Sentence examples for because of complacency from inspiring English sources
Previous commodity booms have been squandered and in some cases, often because of complacency, left countries in an even worse mess.
"People are being allowed to live in hazardous areas because of complacency and a lack of good leadership," Mr. Gordon said.
The mixed sounds and sights no longer concern me; not because of complacency, but because now - through repeated daily exposure - I understand that every one of them has an explanation, a purpose and a plan attached.
While a corporate approach may help to bring accountability to a school system that has suffered because of complacency in the bureaucracy, why offer bonuses to superintendents (front page, Sept. 25)?
The most urgent need is more research into new antimicrobial drugs, which flagged until the mid-1990's because of complacency and because they were not considered as profitable as medicines that must be taken for long periods of time.
TOKYO — New questions are arising about whether Tokyo Electric Power Company executives wasted precious time in the early hours of the nuclear crisis, either because of complacency or because they did not want to resort to emergency measures that could destroy the valuable plant.
(However, Hastings said, he would not dream of joining the Garrick "because of its incredible complacency and that horrible tie, all those boring old judges. I'd sooner have my toenails extracted with red hot pincers").
He has talked about leaving the 76ers out of complacency because, as he said, "To me, being bored is a mortal sin".
"With our fans going 'Ole' that didn't really help us because a bit of complacency crept in and it looked a bit too easy but the goal changed the complexion of the game.
Wilson, one assumes, wanted to counter suggestions of complacency because Aviva is taking on a second project by buying Friends Life for £5.7bn.
Never again, she said, will the team allow itself to be lulled into a sense of complacency because it is playing at home before 15,000 fans, the largest average crowd in the league.
