Sentences with phrase «turn a blind eye for»

«We turn a blind eye for the sake of reaching out,» he said, «but more for the sake of living in harmony with the religious majority.»

Fo rthat matter even the public of the world turned a blind eye for a time before finally deciciding to put a stop to it.

After turning a blind eye for many years to Canadians and foreign investors alike misusing the primary residence capital gains exemption, sellers now have to report their housing sales.

A lot of them will turn a blind eye for a few dollars if you don't have one but come prepared and save a few!

After Facebook «realized» what the Obama campaign staffers had been doing, they preferred to turn a blind eye for one simple reason: «they were on our side,» Davidsen claimed.

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But assuming that the rest of the world will continue to turn a blind eye to American profligacy is a risky bet, and it will get riskier if Congress keeps skirting the tough choices for the next 10 years.

In the wake of this ticketing crisis, a black market for Olympic seats sprang up, to which Chinese law enforcement reportedly turned a blind eye.

Although law enforcement has largely turned a blind eye to most dispensaries, the fact remains: the sale of marijuana, for any use, is considered illegal by the federal government.

In Indonesia, Uber's local staff reportedly made a number of small payments to police officers to get them to turn a blind eye to the fact that it was operating a support office for local drivers outside the registered business zones of the capital, Jakarta.

In exchange for information on rival drug lords, he says, U.S. authorities offered him immunity from prosecution and turned a blind eye toward the Sinaloa cartel's illegal activities.

(Interestingly, this restriction applies equally to RRSPs, but the CRA has turned a blind eye to day - traders in their RRSP for years - presumably because they know they'll get to tax the income eventually.

The U.S. Justice Department's decision to turn a blind eye to the enforcement of federal marijuana laws in states that authorize medical or even recreational use of the drug eventually may make it easier to use credit cards for such transactions, but a banking ban on legal pot sellers remains intact for now.

One critic said the move, if implemented, could be more onerous for recreational marijuana users, as police who turn a blind eye to it now would instead start writing tickets.

So is it your view that if people are tortured or killed for their religious beliefs that if one claims to be Christian we are to turn a blind eye to this injustice?

If you don't see that the RCC has given itself its own bad name then shame on your for turning a blind eye to all the damage they have done and all the children they have let down.

It's amazing how even as Christians, people who are called to walk in holiness and stand for truth and righteousness, we will turn a blind - eye to the actions of someone because they play for our favorite team.

After having for so long turned a blind eye to the guilty, bishops are now, as though it were some kind of compensation for their negligence, turning a blind eye to the innocent.

Jesus did not turn a blind eye to sin or avoid pronouncing judgment on those who sinned because that was part and parcel of who He was and why He came — to reveal His Father to those who would hear and reveal the punishment for those who ignored His message.

Sullivan went on to suggest that Chaput is using a double standard in the 2008 election by criticizing Catholic supporters of Barack Obama, while turning a blind eye to John McCain's support for embryonic stem cell research.

As a Jew, he has dared to take on the sacred cow of militaristic Zionism, and has even forcefully criticized such a revered figure as Auschwitz survivor and Nobel Prize winner Elie Wiesel, charging that Wiesel turns a blind eye to the suffering that Israel, «the homeland for persecuted European Jews and Holocaust survivors,» has inflicted upon the Palestinians.

While official rules forbade this practice, teachers and administrators turned a blind eye in the belief that it promoted order and also was healthy for young men who needed to learn endurance.

There's an outpouring of bleeding hearts crying out for all the wrong America is doing we should just turn our blind eye towards illegal imigration and to how much all these people we try to help.

Ask yourselves this: If the news would have reported that Stan was willing to sanctions deals for the top five players that were voted for by the fans and went and signed them, I bet the majority would have turned a blind eye to the muppets hunting channel shenanigans??

It would be harsh to punish Stephen Hunt given no one can say for sure what his intent was, but it would be even worse to turn a blind eye.

MLB turns a blind eye towards an alarming number of criminal offenses and behaviors, but multiple teams have outright removed Heimlich from their boards, so maybe they've finally found a line they won't cross for the sake of winning.

men what is happening to my boy Jack Wilshere my player.I wish you can stay injury free so that the world can see you are not average.Now i pray that injuries be far away from you.We need you arsenal need you.Let those who turn a blind eye on your abilities continue to do so but when the right time comes they will be ashamed for we all know how you once destroyed teams with your skill.For i know what you are capable of.Hold on to your faith and do not linger for you will get there one day.These times will make you stronger and will make you a brilliant captain.

Many employers in these states, as well as in others where this sort of open sale and use is still against the law, simply decided to turn a blind eye to marijuana testing, opting instead for clear clauses in contracts that stipulate that employees may not show up for work under the influence.

I didn't see any consequences or investigations at UM for stonewalling, so until you start fixing your own house, you might try being less smug about UM being better at turning a blind eye.

As for the professionalism, quite a few people were unimpressed by some of Alexis's behavior, of course there will be others who turn a blind eye and defend him due to his effort and quality.

As for Tagliabue, his waving off of the concussion issue in the»90s, and the league's turning a blind eye to head injuries for much of his tenure, no doubt damaged his candidacy for joining in Canton the very men at risk for long - term impacts of brain trauma due to the sport.

For us, as players, and as community leaders and those things, you can't turn a blind eye to it.

As for the discrimination aspect, yes there is a clear issue there, especially with the way the Israeli government continues to turn a blind eye to the fanatics in the West Bank.

Or else Arsene will keep turning a blind eye to the warning signs like v newc, and not blame one player for the cumulative of mistakes even if it is seeming to be mostly one player being regular as clock - work.

Referees cheated us more than the teams you mentioned for many seasons (check untold arsenal), and turned a blind eye to the rough stuff dished out to our young lads.

We turned a blind eye to Ince who did nothing for us so maybe we should turn a blind eye to Owen and make him an exception to the rule that a player should be disowned if they dare to play for United?

However, this does not mean that Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has turned a blind eye on building for the future and the well known advocate of promoting young talent has now been touted to make a swoop for Barcelona wonderkid Sergi Samper.

E.g., I was surprised to learn that many high schools here in Houston have a single lunch hour for thousands of kids and this is one reason schools are turning a blind eye to the illegal junk food sold on campus as fundraisers.

Students often prefer to buy these items rather than eat in overcrowded cafeterias or go off campus, and the fundraisers are so lucrative that some principals not only turn a blind eye to them, they are rarely deterred even when TDA fines the school for a violation.

Don't turn a blind eye to danger, but if your toddler wants to wear her rain boots to daycare or share her breakfast with her stuffed monkey, you may want to let it go (and give thanks for washable stuffed animals).

Going further back in time, the UN established the Nuremberg principles as justification for the Nuremberg trials, and then turned a blind eye to post-war violations of plundering public / private property, and forced civilian population transfers.

But steelworkers looking on will feel their jobs are being sacrificed for the sake of Chinese investment as the government continues to turn a blind eye to Chinese dumping.

«We know what it's like to rebuild and I think it's outrageous that this president has turned a blind eye to the suffering in Puerto Rico because it's something that a lot of New Yorkers are very concerned about because their families live there and their loved ones,» she said Gillibrand said the first steps are to approve a new Marshall Plan for Puerto Rich and grant the governor's full request for funding.

For an offence about turning a blind eye, that seems remarkably shortsighted.

They criticized government for turning blind eye to foreigners who have invaded the local trading market and yet are not paying taxes.

As Ambassador I turned a Nelsonian blind eye to all this if it was obvious that a Brit was becalmed in unjust local bureaucracy, the case dragging on for years.

For years we have been turning a blind eye to these idiots while they hijack demos and it will keep happening until legitimate peaceful protesters stand up to the idiots, co operate with the police and route out the troublemakers.

The Lankao government earlier acknowledged that it had turned a blind eye to the illegal orphanage, which cared for abandoned children and young adults.

They've cut taxes for the privileged few sold off our national assets to them, always on the cheap and turned a blind eye to their chronic tax avoidance.

But former Shadow Chancellor Chris Leslie, a long - standing critic of the Labour leader, said: «Would the Prime Minister agree that a policy if inaction also would have severe consequences and that those who would turn a blind eye, who would do nothing in pursuit of some moral high ground, should also be held accountable for once.»

Private legal practitioner, lawyer Maurice Ampaw, has lambasted the president, his appointees at the Gender Ministry and other state officials for turning a blind eye to the plight of street children.