Sentences with phrase «rapped over the knuckles»
«We need more of a sense from inspectors that they're working towards improvement with these schools, rather than giving them a rap over the knuckles,» he added.
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«I may be rapped over the knuckles by Sir Muir for saying this, but I think that statement needs to be clarified.
And much more than a rap over the knuckles.
The alternative is cobbling something together in begrudging response to a rap over the knuckles by the regulator, which competitors may exploit.
Not exact matches
Although the various investigations after the 2009 leak cleared Jones and UEA of wrongdoing, Acton admitted that «our knuckles were collectively rapped over FOI.»
I wonder if that's where the accused sat, so that upon conviction the judge could come over and rap him on the knuckles with a yardstick.