Sentences with phrase «than platitudes»

The official reasons are little more than platitudes about better designs and «being bold».

That said, what we might expect of a project so invested in the stultifying effects of poverty is a better sense of what's eating its characters, rather than platitudes arguing that to be poor and male in Northern England is to be a bat - wielding tyrant whose empty rage extends even to canines.

than platitudes about how I'm too spiritual to consult my marketing team or celebrate a big accomplishment.

That's because the spirit of collaborative innovation Musk so admires amounts to little more than a platitude in the business environment in which most people operate.

The capacity of Tóibín's fiction to give us more than the platitudes of our era is also evident in The Master (2004), a novel about Henry James.

These observations, scarcely richer than platitudes, are important for giving us a perspective on the market and the economy, undermining the libertarian image.

Kate Plays Christine movingly posits acting as a metaphor for the search for connection, through visceral texture rather than platitude.

«Cameron promises practical help for families and parenting Main David Cameron hails Cancun agreement - but does it represent anything more than platitudes?»

Early - April optimism is more than a platitude this year.

To lawyers especially, respect for the law should be more than a platitude.»

«Members of Congress were either unaware of it or considered it «little more than a platitude» for a sympathetic group,»» Shapiro writes, quoting sociologist Richard Scotch, who later studied the legislation.

In answering this question, we expect more than platitudes and surmises: we expect evidence; we expect results.

While the expression may seem nothing more than a platitude, it is actually sound, straightforward advice, particularly in terms of certain career decisions and circumstances.

As the Australian Labor Party launches a national Indigenous caucus of Federal, state and territory MPs following another disappointing Close the Gap statement from the government, Yorta Yorta man Daniel James argues new attitudes rather than platitudes will drive meaningful change.

But the 1970s were a time when few researchers and clinicians were starting to get curious about how to help couples with more than platitudes or arm - chair theorizing.