The reputation of this country for justice will not be enhanced by shrugging our shoulders, or by displaying an absence of passion.
It is no use the economists and technocrats shrugging off resource protection studies as an extra time-consuming filter in their project programme.
There is no point in shrugging this off.
Condoning domestic violence by turning a blind eye and shrugging one's shoulders has gone on long enough.
There is no question of shrugging off responsibilities.
Continual talk of perpetuating divisions only damages a great industry that is shrugging off a disastrous political strike.
There have been some sneering remarks—and perhaps a shrugging aside—about the possibility of a national ports policy.
It is no use him shrugging off responsibility on to the councils, saying that each council decides its own priorities.
