Usage of "lip service"

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An expression of agreement that is not supported by real conviction.

Usage of lip service in anglès

The resolution of the problem requires more than lip service, he added. 
 The Irish Times 

Too often in the past, lip service was paid to consumer interests. 
 The Irish Times 

Paying lip service to the concept isn't enough to make it work. 
 The Irish Times 

All we have, after 50 years, is lip service to human rights. 
 The Irish Times 

Quote: Live the lifestyle instead of paying lip service to the lifestyle. 
 Climbing Magazine 

I didn't get the feeling he was just paying us lip service. 
 The Guardian 

Teachings of virtue and morality are lip service and things of air. 
 The Complete Works of Brann, the Iconoclast — Volume 10 

Nor is the word empty and meaningless, coined of mere lip service. 
 Revolution, and Other Essays 

He criticized the company for only giving lip service to its customers. 
 Wired 

I don't want lip service and talk about I'm doing a good job. 
 Ebony 

But critics accuse the government of merely paying lip service to climate concerns. 
 Reuters 

For too long successive Irish governments have paid lip service to Irish unity. 
 Reuters 

These days lip service is paid to the idea of conservation. 
 The Guardian 

Google and Facebook only paid lip service to negotiations with the media companies. 
 Radio NZ 

They pay lip service to the idea of public service broadcasting. 
 The Irish Times 

You waste valuable time paying lip service to the democratic process. 
 Unfinished desires: a novel 

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Meanings of lip service in anglès