Sentences with phrase «on deaf ears in»

Huawei may have made a big splash with its P20 and P20 Pro flagships, but that has fallen on deaf ears in the US where the phones won't be sold, even through retailers.

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.

Two weeks ago an estimated 80 or more workers form 11 solar companies rallied on the State Capitol steps to stop this bill, however this appears to have fallen on deaf ears in the Connecticut Senate.

However, calls to «Save the Nukes» are likely to fall on deaf ears in Georgia and South Carolina.

Which fell on deaf ears in an Obama administration.

Efforts to repeal the laws on taxing Social Security benefits have fallen on deaf ears in Congress.

Despite the vitriol, the NUT's collective defiance may yet fall on deaf ears in Whitehall after Nicky Morgan ruled out any U-turn over academisation.

Yet her warnings fell on deaf ears in the scientific community — much to the public's misfortune — due mostly to the ties between the vegetable oil industry and big - money corporations with their government subsidies.

That's falling on deaf ears in this factory.

Dwelling on a state Senate race in Minnesota, in other words, might fall on deaf ears in fundraising hotspots like San Francisco and New York.

The attempt to plead poverty will fall on deaf ears in Wales, where we already have the highest energy bills of anywhere in the UK.

Not that there are not genuine grievances that, until now, have fallen on deaf ears in the boardroom.

As a result, arguments about media freedom fell on deaf ears in the jury box.

If, for example, you go after all buyers who share certain target demographics (like, say, age, gender and geographic location), there's a good chance your ads will fall on deaf ears in some cases.

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But their actions have landed on near - deaf ears in the Nabors» boardroom.

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All the instruction in the world won't help if it falls on deaf ears.

To date, these recommendations have fallen on deaf ears and Parliamentarians and Canadians will continue to remain in the dark about the Government's spending intentions.

But the FBI's statement is the latest piece of evidence that many people not only saw red flags in Cruz's behavior but tried to report them — and those warnings were not thoroughly pursued or fell on deaf ears.

I know this will fall on deaf ears and blind eyes, but I hope the people that she touches will remember the lesson she has taught will remain in their hearts.

This, I think, will fall on deaf ears, figuratively speaking, but PsiCop, you nobody is going to force you to your knees, you will volunteer to do it, not only that you will volunteer to confess that Christ is Lord and God, maybe not in this life, but when you are resurrected to receive your just reward, I don't know what that willl be, I'll leave that up to God.

My attempts on declaring God's Kingdom Domains to be inside all of Life is reaching deaf ears with many perhaps all who remain in sedintary conditionings never to righteously understand God, the Father of Creations» Celestial and all creations terrestrial of living manifestations everywhere possible within the grandness of the Cosmos of Celestialness!

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.

For years, I felt frustrated and bitter that all my prayers of «Here I am Lord, send me» seemed to fall on deaf ears as I wasted away in cubicle life.

An organization using the term «progressive» in its name or mission statement will fall on deaf ears given the mess that declared and closeted progressives have made of things since the Johnson administration.

Given that Senator John McCain, who famously called MMA «human cockfighting» and a «blood sport», called for a nationwide ban in the US, which fell on deaf ears, should the UK government ban MMA and professional boxing as some other nations, such as Sweden, have?

Ah but if your a Muslim this is falling on deaf ears because you can't believe in truth reached through critical thought when it doesn't help prop up your faith or outright contradicts it.

Yet, my in - box will reflect that this simple plea has, for some, fallen on deaf ears.

On the contrary, we who do so are in danger of becoming shrill, especially when our fellows turn a deaf ear to our warnings.

Unfortunately, in many places his words have so far fallen on deaf ears.

The message which the churches attempt to communicate falls on deaf ears, not because the ears are really deaf, but because the Word of God is spoken in so strange a language or in such trivialities that it fails to be the Word of God to those who otherwise might hear it.

Johnson's son Eric, who serves on the senior leadership team, is 85 - 90 % deaf in both ears.

The Word of God in the Bible, the voice of the Pope or the decisions of ecclesiastical assemblies — all will fall more and more on deaf ears.

A strong foundation is where the necessity is, and Simeone is the one to provide that, and he actually listens for a bit of steel in the Arsenal ranks have long fallen on deaf ears.

It is not as if the players are mute, I'm sure some of the Arsenal players also tried to advise Dean on what happened in our box, but being the Arsenal hater he is, turned a deaf ear.

Roy Hodgson's wishes that clubs should accept international players will play in a lot of games may fall on deaf ears, with Everton manager Roberto Martinez having already spoken about his wish for Ross Barkley to have a proper rest this summer.

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

Despite his protests, the Welshman's appeal fell on deaf ears as Mike Dean failed to award the spot - kick, leaving Mark Hughes» men with it all to do in the second half to take something from the game.

Their pleas, in some cases, will fall on deaf ears, while other agents don't have the same negative feelings about it.

I realise there were a few sensible readers who kept asking why he would even consider leaving one of the best clubs in the world for Arsenal, but it usually fell on deaf ears.....

Calls for En Avant de Guingamp's in - form attacker Claudio Beauvue to be given his first international call - up have also fallen on deaf ears.

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.

shame on u wneger... even the refs and linesman did all they could to prevent the score line from been disgraceful by turning deaf ears to true penalty calls that could have made the game 9 - 1... shout out to ospina he held his head high enough... as for ozil he wouldn't even smell Bayern's 2nd eleven if going to Bayern is what he has in mind... lastly how can a 32 year old robben do things that even all our wingers out together cant... he totally rendered gibbs useless..

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.

While my efforts to persuade the Board of Selectmen, the town manager, and the Rec Department director to allocate permits in a more equitable fashion, and to use their power to make sure that the programs using town - owned facilities met minimum standards for inclusiveness and safety, fell on deaf ears (we ended up being forced to use for our home games a dusty field the high school had essentially abandoned), I returned to a discussion of the «power of the venue permit» 10 years later in my 2006 book, Home Team Advantage: The Critical Role of Mothers in Youth Sports, where I suggested that one of the best ways for youth sports parents to improve the safety of privately - run sports programs in their communities was to lobby their elected officials to utilize that power to «reform youth sports by exercising public oversight over the use of taxpayer - funded fields, diamonds, tracks, pools, and courts, [and] deny permits to programs that fail to abide by a [youth sports] charter» covering such topics as background checks, and codes of conduct for coaches, players, and parents.

One place where these concerns have fallen on deaf ears is in Whitehall, where the government bears a greater responsibility for the unfolding crisis than most.

Despite the attention these publications have brought to the issue of Chinese influence in Australia, the actual contents and revelations contained in them have often fallen on deaf ears.

A section of a drain that passes in front of the High Commission, has almost been turned into a refuse dump as several posts warning perpetrators to desist from such acts seem to have fallen on deaf ears.

The timing of the announcement drew howls from New York lawmakers on Capitol Hill, whose recent pleas for increased anti-terror spending in the Big Apple fell on deaf ears.

Vince Cable's gloom - mongering fell on deaf ears and Clegg emerged a strengthened figure in British politics.