Sentences with phrase «who sticks his neck out»

If in the next 18 months the city begins to sour on its new executive, the pols who stuck their necks out early will look like heroes with foresight.

So if it turns out that AGW theory is overblown, you and a smallish bunch of people who stuck their necks out will be vindicated, and the general public will be wondering how they missed what was so obvious according to the narrative that gets constructed by the historians and the media.

Not exact matches

Empathetic people who work together are so bonded that they have no problem sticking their necks out for whomever they believe in.

What you really need is sponsorship, you need people who are going to stick their neck out, who are going to put their money where their mouth is.»

He's the only one among the disciples who has the courage to honestly express what everyone else is thinking and, in turn, he's blessed for sticking his neck out with his doubts.

I have spoken to former editors who left Christian publishing because they were exhausted from living with the fear that they would be fired for sticking their necks out and championing «edgy» projects.

Cause he is a great player, A player who Wenger stuck his neck out for and for a long time at that.

it feels like it don't mater who plays these days i have lost hope now, it was only the other day when i stuck my neck out and said we will finish 3rd in the EPL how wrong i was

-- but it also may mean finding others of like mind who are, well, less VOCAL than I am and would like to have somebody willing to stick their neck out for this.

«The commission has a history of trying to shift the blame for its inadequate systems and attacking public servants who have stuck their necks out to expose abuses in the system,» he said.

In the middle of all this is Theo Faron (Clive Owen at his most Bogart-esque), a tragedy - scarred activist - turned - bureaucrat who would prefer not to stick his neck out for anyone but who nevertheless finds the courage to do the right thing.

For example, one month's award was to the staff giraffe, a teacher who was always sticking her neck out for others.

«We define a hero as someone who sticks his or her neck out for the common good.

By being someone who isn't afraid to stick their neck out, you'll gain a following of new readers, keen to hear what you have to say next.

The second problem is, with such an overly simplistic account of your achievements, you're going to have a tough time finding a recruiter or HR associate who's willing to stick his / her neck out and say to Mr. Macy that you're someone worth interviewing.

Help MCA recognize the unsung heroes in communities throughout the state who «stick out their necks» for Maine kids throughout the state!

This seems to be a case wherein a Judge relied upon other Judges» decisions in previous cases that somewhat mirrored the subject case details to explain away his decision, instead of sticking his neck out and incorporating good old common sense (from where good old English Common Law evolved from in the first place) to place the majority of blame where it 100 % rightly belongs, on the heads of the parties who created the problem in the first place... the sellers.

Someone who is willing to stick their neck out for principal.