Sentence examples for appalling consequences from inspiring English sources

As if to prove her point, Supreme Court Justice Lord Sumption claimed that a rush for gender equality among the judiciary would have "appalling consequences for justice" – yes, "appalling" - and women should simply be "patient" and wait half a century for equality, by which point I would be 77.

Its appalling consequences are real, too.

The appalling consequences are all too stark.

This kind of life can lead to appalling consequences.

The government-backed militia "seem to have free rein with appalling consequences," he said.

The appalling consequences of Richard's lust for power are obvious enough.

Let us be clear: this is what is meant by the immediate fair representation of women being an appalling consequence for justice.

Written over an 11-year period (2001-2012) when she was "embedded" in the LAPD's 77th Street Division, her account demonstrates the appalling consequence of assuming that nothing can be done.

In the Standard interview, Sumption insisted it took time to redress such imbalances, saying: "These things simply can't be transformed overnight, not without appalling consequence in other directions".

The temptation to take themselves out of it [kill themselves] may be just as great even if they are innocent and that is an appalling consequence to contemplate," he said.

"The first inescapable and appalling consequence is that he [Hodgson] has been in custody for 27 years as a consequence of an unsafe conviction, old wounds have been reignited... for the victim's mother in particular, and there will be understandable public concern about the extraordinary circumstances of this case".