| The body of a sea-lion is so flexible that it can bend over backwards and just about touch its nose to the tips of its back flippers. |
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| The true advantage to foreign visitors in Thailand is that they are extremely welcome and most Thais will bend over backwards to please them. |
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| We are trying to set a meeting up with residents as we feel we can bend over backwards to meet their concerns. |
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| You know we bend over backwards in work to be helpful and polite to people. |
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| They will bend over backwards to make sure prisoners in this country get to a funeral, even of a friend. |
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| I think it is absolutely critical that we bend over backwards to make sure that we accord due process including to the refugee claimant process. |
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| Do let your customers know you will bend over backwards to hold onto their business. |
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| I felt uncomfortable just listening to him bend over backwards doing cultural sensitivity gymnastics. |
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| The best way to answer that is that this is just another attempt to bend over backwards to make this measure acceptable to the critics. |
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| We bend over backwards to make sure that people are not going to be incarcerated without having a very fair trial. |
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| But that doesn't mean they won't try to bend over backwards to hate their own gender. |
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| And not only are agreements adhered to, but in terms of flexibility we bend over backwards to ensure you receive excellent service. |
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| We're contorting letters with impressive flexibility for MAI Conseils, who can bend over backwards to win over its clients. |
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| But BELFOR is happy to bend over backwards for its customers! |
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| I bend over backwards to back up what I say. |
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| The challenge that we have at the moment is about jobs, jobs, jobs, and we must bend over backwards to try and protect existing employment and, hopefully, in the years ahead try and create new jobs. |
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| We bend over backwards when someone from headquarters visits our office. |
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| This may not always taste quite the same as it does back home, but you can't fail to be impressed by the way Nepalese people bend over backwards to please visitors to their country. |
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| Do we have to bend over backwards for everything the Americans want? |
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| We are very aware that whatever system we develop, whatever mechanism we have for dealing with the justice system, we have to bend over backwards to be sensitive to the victims and their families. |
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| And I'll bend over backwards and light up the room. |
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| The TCRe credit insurance enables us to cover our risks and keep control of our operating methods, without having to bend over backwards to conform with external restrictions and obstacles. |
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| The truth is different: governments with the most problematic internal controls bend over backwards to hide the fact from KP review teams, tidying up problems temporarily for the few days a team is in town. |
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| One can bend over backwards to try to justify such a decision. |
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| When you start off, for example, or have a new agency contact you promising a juicy contract, it can be tempting to bend over backwards to get the job. |
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