pay lip service to

It's not enough to pay lip service to that project. We have to do something about it.

Don't just pay lip service to what I ask of you.

Unfortunately, such views are not so influential in this age of economic determinism, even if governments often pay lip service to them.

These new movements, of course, grew out of the old ones and tended to keep their names and pay lip-service to their ideology.

But, even more important, Ron Paul is an unusual politician because he doesn't simply pay lip service to moral principles.

Politicians often pay lip service to many important issues during an election but they don' t fulfill their promises once they are elected.

The banks do pay lip service to the idea of streamlining investment banking to serve asset management, but not much more.

Companies need to do more than pay lip service to the human side of management.

Many governments do nothing more than pay lip service to the advice, or drag their feet.

Few European leaders admit to being protectionist; most pay lip service to free trade.

In Russia, even Mr Putin feels compelled to pay lip service to the rule of law.

Of course, most yakuza are just tribal sociopaths who merely pay lip service to the words.

Many of Libya's most educated and qualified citizens chose exile, rather than pay lip service to the lunacy.

They pay lip service to education, but don't work for better schools.

Why do managers pay lip service to innovation, but never give innovation projects more time and attention?

Some people only pay lip service to gender equality.

He really cares about you. He doesn't just pay lip service to you.

Now we have a president who doesn't even bother to pay lip service to the idea of freedom.

I know that it is not the rightway to pay lip service to Mother'slove.

So many of us simply pay lip service to the phrase "family is my number one priority" yet very few of us actually live it.