Sentences with phrase «which turns a blind eye»

Biker gangs and the Mafia own galleries and move stolen paintings and forgeries to one another through auction houses, which turn a blind eye to the proceedings and quietly pocket their commissions.

Today we live in a society which turns a blind eye to the total cost of carbon.

The blame for too many lawyers each trying to make a living off a shrinking number of clients per lawyer rests with the universities with law schools (bloating up in size and failing virtually no one for the last nearly 20 years) and the government which blithely accepts this awful waste of scarce education resources, and which turns a blind eye to the horrendous social costs of it all).

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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.

The complaint, now in North Carolina Business Court, also accuses insurance giant MetLife, which was once affiliated with Rick Siskey's financial services firm, of turning a blind eye to his activities.

A female engineer had posted a long public account of rampant sexual harassment and the company's «bro culture,» to which Uber's HR department had turned a blind eye.

Indeed it is, and I think evangelicals in particular tend to turn a blind eye to the ways in which some of these religiously - based organizations may be inadvertently contributing to these problems rather than helping alleviate them.

He had ignored the reason they were not in school and set up some official duty which would allow him to turn a blind eye to the wholehearted participation of his Christian congregation in the yearly festival of Gangamma.

I try not to use my opinion too much, as I prefer to talk about the facts (which AKB's like yourself always turn a blind eye to).

I will turn a blind eye to what others choose to feed their kids on an individual basis, but if there is some policy at the school that demands that what another parent sends must be served to my child, then there needs to be some kind of standard to which those offerings are held.

Hence the phrase «turning a blind eye» - which the government has today announced it intends to criminalise.

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

COPEC believes strongly that the government has turned a blind eye to the fuel smuggling issue which if not handled properly, will affect all consumers.

According to the Minority, turning a blind eye on the issue will mean that Akufo - Addo endorses such comments which have been described as «bigotry.»

The congressman said Facebook made a big mistake in turning a blind eye to privacy issues, particularly regarding British consulting firm Cambridge Analytica which gained access to 50 million users» private information without their knowledge.

George suggested that «a management culture which seems to be practised in the arts of management babble has been created which heaps unrealistic pressure on the frontline, and yet at certain tiers of management a blind eye is turned to the consequences of the unrealistic pressures which are placed on that front line».

We now see, more than we've ever seen before, that banks are such important lubricants in a modern capitalist system that to simply turn a blind eye - which is effectively what's happened - and allow them to take huge risks.

But Soares is doing exactly what Shelly Silver wanted him to do when Shelly strong armed WFP to give this idiot the nomination to defeat P Clyne years ago, which is turn a blind eye to whatever goes on in the State Capitol.

He is of the view that Mr. Henry Kofi Wampah and his outfit were aware of the operations of the micro finance companies but turned a blind eye, which has subsequently resulted in the recent mess.

To focus solely on the ethics of cloning is to turn a blind eye to the economic and medical demands for the technology, which are values in their own right.

The added bonus is it's my husbands favorite color, which makes him turn a blind eye to all the white!

While Bulger «informed» the bureau of his enemy's dealings, the FBI, and agent John Connolly (Joel Edgerton) in particular, almost turned a blind - eye to the horrific criminal activities that he was undertaking, which included racketeering, money laundering, extortion, and multiple murders.

You have to turn a blind eye to the fact that chimpanzees keep jumping through glass windows without hurting themselves, but at least the film never feels like Jumanji, which would be an upsetting change of tone.

It has been said that Harriet Beecher Stowe helped start the Civil War with her novel, «Uncle Tom's Cabin,» which enumerated the evils of slavery in shocking detail to a nation that had all but turned a blind eye to what was known as «the peculiar institution.»

Mother Flo has issues galore, which is used to explain the blind eye she turns to what is happening to her only child.

For decades, Dems have serviced Republicans» efforts by turning a blind eye to policies that hurt immigrants, women and blacks in exchange for the tokens of charter schools, which can reflect any political affiliation.

Cases in which teachers choose to turn a blind eye are, by definition, not tracked.

Turn a blind eye to the curiously stubborn 6.3 designation - which was never quite right anyway, since its naturally aspirated predecessor displaced 6208 cc - and it's hard to find fault in the new powerplant, which manages a 32 percent gain in fuel economy.

The K900 is also equipped with multiple driver assistance systems (ADAS), including the Surround View Monitor, which utilizes four cameras to provide a 360 - degree top - down view of the car and its surroundings, while turn - signal activated blind - spot monitoring keeps an eye on adjacent lanes and shows up in the instrument panel.

Random House is turning a blind eye right now to Apple's iPad because Dohle said he was not sure about Apple's model which forces publishers to determine the end - consumer price, unlike for printed books which are priced by retailers.

Toshiba representatives have not yet announced AT200's price or when it will be released, but from what we have seen, we can conclude that this is a fairly finished product which might be on the market soon, and hopefully with a price which might help purchasers turn a blind eye at details that have not been as polished as with other 10 - inch tablets.

If these operations are even regulated, which many are not, APHIS or a state agency or law enforcement typically turn a blind eye, dithering over their authority to shut them down, pretending these are somehow legitimate «businesses» that should be supported, ignoring that these sleazy operators make their money from animal cruelty and leave communities with unwanted dogs in their shelters, environmental and health hazards from improperly disposed of carcasses and waste, infestation, and wastewater and other sewage problems.

She's determined to find the missing people that the cops have turned a blind eye to, and sets out across Dade County to jump right into her investigations - which leads her to five diverse romantic characters that may help or hurt her case.

This group is mostly united by the fact that they don't turn a blind eye to the obvious class hierarchy on which the art world runs.

Her philandering father was constantly bringing home mistresses, to which her verbally abusive mother turned a blind eye.

Seriously, I think too much emphasis is being placed on the various meat grinders being able to turn out such similar results while turning a blind eye to the problems in the temperature record, which with some effort, could actually be fixed.

In 2007, the business slowed and the Keenans took on work installing kitchens for a competitor of Canac, to which Canac turned a blind eye.

«Awareness of money laundering risks will be low, profits are high which encourages those who are suspicious to turn a blind eye and criminals are able to launder huge amounts of money in a single, seemingly innocuous, transaction.

It was several government law enforcement agencies that coordinated across multiple jurisdictions on limited budgets.6 Yet, like Silk Road, some people in the cryptocurrency community likely knew the operators of the BTC - e and willingly turned a blind eye to serious misconduct which, for so long as it continues, represents a black mark to the entire industry.