come here with a boar that cares about money not entertainment, Wenger was a lucky manager he inherited a top defence now his luck has run out

I only go to the games a few times during the season since I don't live in England, for those who do, we need to defy those damn stewards and raise the temperature at the games, that's the only practical solution I can come up with, we are not the ones who buy the players and all the noise we have made on social media and elsewhere keeps falling on deaf ears, they will not listen to our calls for players, let's go to the games and turn the library upside down as much as we can, we can not give those players a moments rest, we, the fans pay them [gate takings and TV subscriptions], you can't take my money and not give 100 %, Wenger can pamper them, we would not, they don't read much that is being said on social media but they can't ignore our chants at the stadium.

McMullen says that at this meeting he warned other NHL owners not to trust LeFevre but that his words fell on deaf ears.

Even after the humiliation at Anfield protests fell on deaf ears.

It appears to local officials — and this newspaper's editorial board — that the issues raised at the hearings fell on deaf ears.

Mr Barber suggested coordinated strike action, the possibility of which was also aired by Bob Crow of the RMT and Mark Serwotka at the civil servants» union PCS - the latter of whom said he would be planning joint industrial action across the public sector if his pleas fall on deaf ears.

The complaint didn't fall on deaf ears: «The committee and the nominees should have the respect that they deserve, rather than having it jammed at the end of session,» said Committee Chair Ken LaValle, R - Long Island.

My friend queried this, saying that he could easily save the department money by going home at the end of the evening, but his calls for austerity fell on deaf ears.

The exception would be supervisors» association president Chipman of Rochester, a regular at legislature meetings even though most of his words fall on deaf ears.

Some who were at the meeting said Black's levity was especially inappropriate given that she was addressing a community whose complaints about the scarcity of public - school seats has for years seemed to fall on deaf ears.

Young particle physicists are driven by a passion for the science, so such admonitions may fall on deaf ears, says Elizabeth Worcester, 37, a postdoc at Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, New York.

Quote: «My efforts to have her held back at the public school fell on deaf ears, as she was not «behind enough.»

We know that any thought of salvation is futile, that our plaints will fall on deaf ears, but we lament on nonetheless; it's simply the human condition to tilt at windmills.

It is not possible to tell if a Double Merle dog is deaf by looking at any visible hair on the ears (look through our Pictures page for examples).

Other dogs can go deaf from a variety of causes, ranging from chronic ear infections or injuries to drug toxicity and old age, says George M. Strain, PhD, a leading veterinary researcher on the causes of deafness in dogs and a professor of neuroscience at the School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University.

Maybe now that I've started putting my picture on my CV that shouldn't happen as much — what will happen is I will be passed over for everything I apply for everywhere in the world and I'll just rot wherever I am when I run out of money and am still expected to PAY because at the moment I'm in a country (Mexico) where the concept of «free rent in exchange for teaching English» seems to be falling on deaf ears even when I say it in Spanish.

Unfortunately, my advice fell on deaf ears, because at least 10 other people agreed gambling on credit wasn't a big deal.

PC gamers have been crying out for a port of Red Dead Redemption since its release, their cries seemingly falling on deaf ears over at Rockstar who have become notorious for releasing their games on PC long after they arrive on console.

PC gamers have been crying out for a port of Red Dead Redemption since its release, their cries seemingly falling on deaf ears over at Rockstar who have become notorious for releasing their games o...

But his arguments fell on deaf ears as job creation was prioritized at the expense of air quality and people's health — a strange rationale given that Lafarge had actually cut jobs.

My insistence that they actually look at data and sites like yours has fallen on basically deaf ears.

«At a time when general counsel are looking for alternative billing arrangements, the playing field has been leveled, so smaller firms can make pitches to big clients that would have fallen on deaf ears before,» DuPont General Counsel Thomas L. Sager told Cotts.

But the arguments against the imposition of tax on legal accounts have fallen on deaf ears, at least in the BC experience.

5) Oaths of secrecy for all public servants who have access to classified information (including subcontractors of government agencies) would have whistleblower protections that allow them to disclose classified information to the public at large but only if the employee can show that he or she approached multiple members of the House and Senate with the information, but his / her concerns fell on deaf ears.

But because this report's constructive criticisms seem to fall largely on deaf ears in Sacramento and in many courthouses around the state, this year's look at the West Coast's perennial Judicial Hellhole will pragmatically limit its focus to an armful of the state's civil injustices, including precedent - defying state supreme court decisions, the Private Attorneys General Act, Prop 65, food and beverage litigation, innovator liability, the California Environmental Quality Act's impact on affordable housing, courts» expansions of public nuisance law and natural disaster - chasing personal injury lawyers, among others.

Our system of «Governance» is badly broken and needs a total overhaul and until that happens the Agent's seemingly bottomless pockets will be picked to support an every growing increasingly expensive bureaucracy and their voices will continue to fall on deaf ears much the same as they currently are by elected politicians at all levels of Government in Canada.