Sentence examples for slacker from inspiring English sources

He was the terrifying thug Begbie in Trainspotting, the psychopathic Hillsborough survivor Albie in an award-winning, three-part episode of Cracker; he played Hamish, the amiable, hash-smoking slacker cop, in Hamish Macbeth and Gaz, the downtrodden former steelworker turned stripper in The Full Monty, which made him into an international star and changed his life irrevocably.

The article "A world turned upside down" (September 21st) was perfectly placed, illuminating and tastefully done, like the highlights in Jon Bon Jovi's hair.Eleni Klempner Irvine, CaliforniaCongress on strikeSIR – So Fox News is appalled to discover a slacker who is taking government benefits and perfectly comfortable about doing nothing to earn them ("Pincer movement", September 28th).

Whereas in that year wage inflation hit a post-war peak of over 30%, economy-wide average earnings are now rising just 3.4% a year; public-sector pay growth has recently fallen to 4.4% from 5.6%.The labour market is a bit slacker than it looks.

Taxes are simpler and the jobs market is much slacker than in Brazil.

Affordable-housing targets, slacker underwriting guidelines and the creation of new "low down-payment" mortgages were all used as instruments of public policy.The push for affordable credit worked.

New ways had to be found to cut costs further, making the cars still less attractive to buyers.Respite came with the decline in oil prices from the late 1980s and an anomaly of the CAFE regulations that allowed passenger vehicles classed as light trucks a much slacker standard.

The usual complaint in these situations is that this is unfair on the group, but recriminations can unjustly single someone out as a slacker and perceptions of others' work can be unreliable.

BEFORE Fox News discovered Jason Greenslate, he was just another Californian beach slacker.

A change of defence secretary might mean a slacker pace of reform in the MoD.

That can lead to slacker spending since it makes sense to postpone purchases and pay lower prices at a later juncture.

But its laid-back slacker lifestyle and love for rootsy, heartfelt music remains infectious.