Sentence examples for great complacency from inspiring English sources

But it was actually the Great Complacency that Mr. Bernanke had put his finger on.

WHAT an economist, Ross Garnaut, has called "the Australian great complacency" may be coming to an end.

Thinking about his life as a puppet, "he said to himself with great complacency: 'How ridiculous I was when I was a puppet!

And how glad I am that I have become a well-behaved little boy!' " Here we know Collodi is laughing at his character: Pinocchio hasn't learned to be a well-behaved little boy — the fairy's told him so — and he's congratulating himself not with the resolution to be a better boy but with the "great complacency" of a job well done.

In that context, bold pronouncements that a crush will crush the ivory trade could promote even greater complacency: "Well, they solved that one--I don't have to be concerned anymore".

"There have been lots of changes in our political culture, what I have been calling the great Australian complacency of the early 21st century.

He said the country was suffering the "great Australian complacency" and economic reforms such as working to reduce the real exchange rate would only be achieved by all sections of the Australian economy making sacrifices.

Speaking to FORBES in London in early May, Bernab says, "There is a great deal of complacency among politicians and economists that the oil problem is over.

Speaking to FORBES in London in early May, he says, "There is a great deal of complacency among politicians and economists that the oil problem is over.

"When the person has no role in the task, there's a much greater risk of complacency".

Besides maintenance, the second greatest challenge is complacency, said Rowe, a father of two who did one tour in Iraq and two in Afghanistan.