Sentences with phrase «sad irony of»

While the situation outlined in item # 4 above is a real problem, the sad irony of lower or much lower membership numbers would likely be an increased competition amongst brokerages, as it relates to the subject of recruitment — thus having the potential to create an even greater «conflict of interests» regarding the subject of supervision.

The sad irony of the Competition Bureau efforts is that it is the licensed Realtor in Canada, not the public that is in most need of protection from its own bureaucracy.

The sad irony of native title is that where the dispossession of Indigenous people through colonial and modern development has been most thorough, brutal and systematic, the less likely it is that the traditions and customs practiced today by the descendants of those affected will be recognised and protected as native title rights.

Compounding the sad irony of denying residents who rented Paris, Texas the satisfaction of knowing how it ends, the recording turns out to be King Baggot's silent Western classic Tumbleweeds (1925).

The sad irony of the testing era is that our zeal to improve children's academic performance has led to a decline in children's health, and childhood obesity rates have risen to dangerously high rates.

When Hannah explains that she wants to make movies because she wants people to remember her and her work long after she's dead, she doesn't realize the sad irony of her statement, for she never cites a single film or filmmaker who inspired her.

One of the sad ironies of integration was the demise of strong institutions such as the Negro Leagues — this book brings figures like Rube Foster, Josh Gibson and Satchel Paige back to life in stunning color.

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It is therefore a sad irony that the ideology of the Russian world has contributed to alienating Ukraine from Russia, even though initially it was designed to connect the two countries.

This is the reality faced by millions of women who consider abortions each year, and the sad irony is the same pro-life politicians who want to force them to have their babies typically oppose raising the minimum wage, ensuring paid sick leave and parental leave for all American workers, and protecting the 20 million people who can finally afford health insurance thanks to the Affordable Care Act.

Which yields the sad irony that the more the Catholic Church strives to accommodate Orthodox concerns, the more disposed many Orthodox are to see in this merely the advance embassy of an omnivorous ecclesial empire.

We've heard Paul's story before, and we know the sad irony that he persecuted the church of Jesus with what he thought was holy zeal.

This is the great dis - ease, the sad irony, of Christianity in the developed West.

The present sad irony is this: while fathers in intact families are doing (and, it seems, enjoying) more and more hands - on care of their children, there are fewer and fewer intact families.

the saddest part of all this inane aruing is that all you have to do to stop the fighting killing name - calling suffering torturing bickering and finger - pointing world - wide is to simply... remove god... whatever you believe just for a minute think «if there was no religion how much of this would have never happened how much nicer would this world be» then realize the irony that for the world to become the loving peaceful place your holy books perpetrate (but never practice) to be.

It would be a sad irony if the first taste of the British people gaining control over their own affairs after the Brexit vote would be diminished parliamentary control over the negotiation of trade agreements which affect their lives.

The sad irony here is that Albany's dysfunction is the only thing standing in the way of reforms to address this issue.

AS THE ashes of Caroline Kennedy's brief foray into politics are shoveled away, New Yorkers are left with a sad irony: Battling corruption charges and staring down certain impeachment, Gov....

It is a sad irony that at the same time as Zaraska notes the value of urban trees in dealing with pollutants, a council contractor in Sheffield, UK, is busy cutting down hundreds of trees in the city streets.

There's a particular irony in the sad situation of so many grad students, postdocs, and would - be postdocs aspiring to work in academe.

I don't like it at all but feel more like laughing then being sad it's the top of irony.

The ebb and flow of the film perfectly captures the poetic ironies of the piece, sad without asking us to shed a tear, and tantalizing us without asking for anything more than what is required.

Such a sad irony that a film about the birth of punk rock should feel so remote, superficial and safe.

Unusually for what is a conventional Hollywood product (and perhaps for legal reasons) the film often lets the audience fill in blanks with odd narrative ellipses and remarks from characters that inevitably, and with a profoundly sad irony, hint at the state of McDonald's today.

While one may find the opening speech by Travolta (Battlefield Earth, The General's Daughter) regarding the sad state of cinema and its lack of realism to be tongue - in - cheek irony, it still does little to justify the following 90 minutes of high - gloss over-the-top predictability.

Of course, it's a sad irony that «Candelabra» with its meticulous period detailing and flamboyant sets and costumes, is one of Soderbergh's most big - screen - worthy films, but it will be a small - screen experience for many U.S. viewers, still, the film's greatest strengths are its storytelling and characterization which simply sing, off screens of any sizOf course, it's a sad irony that «Candelabra» with its meticulous period detailing and flamboyant sets and costumes, is one of Soderbergh's most big - screen - worthy films, but it will be a small - screen experience for many U.S. viewers, still, the film's greatest strengths are its storytelling and characterization which simply sing, off screens of any sizof Soderbergh's most big - screen - worthy films, but it will be a small - screen experience for many U.S. viewers, still, the film's greatest strengths are its storytelling and characterization which simply sing, off screens of any sizof any size.

The sad irony is, one million dead, but it is only after seeing actors re-enacting what played out on the news with real people can the rest of the world finally feel a sense of horror and shame.

In truth, the fact that we educators can receive monetary rewards for score increases earned through a process that shortchanges our students and deprives them of the curricular foundation they need for the future is a very sad irony.»

It is a sad irony, he believes, that opposition to testing is rising «just at the point when we are finally going to have a set of tests coming from the two testing consortia that promise to be substantially better than the state tests currently in use.

Reported practices at Classical Academy and Dennis Snyder's charter schools run counter to the Bill of Rights, which is a sad twist of irony, since Snyder espouses his patriotism and love for American values.

The sad irony is that most of their games will tank anyway, and the sad fact is that modern gamers are not even allowed to know what they are missing.

Oh, the sad — and presumably unintentional — irony of it all.

The sad irony is that Alaska will be one of the first states to feel the nasty consequences of global warming.

Arguing in favor of the law banning lying is the sad irony that quite often those with their hands on the very levers of democracy, free elections and the right to vote — candidates, their handlers, public and special interest groups — don't trust the public to make the right decision based on an honest and robust debate over the issues, but instead find it incumbent to win by smearing the opposing candidate.

The sad irony is that those who the CB claims to be «protecting» are ultimately suffering more because of the changes.

I wasn't sure if I should feel sad, or just laugh at the irony of her words but a recent Amazon reviewer of my coffee table book The Inspired Room shared that she didn't like my color palette, didn't like how we arranged our chairs in the kitchen, and basically said I decorated my house all wrong, in her opinion.