Sentences with phrase «raking over»

In no sense has the Inquiry been «raking over the past» for its own sake.

Raking over the past was seen as unhealthy and unhelpful.

Apart from the obvious issue of compensation, this attitude is perhaps most clearly demonstrated by those who generally regard the «raking over» of the past as unhealthy and backward looking: that it will do Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people no good; they should get ahead and concentrate on the many pressing problems of today.

In the long run some of those «Teamers» will suffer exactly as those they have vilified with, depression, fear of condemnation, even retribution, due to the raking over and exposure when the penny finally drops with the MSM.

IBM was really raking us over the coals with a $ 100,000,000 per year fee to license some of their patents.

It's kind of a tricky situation, wanting to praise DICE for creating an otherwise great Star Wars game while simultaneously raking it over the coals for monetization systems that were, in three words, gross as hell.

But every Dowd review I've read typically includes a thread of people raking him over the coals for making cromulent but unpopular assertions.

Is the shop raking me over the coals?

Leigh clearly relishes her character's villainy, almost as much as the film takes pleasure in raking her over the coals, subjecting her to constant verbal abuse, beatings, and much worse (I'll steer clear of specifics to avoid spoiling the film's incredibly demented conclusion).

This is why raking over the coals of ancient ways of doing things is so depressing.

Nor will the fact that no raking over the ashes will matter.

The small batch microclimate way is to dry coffee beans while sitting on concrete slab or patio; raking over them in full sunlight with accelerated rake use at night to prevent the beans from over fermenting.

the right talent at the right time can become prominent by raking over the ashes of Auschwitz.

And I don't think it's raking them over the coals, I think it's holding them to minimal editorial standards.

Google is getting raked over the coals in Europe for its allegedly anti-competitive search results.

«He's got no energy plan, no financial analysis, if he thinks he's going to sell it off and the private sector is going to come in and invest, that is a recipe for Puerto Rico being raked over the coals by private interests,» Tom Sanzillo, director of finance for the Cleveland, Ohio - based Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis.

During the presidential campaign, hackers cracked open all of the Democrats» secrets and splayed them out for everyone to see, while Hillary Clinton was raked over the coals for using an insecure server for her own personal email.

We both get raked over the coals because we can't compete at the levels or abilities that are expected of us by the able bodied.

Instead of introspection, goes the theologian's cry, let us rake over historical artifacts, dive into ancient lexicons, reframe cultural narratives, negotiate our way around words, vague and obscure, like so many corporate hacks rewriting the law.

I do believe that Jesus is the righteous judge of the world and that we will all stand before Him to give an accounting, and that based on the judgment of Jesus, some will be eternally separated from God... So don't rake me over the coals too much for that title....

The point of Newman's sermon, though, was not to rake over past injuries, but to hold out hope for the future: «The English Church was, and the English Church was not, and the English Church is once again.»

So Rob Bell is in the news being raked over the coals because of his ideas.

Well it's been a while since we raked over the trials and tribulations of dairy group Murray Goulburn.

I am not one to rake over technical but academic differences once circumstances have changed and ny detailed post answering in full these technical questions you pose would be so long as to take me way past my bedtime which is fairly soon.

How a rich defence team raked over her sexual past.

Second Question: Who will give a public apology to this young man that was raked over the coals then told it was all a big mistake?

A state employee praises Gov. Andrew Cuomo, is threatened with termination, resigns, and gets raked over the coals anyway.

Speaker Silver, trial lawyer in charge, makes sure that the taxpayers in his home city get raked over the coals, so lets not pretend that taxes are not high enough or the tax code is not progressive.

I don't think it helps the party to rake over all these coals but it allow me to say this is what I will leave behind.»

Yet Johnson, a former union leader himself, has curiously decided that now is the time to rake over the coals of Labour's recent leadership contest and called for union influence over the party to be further reduced, thus proving the old adage that former poachers make worse gamekeepers.

While 16 Republicans are raked over the coals in the report, Cuomo and Kentucky's Steve Beshear were the only Democrats.

It was only after the press raked him over the coals repeatedly — for his lack of Christian compassion towards the victims of sex abuse by priests — that the pope managed to scrape up some faux concern for the victims of abuse.

I was raked over the coals, with people analyzing my scarf, my jewelry, my tears.

The team wanted to know how often trawlers can rake over a section of muddy sea floor before habitats can no longer recover.

At least Holly, myself, Lara, and Hannah have the ovaries to continually put our work out there into the world, at the risk of getting raked over the coals by people like you.

She was raked over the coals the night before about her single status.

Before the movie even hit North American cinemas, it had raked it over $ 200 million overseas.

, the film deems nothing important except the next event the next event the next event; only when the smoke clears is it time to rake over the ashes for clues to significance.

Thus the stage is set for some soft but no less entertaining (and very timely) satire on commercialism in contemporary society, particularly in the burgeoning teen pop music market (which is further raked over the coals by a spot - on, if brief, opening parody of boy bands).

Tylerh1701: Nintendo seems to get a free pass on a lot of things that, if other companies tried, they would be raked over the coals.

Chapter 1: The Slowest Internet in Mississippi Chapter 2: «They Rake Us Over the Coals» Chapter 3: «Washington Gave Us Leverage»

Can a reformer not be happy about the Parent Trigger being raked over the coals, yet surviving, or that many of Michelle Rhee's reforms are still in place despite leaving her post as D.C. Schools Chancellor after a major push from the American Federation of Teachers?

Completely distraught at the price I thought I would have to pay it because I thought another toyota dealership would rake me over the coals as well so what would be the point to take it to another one?

And before anyone objects that Weir is now with Crown Publishing — his proving ground was the same «corrupt» indie publishing world being raked over the coals here, making a pretty good argument for self publishing to * attract * a trade publishing contract, if that's on your bucket list.

We wouldn't be surprised to see the company rake over its third party offerings just to be safe.

but when your staff comes to you with examples of consumers being raked over the coals every day something needs to be done and if that something is pulling together an effort to help law makers and regulators understand whats happening then at least i feel that i am standing up for consumers.

I feel like i am being raked over the coals with fees.

Why is ExperTox a legitimate authority on the detection of lead, yet is being raked over the coals in its detection of Acetaminophen?

Here we rake over the fresh ashes from Bells to see what might be possible in Western Australia.

As I stated last week, even if Nintendo was will within their rights as an employer to dismiss someone who they felt no longer properly represented the company's image, its handling of the entire situation was nothing short of abysmal and they should be raked over the coals for it.