Sentence examples for be patronising for from inspiring English sources

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In my opinion, it's not reasonable to expect Sherpas to automatically add "medical guinea-pig" to the list of risks they expect to take, but equally it would be patronising for me to assume that these Sherpa did not know what they were doing – especially as Wylie was fluent in Nepali.

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Many feel very daunted by "high-powered" courses and worry that they will be patronised for their lack of skill.

Tiffany, like her author, is patronised for all kinds of absurd reasons.

Like Dolly Parton, she was brilliant at playing up the things she was patronised for, and had quick wit in a corner ("It's not true I had nothing on, I had the radio on").

In her video Pearce said that she had been patronised for a lack of political experience and ridiculed for her past – she was convicted for smuggling drugs in 1999 – even though she had been open about her prison sentence.

Why have you got a gay one and I haven't?" I don't mean to be patronising with my "awe" (for want of a better word) and I can't rationalise it; I'm simply trying to be honest.

And it would be patronising to assume that every internet user – except for the occasional geek – is a mug.

It can be patronising.

I am not trying to be patronising.

Others, including some readers of the Rotherham Advertiser, slagged him off for being patronising, for stereotyping northerners, for swearing too much, and for having a posh car.

If you like fashion for creativity and not for business, if you think about where stuff comes from and why, if you're interested in sex, love and beauty – but don't want to be patronised by adverts for "rad swimwear" or anti-wrinkle BB cream – then read Mushpit.

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