| But let's not spin our wheels with the siren song of cool-sounding phrases and poorly thought out arguments. |
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| When cabbage trees erupt, pohutukawa blaze and the first blowfly of summer sings its siren song, count us out. |
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| Ricky thinks Lucy can't resist the siren song of the sales pitch, but he proves equally unable to avoid the hard sell. |
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| Or if you fall for the siren song of the Evil One, you're going to be drained dry and cast into the pit of flames in due course. |
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| He heard the siren song of Hollywood, and swam to its shores, blissfully unaware of the jagged critical rocks beneath him. |
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| It is easy to Succumb to the siren song of your sofa, or perhaps to the comforting coolness of several pints of ice cream. |
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| It's certainly true that the siren song skirling out from all that heather and tartan has proven irresistible to punter and celebrity alike. |
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| I have no idea what drove him to begin playing music, what siren song it used to make him devote his life to it. |
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| Having ignored his department for the greater part of the year, the finance minister, however, yields to the siren song of tax leakage. |
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| An ordinary citizen worried about his tax or divorce or credit problems might easily be lured by their siren song and panaceas. |
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| It must be repeatedly stressed that we cannot yield to the siren song of unrestrained consumption. |
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| So he learns a siren song on the Hammond upright, woos wanton waitresses to his seaside flat and then tickles their ivories with the help of a love drug. |
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| The first thing to note is the importance of continuing to promote free trade, and resisting the siren song of protectionism. |
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| With luck, some judges will strap themselves to the mast of parliamentary intention and resist the Lord Chancellor's siren song. |
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| Sometimes they live and act as if they have been seduced away from us by some siren song we do not hear. |
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| I resisted the then-loud siren song of semiotics at Brown, and studied English instead. |
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| But there are others in Europe who do not accept the argument for openness, and who are tempted by the siren song of protectionism. |
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| Do you think that is the way forward, or should we close our ears to the liberal siren song? |
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| These days we hear the siren song of globalisation and together with that goes the idea that we are international. |
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| What are the realities of consumption on BRIC markets, should we be drawn by the siren song of these spendthrift consumers? |
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| In concert halls across Quebec, Claire's siren song rises and fills like a sail before the wind, carried ever further on the applause of her loyal fans. |
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| The west must ignore Belgrade's siren song. |
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| Some women, too, warned of the siren song. |
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| Mr. Speaker, I always welcome the siren song of seduction. The first example of the siren song of seduction is a compliment, backhanded though it may be. |
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| The siren song of the liberals promises us more freedom and more material comfort by way of deregulation or liberalisation in which no holds are barred. |
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| Our thanks go to our clients for their abiding trust and to fresh endorsements drawn to our management style. Because we resist the siren song of short-term profits, we have been able to maintain our fundamentals. |
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| Unfortunately, homeowners can easily be lured by the siren song of lower mortgage interest rates, but the levels themselves are only a small part of the greater whole. |
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| Romance never sang to him her siren song, and Adventure had never shouted in his sluggish blood. |
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| When Mariuchi caresses the plant, for example, sensuously emitting from the palps of her fingers, a siren song. |
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