Sentence examples for sweeping the problem from inspiring English sources

Sweeping the problem from public view.

Chalerm's response was pilloried early this month by the newspaper, which accused him of sweeping the problem under the carpet and hoping nobody would notice.

"Sweeping the problem under the carpet will not make it go away," said Milena Buyum, spokesperson for the National Assembly Against Racism.

What we cannot do is continue sweeping the problem under the rug by sending non-violent offenders to prison.

They come to realize that officials are more concerned with sweeping the problem under the rug than bringing vicious predators to justice.

"Making a small gesture and then sweeping the problem under the carpet, just as has always been done for the last 30 years, does nothing to solve the deeper, structural problems," government spokesman Benjamin Griveaux told France Inter radio.

Be prepared to acknowledge this but don't let it be a reason for sweeping the problems under the carpet.

Mr. Gascón said budget realities would force the city to stop sweeping the crime problem under the rug by simply locking up offenders, who often come from poor neighborhoods.

"The Germans have been sweeping the plagiarism problem under the carpet for many years," said Debora Weber-Wulff, a professor for media and computing at the applied sciences university HTW Berlin and one of the few contributors to VroniPlag who was willing to divulge her identity.

"The fact that the government had to call together the crisis committee means they are dealing with the banks on a crisis basis rather than as part of a long-term strategy to fix the banks," said Ronald Morse, a professor of Japanese studies at U.C.L.A. "By sweeping the banks' problems under the rug, they have only delayed the inevitable".

Some Haitians criticize the approach, now being used to clear some smaller camps, too, as sweeping the enormous homelessness problem from view and delaying its resolution.