Sentences with phrase «on the complacency of»

John's assault on the complacency of official Judaism had sounded a note which Jesus echoed.

The billboard messages are an attack on the complacency of the local police force, and especially its chief, Sheriff Bill Willoughby (Woody Harrelson), for having failed to find the killer, or to even put much effort into it.

«Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri» isn't a righteous demagogic attack on the complacency of the police, or on masculine violence and privilege — though it is a meditation on those things.

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Similarly, Libya and Nigeria still retain their disruptive capacity, and with all of the risks percolating, we continue to caution market participants against complacency and warn that further turbulence appears on the horizon.

Menear, who took the reins three years ago, has had the enviable though difficult task of building on his predecessor Frank Blake's remarkable run by finding new avenues of growth and preventing the company from falling into complacency.

Everyone comments on how authorities such as Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. only now are starting to gather data on the extent to which international buyers are responsible for the price escalatio — an inexcusable example of bureaucratic inertia and old - fashioned Canadian complacency.

Still, he said there was no room for complacency and warned of the perils of trade protectionism amid fears that U.S. President Donald Trump will go ahead with plan to impose tariffs on steel and aluminum.

«We have grave concerns about this apparent complacency, compounded by the lack of transparency on the Department's progress with what in some cases will be critical projects.»

Economists have accused her of complacency on the economy, saying she should overhaul the tax system to make it more growth - friendly and boost investment on digital infrastructure — demands also made by the FDP.

Discussing the complacency and complicity of traditional economic models, as taught in universities and adopted by central banks, Michael and Steve take us on a journey from a solar system to a galaxy of thought, taking in the history of economics to solutions for the ongoing global depression.

Indeed, there is still a great deal of complacency on the sentiment side, with only about 30 % of investment advisors bearish and the CBOE volatility index not even reaching 28.

And there is a profound public complacency about the extent to which our economies are dependent on reliable supplies of cheap energy — supplies that are becoming ever more difficult to guarantee.

A Bubble in Complacency Egypt Rosie, Las Vegas, Phuket, and Bangkok This week I had the privilege of being on the same panel with former Comptroller General David Walker and former Majority Leader (and presidential candidate) Richard Gephardt.

Both the VIX volatility index and the «put / call» ratio on the options market are signalling the sort of complacency levels seen at past peaks.

As usual, I don't place too much emphasis on this sort of forecast, but to the extent that I make any comments at all about the outlook for 2006, the bottom line is this: 1) we can't rule out modest potential for stock appreciation, which would require the maintenance or expansion of already high price / peak earnings multiples; 2) we also should recognize an uncomfortably large potential for market losses, particularly given that the current bull market has now outlived the median and average bull, yet at higher valuations than most bulls have achieved, a flat yield curve with rising interest rate pressures, an extended period of internal divergence as measured by breadth and other market action, and complacency at best and excessive bullishness at worst, as measured by various sentiment indicators; 3) there is a moderate but still not compelling risk of an oncoming recession, which would become more of a factor if we observe a substantial widening of credit spreads and weakness in the ISM Purchasing Managers Index in the months ahead, and; 4) there remains substantial potential for U.S. dollar weakness coupled with «unexpectedly» persistent inflation pressures, particularly if we do observe economic weakness.

However, on the back of Wilders» loss in the Dutch elections (which markets broadly welcomed) we believe investors should remain cautious of the sort of complacency that was prevalent around the United Kingdom's Brexit vote and the US presidential election.

Isaiah 64 gives us the language to cry out for God's forgiveness and beckon God's presence — in our homes, in our churches, on the streets of Ferguson, Missouri, in the midst of the violence, materialism, injustice, and complacency that characterizes our present Empire.

Cobb goes on to say that in spite of one's tendencies to complacency and despair, it is possible to experience the Spirit in one's life, calling forth realistic hope.

The «Let me play devil's advocate» strategy is bizarrely inappropriate in such a situation, as it assumes that the young people in our secondary schools are so indoctrinated that they need to be shaken out of the complacency of a life of faith based on social approval.

Engaging the Powers by Walter Wink is an excellent book calling Christians out of their complacency and into a full - scale attack on the gates of hell.

In the second book, with Sigmund, he reflected on the broader democratic experience of Europe and the three constant prerequisites of free governments (community solidarity, freedom of the individual, and social justice), but he continued to warn Americans of the complacency, sentimentality, utopianism, and parochialism which he saw in our heritage.

While her research on the cynicism of the food industry and complacency of the government is alarming, her rhetoric is predictable.

We, too, need to recover that «salt», or savour, which our religion gives to life so that we can recover a joyful confidence in our faith, and face up to whatever is thrown against us: Catholicism does not thrive on a diet of complacency and general beneficence.

However, if church membership is not experienced by adults as a way of living in the world that depends on faith in Jesus Christ, infant baptism may only foster spiritual complacency and reliance on an empty ritual.

could have thrown light on this question if closer correlations had been drawn between the replies to theological and ethical questions; but as the report stands, a very general state of complacency and self - satisfaction is indicated regardless of religious background.

Some sermons risk disturbing the complacency of church members on this topic.

Part of that is the complacency that comes from the belief that Jesus (or some other messiah, depending on your religion) will come down from the sky with a big stick to put things right, whereas the truth is that the Christ needs to appear in individual hearts, so we have to get busy letting that happen.

The independent report, published today, blames a a culture of complacency at the authority, which allowed paedophile rings to prey on vulnerable children in the area.

Positive signs are not lacking, but it must be said that the overall impression is of a complacency and failure to grasp the situation that borders on the unbelievable.

And I'm reading about how most of the higher ups in the Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion supported such an effort — either by directly blessing lawmakers in Uganda, removing any effort to improve education on the matter (and regain peaceful resolution), or by their complacency.

World First Australia managing director Ray Ridgeway, who works with about 60 per cent of Australian traders who sell on Amazon overseas, also warned against complacency.

Thing is, this may be all true but it gives our players a chip on the shoulder, something to prove, adversity instead of complacency for a change.

With both of his substitutes scoring, coach Massimiliano Allegri will be delighted with their influence on proceedings, but he will undoubtedly be guarding against complacency in the second leg.

An attributable factor to our dropping of points in winnable games on Saturdays was almost definitely our domination of our BUCS league on Wednesdays and, therefore, complacency against stronger Saturday opponents.

Instead, Wenger sent on attacking minded players, partially because he probably kept in mind that «attack is the best form of defense», and also partially because of complacency and the want to give some players a run out.

We are definitely not out of the woods yet, we won today, but worryingly we were on the ropes for the last 10 minutes, against West Brom, who, no disrespect, aren't the toughest nut in the barrel, so there is no room for complacency in Wenger's mind.

Here's an alternate theory — they don't seem to play with much urgency because, by and large, they know that the majority of disgruntled fans will stubbornly blame everything on Wenger instead of the players» complacency and ineptitude.

Just a few are; the inability to handle the pressure of expectation, complacency, bottling it in the big games, Wenger's apparent reluctance to compete and spend the club's money in the transfer market and his insistence on playing a certain style of attractive football when a more pragmatic approach may serve us better.

Players aren't idiots they see a lack of ambition and complacency by the board and the manager and it demotivates them with the resultant lame performances we see on the pitch.

That shows a hint of complacency on the team.

The main threat to this in the manager's mind is the danger of the players taking the result for granted and therefore not putting in the effort and focus needed to win any EPL match, which is why the preview on the Arsenal website has the Frenchman warning his team of the dangers of complacency.

arsene never said he would field a reserve against bayern how can u even say this, it seems u have very easily forgotten the spanking of 2 seasons ago it shows complete disrespect to one of the best teams in world this is our only problem complacency we will field our strongest team against them and then we will se for now concentrate on Watford one game at a time

Let's just forget it and concentrating on finishing the season strong This kind of result just make top4 race interestin and probably help the pschychi of the players not to allow complacency

He just needs a few more playmakers, and a little less complacency, on the offensive side of the ball.

Any Arsenal fan who watched the lads toil against the League One side Doncaster last night will not need me to tell them that the performance will need to be better when we get back to Premier League action on Monday night, but perhaps that will serve the side well and avoid any sort of complacency.

Wenger has good options on the bench as well and has spoke about the danger of complacency all week, so we won't mess this one up will we Gooners?

You do feel that the biggest obstacle that Arsenal have to get over today is our own complacency because even with big players like Santi Cazorla, Alexis Sanchez and Francis Coquelin on the injury list, Arsenal have plenty of top quality in the team and are in good form.

As a viewer, this talk about Bottas» alleged complacency against the likes of Ricciardo's self - belief will hopefully translate into an aggressive battle on track between these drivers.

It will be a close game, but with Reading's players dreaming of — and perhaps expecting — Wembley, the Bantams will be ready to pounce on any complacency, and claim a narrow win.

That complacency was evident on the pitch as well and we nearly paid for it but were saved by the award of an injury time penalty that Cazorla scored to give us the points.