pay lip service to something

poskytovat čemu pouze slovní podporu

For all these reasons some economists have for years advocated this approach to monetary policy and during the 1970s a number of governments began at least to pay lip service to it by announcing target rates of growth for the money supply over the coming year.

Crime is a big issue not just an issue of sentencing or the courts, but something that must be looked at away from politics. Politicians pay lip service to crime.

All unions have good policies on racial equality at national level but very little is put into practice at local levels. The picture is no different in Cleveland . Most of the unions pay lip service to equal rights and racial equality for black members.

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