| Pity the subject matter offends the sensibilities of anyone with an iota of respect for romance. |
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| The set comes in another lengthy fold-out Digipak, which offends the sensibilities of some. |
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| The statements are completely uncensored and if foul or explicit language offends you then this probably isn't your thing. |
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| I can ask that the searches and scrutiny be done in a professional manner, with no insults and nothing that offends my dignity. |
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| The following sentence offends in another way and requires the hand of the emender as much as any passage in the original Greek. |
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| If that offends you, it shows that you have not really thought seriously about what's going on. |
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| It is made all the more objectionable by virtue of the fact that it offends not only the sense of hearing, but the sense of sight also. |
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| A judge gave the 29-year-old a two-year conditional discharge meaning he will escape punishment unless he offends again. |
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| The code requires us not to broadcast material which offends against good taste or is offensive to public feeling. |
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| The company's cultural gatekeeping offends many people who see it as insulting and threatening to their choice of available entertainment. |
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| For instance, on one occasion Stella's crassness offends the child deeply, but Laurel forgives her and tenderly brushes her hair. |
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| Mozart is the superstore wallpaper of classical music, the composer who pleases most and offends least. |
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| Want to see free speech abolished because it offends your delicate sensitivities? |
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| If it offends the viewers who reliably turn up each week for costume drama, send them a new tote bag. |
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| He offends progressives by minimizing the importance of venerable social villains such as poverty. |
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| If anything that is written here offends you, I am afraid that I am not truly sorry and I cannot sincerely apologise for it. |
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| Now, if something on television offends you, you can simply watch something else. |
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| To them if a practice offends their subjective sensibilities it must be unconstitutional. |
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| Because, in my submission, it then offends against the principle that where the duties are pre-eminently spiritual certain presumptions arise. |
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| For one thing, it offends against the principle that deterrent punishment must be kept to the effective minimum. |
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| Darcy, though attracted to the next sister, the lively and spirited Elizabeth, greatly offends her by his supercilious behaviour at a ball. |
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| It offends and horrifies us when we learn of decaying archaeological sites, looted museums and burning libraries. |
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| And it really offends me when people assume my choice is made out of a fad or lack of research. |
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| Because it offends the holiness and justice of God and scorns God's personal friendship with man, sin has a twofold consequence. |
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| It is sissiness that frightens, enrages and offends the men. |
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| And nothing offends those sensibilities more profoundly than profligate spending and runaway debt. |
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| Evolutionary reform has proved impossible because it offends too many vested interests and our political leadership is too cowardly to take the brave decisions required. |
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| I'll pay for it, or we'll go Dutch, if that offends your sensitivities. |
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| Call me rigidly European, but it offends my sense of food order. |
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| The release of the Romney tax returns is so amateurish that it almost offends me. |
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| It includes any comment or conduct based on the grounds listed above, that offends or humiliates. |
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| House arrest for serious and violent crimes offends Canadians' sense of justice. |
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| Venial sin allows charity to subsist, even though it offends and wounds it. |
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| You may ask them to arrange for mediation between you and the person whose behaviour offends you. |
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| That is presumptuous and offends the customs and practices of other countries. |
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| Do you believe that I should punish those who by their sins offend Me, when I know that the sin offends more he who commits it? |
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| But it offends my sensibilities to watch the president throw in the towel before the give-and-take even begins anew. |
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| When someone offends us we feel that they are trespassing on our rights. |
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| He offends no one and includes everyone, as a perfect human being who is in search of love, truth and the unity of the human soul. |
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| It varies tremendously by province and territory in a way that offends Canadians' sense of community and fairness. |
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| It cautions its members to avoid asking others to do something which offends their conscience. |
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| Harassment is any unwanted physical or verbal conduct that offends or humiliates you. |
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| Your prediliction for beaten brass ornaments offends me hardly at all. |
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| Outside of politics, the telephone and the cable, all up-to-dateness offends him. |
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| In the end, of course, the bad publicity was good for business 1.8m people watched, almost double what an opera usually attracts. Controversy over entertainment that offends the faithful is hotting up. |
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| Each side offends the other by seeming to justify their sense of doom. |
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| The prospect of a Labour government being propped up by a block of nationalist MPs offends many English voters, and the Tory campaign machine is cranking out posters and videos that aim to upset them even more. |
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| If he asks, he may be refused, and a refusal often offends. |
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| Thus, a student-led prayer offends against the constitution just as surely as one delivered by a school official. The case has stirred political passions on both sides. |
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| It offends the ethics standards, the code of conduct and the conflict of interest codes, and it offends the Criminal Code of Canada when it passes a certain point. |
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| Therefore, any trade or other economic policy that offends against the principles of human rights, either in design or practice, lacks moral and political legitimacy. |
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| Every crime is distinct, as is every person who offends. |
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| It works well enough, but the shabby exterior offends his aesthetic sensibilities. |
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| Finally, Article 184 of the Criminal Code punishes as a criminal offence the behaviour of anyone who in a public meeting or communicating with several persons, offends the honour of a present or absent person. |
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| If that offends you, then I pray God may spare me the indignity of representing you in Parliament. |
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| What to do, of course, is for everyone interested in improving his public relations to go back over the list and tick off the items in which he offends, and in which he hopes to improve himself. |
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| Talk of factories or of industrial processes when addressing the topic of healthcare offends and shocks because healthcare is naturally not the same as producing cars or wineglasses! |
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| That, in the opinion of this House, the introduction of a national identity card offends the principle of privacy and other civil rights of Canadians and this House therefore opposes its introduction. |
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| It offends me when they are referred to as friends of the Taliban or when they are told that they care more about the Taliban than they do about Canadian servicemen and servicewomen. |
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| The reform is long in coming because breaking down the delicate balance of exceptions offends the interests of all those who by means of one or another momentary bargain were able to assert their own specific needs. |
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| If that offends your sensibilities — or you believe that dinner invitations come with continental breakfast — just pre-arrange for one of your closer pals to leave at the appointed hour. |
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| Yes, Mr. Trudeau struck a serious blow to the separatists, and maybe that enrages the member opposite because Mr. Trudeau did a very good job as Prime Minister, and that offends certain members across the way. |
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| An Inuit story tells of how Fox, portrayed as a beautiful woman, tricks a hunter into marrying her, only to resume her true form and leave after he offends her. |
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| But life in the Big Apple proves to be fraught with social peril as the new arrival offends almost everyone with a series of howlingly funny faux pas. |
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