Sentence examples for complacent figure from inspiring English sources

Early in the 90-day campaign his supporters worried he cut a complacent figure, declining a television debate with his rivals and stressing his national security credentials.

But the Conservative justice spokesman, Edward Garnier, said his response was complacent given that the figures showed an increase in the percentage of serious offenders breaching their release conditions.

For many months unionists were complacent: in January 2014 one senior figure in Better Together, the pro-union campaign, told The Economist that the only question was how large the margin of victory would be.

But the snazzy surface of "Vacationland" could not adequately distract from a certain hollowness in her rather complacent, easy portrayals of these stereotypical figures.

These deeply disappointing figures expose just how dangerously complacent the prime minister was when he said last autumn that the "good news will keep coming".

Despite all the complacent claims from ministers about the economy, these figures show that for ordinary people life is getting harder under David Cameron's government," she said.

Scottish Labour's finance spokesman Iain Gray said: "These figures illustrate exactly why we cannot be complacent about economic recovery.

The heart of the problem, you figure, is that unlike yourself, Americans have grown complacent and careless.

However, shadow education secretary Andy Burnham said the figures showed the government was "being far too complacent" and risked "leaving the next generation behind".

"These figures provide us with comfort, however we must not become complacent in our mission to revive Scotland's economy".

Dr Eva Neitzert, deputy chief executive of the Fawcett Society welcomed the figures but she cautioned: "Now is not the time to become complacent.