Sentence examples for complacent of the from inspiring English sources

Before returning, inescapably, to the fact that it is wretchedly complacent of the Football Association not to act on Newcastle's demand for a reappraisal of De Jong's breaking of Ben Arfa's leg in two places, maybe we should get a little historical perspective.

Labour's Stella Creasy said it was "breathtakingly complacent" of the government to allow this to happen without understanding the effects.

I had worked at The Sun for 19 months cutting off my oxygen with everyone else – I had become complacent of the regular wage and I thought about my escalating mortgage repayments, credit card repayments, but mostly I thought about my two-year-old son and my wife who was expecting our second child.

"It would be naive and complacent of those in the UK to think such a criminal conspiracy does not involve the English game and all the football in Europe".

When they speak to outsiders, it is in the complacent tone of the Chamber of Commerce.

How else to jolt us out of our complacent understanding of the world we think we know?

The complacent attitude of the Ottoman authorities led to direct French intervention on behalf of the Christians.

Modern Britain is ensnared by a complacent view of the past.

Walker's speech underlined the complacent acceptance of the cover-up culture that exists in the NHS, often sanctioned at highest levels.

David Wise reports the complacent cynicism of the Russian spies, but only in passing, as an amusing footnote to a tale of monstrous treachery.

Forget complacent talk of the Paralympics changing attitudes; after all, Britain was held up this week in New Zealand as an example of how not to treat people with disabilities.