• And the over-riding doubt is the thinking behind a policy which results in tickets being sold (by methods too convoluted and arcane to detail here) to people who either do not care to or do not bother to watch the tennis, while outside the ground the queues of genuine fans accumulate patiently.

    ECONOMIST: Ball babes

  • Many of London's big museums, unlike those in Washington or New York, do not bother to search visitors' bags.

    ECONOMIST: Tense times at home

  • If Ms Politkovskaya experienced discomfort, amusement or boredom, she did not bother to write it down: it was her subjects' story that mattered, not hers.

    ECONOMIST: Russia

  • But the Confederation of British Industry is arguing that it should mean a majority of all workers, whether they bother to vote or not.

    ECONOMIST: Trade unions

  • In the military culture, which places a premium on rank in decision making, many senior officers and their inner circles of aides do not bother to seek or follow the advice of more junior public affairs officers, despite their education, experience and training.

    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: McChrystal remarks sad but not surprising

  • In the nineteenth century, a college degree was generally not required for admission to law school or medical school, and most law students and medical students did not bother to get one.

    NEWYORKER: Live and Learn

  • The survey revealed that nearly half of credit card holders either do not bother to open their statements or give them only a cursory glance.

    BBC: Two credit cards

  • This may not bother the new owner, or perhaps they picked up the home for different reasons like the hardwood floors, crown molding or updated kitchen with granite counter tops and cherry cabinets.

    FORBES: Anthony Weiner's New York Co-Op Sells Quietly

  • Sometimes, he need not bother with opening his mouth or picking up his pen: When confronted by a reporter outside a Boston church in 2006, Scalia used a certain Italian hand gesture some call vulgar.

    CNN: Even in dissent, Scalia stirs controversy

  • Some people lack empathy permanently, others switch it off when they are tired, stressed or impatient telling a child not to bother you because you are working, for example and experience regret for their harsh words when their empathy returns.

    ECONOMIST: Morality and the brain: Medical diagnosis of malfeasance | The

  • She did not bother to feign interest in what I had written or, for that matter, what I was feeling.

    FORBES: Burying a Life in My Mother's Obit

  • It will affect my opinion of how much I should trust (or indeed bother to read) email from that relative, but not the email system as a whole.

    FORBES: Bill Keller, Guy Adams And The Twitting Of Twitter

  • He added many of its executives did not even bother to watch its popular drama such as EastEnders or Casualty.

    BBC: Miss Marple defects to ITV

  • It has too many steps and no one wants to bother with it while on the bus or walking (and hopefully not while driving).

    FORBES: Move up http://i.forbesimg.com t Move down

  • Neither Draghi or any of the bankers even bother to talk about the real problem of not enough regional income and too much government spending.

    FORBES: Mr. Draghi, Printing Money Is Not The Solution

  • Some parents do not bother to educate them at all: if they can afford to send only one or two children to school, boys generally take precedence.

    ECONOMIST: No school, no future

  • Exchange rules may permit the Chinese authorities to attend the board meetings of listed companies, something that might not bother the NYSE, which does not face competition from Chinese exchanges in its home markets of Europe or America, but would probably horrify a global bank.

    ECONOMIST: The Shanghai Stock Exchange

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