Examples of 'lip-service' in a sentence
Meaning of "lip-service"
lip-service (noun) - This phrase refers to giving approval or agreement with something verbally, without taking any real action or showing true commitment. For example, 'The company promised equal pay but it was just lip-service.'
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How to use "lip-service" in a sentence
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I was just paying lip-service to my fellow colleague.
Big business had long paid lip-service to.
But paying lip-service to equality is not good enough.
A culture of denial has given way to at least lip-service to the cause.
Such lip-service is unfortunately far removed from reality.
Law courts that pay lip-service to all that.
Lip-service alone would never translate aspirations into reality.
We should not merely be paying lip-service by stressing how important equality is.
That means the courage to take action where we have only paid lip-service.
The era of intensive lip-service and pretension to democracy seems to be over.
I also stated that that programme paid mere lip-service to the environment.
Such a person pays lip-service to the revolution without understanding what revolution is.
Would-be efforts of a corrupt government to promote business integrity standards will be perceived as lip-service.
For exoteric use they were forced to pay lip-service to the traditional appreciation of liberty.
But lip-service about Christians is commonplace in the region.
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Organisations need to prove to stakeholders that they pay more than lip-service to cybersecurity.
Not the lip-service of ancient Israel who did not have the heart to obey.
Donor countries must now move from paying lip-service to their obligations to concrete action.
The United Nations can not be reformed simply by lip-service.
Too often governments and other public bodies pay lip-service to public consultation and participation.
And lip-service will not change society.
You can not evade the issue like that with generalisations and lip-service to general principles.
Bin Laden had paid lip-service to the idea but had never taken it very seriously.
The Squad will never be satisfied with lip-service or half measures.
Lip-service and political manoeuvring.
This Summit has paid no more than lip-service to this commitment.
There was no lip-service in his willingness to listen ; he really wanted help.
Let us not leave Geneva having only paid lip-service to social development.
Such a person pays lip-service to revolution without understanding what revolution is . ”.
The Colombian authorities are basically doing nothing but paying lip-service to these recommendations.
And, stop paying lip-service to calls for revolutions.
He has drawn international criticism for refusing to pay more than lip-service to Palestinian statehood.
We give lip-service to liberty.
He ´ s turned a deafear toyour lip-service prayers.
The same old lip-service is paid to the fight against mass unemployment!
Next Gen was still very much in the lip-service to equality phase.
Are we only paying lip-service to a link between the CAP and a cleaner, better environment?
The regimes that have broken relations with Qatar pay lip-service to fighting terror and instability.
Do not ignore the missionary imperative, and do more than pay it lip-service.
In many ways, the new Law will do only lip-service to attracting talented workforce.
What is noticeable, however Mr President, is that we only ever pay lip-service to this.
Hillary Clinton is paying lip-service to Wall Street changes.
And that being the case, we have to do more than pay lip-service to it.
Everybody pays lip-service to the case.
The finance ministers did it lip-service.
There is no point in paying lip-service to disabled people 's rights.
He's grown weary of your superficial faith. He's turned a deaf ear to your lip-service prayers.
When will we stop paying lip-service to the idea of physician wellness?
The SMEs have no use for lip-service.
The Left pays lip-service to those things, but without convincing anybody, including themselves.
