Sentence examples for watchdog without from inspiring English sources

Perhaps the Labour MP Paul Flynn put it best: "You are supposed to be a watchdog, Acoba, but you are watchdog without teeth or claws".

"The league has always stood for government done right," Mr. Schumer said, "and they've proved to be a pretty good watchdog without having an ax to grind.

Last week it censured the Daily Telegraph for its undercover recording of Vince Cable, confounding those who say it is a watchdog without teeth.

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Sylvia Schenk of Transparency International, a corruption watchdog, argues that "without good governance, FIFA will have no credibility to tell players and referees that they have to stick to the rules".

The press watchdog Reporters Without Borders has strongly condemned her conviction.

The Paris-based press freedom watchdog, Reporters Without Borders (RSF), said it was "relieved" to learn of the pardons issued by the sultan, Qaboos bin Said Al-Said.

Media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on Saturday said the Tajik government had been intimidating independent media outlets in the build-up to the referendum.

The "Voices in Danger" initiative is being launched in collaboration with the Paris-based press freedom watchdog, Reporters Without Borders, and other NGOs.

To mark that year's International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, the press freedom watchdog, Reporters Without Borders, renamed the Parisian street where the Bahraini embassy is located as Rue Nazeeha Saeed.

Major declines in media freedom in countries as varied as the United States, Central African Republic and Guatemala are highlighted in the latest annual press freedom index produced by the international watchdog, Reporters Without Borders (RSF).