| It's probably pie in the sky to say we could unionize them, but that's what I'd like to see. |
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| Not so long ago, many people thought that bringing crime in New York under control was pie in the sky. |
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| We are not talking pie in the sky, we are talking about clear correlations which will help deliver a healthier Scotland. |
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| I had to convince them that my plans to renovate it weren't just pie in the sky and persuade them that I'd actually finish it. |
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| The plans are not pie in the sky, they are something we are pursuing with some vigour. |
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| And obtaining permission to hold a demonstration, well that's just pie in the sky. |
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| This is where our efforts should be focused, not at some pie in the sky thinking that Kyoto is going to green the earth and save the environment. |
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| Nevertheless, the paperless office is still pie in the sky for many companies. |
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| Is that pie in the sky, or is it fundamentally accurate to do that type of thing? |
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| This may seem like pie in the sky, but in fact there are some serious legal problems involved in that. |
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| The notion that the interests of a particular country can be protected by restricting freedom of movement within the EU is pie in the sky. |
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| I think that is the most responsible position that a government can bring forward, because to some extent the rest of it is pie in the sky. |
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| In the light of my experience over the last 12 months I am afraid I have to inform the House that this is pie in the sky. |
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| The notion of cooperation between the Commission and the Member States for protecting the Community's financial interests is pie in the sky. |
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| The green card is a fine idea but, unfortunately, pie in the sky as things stand. |
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| And the companies behind the latest sell-off are not the pie in the sky dotcom ventures that fuelled the frenzied run-up in the Nasdaq index earlier this year. |
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| If I am a disaster at any stage, leading the party will be pie in the sky. |
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| I am not talking about pie in the sky approaches to quickly replace major nuclear or coal burning facilities with solar or wind power. |
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| Without working on incremental changes, social movements become cut off from the reality of everyday life and strike observers as demanding pie in the sky. |
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| The government has a pie in the sky notion that it would stop droughts. |
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| The answer to this classic question may look like pie in the sky. |
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| At the time, many observers and competitors thought our enthusiasm about the Internet and the role we assigned it in our growth strategy were pie in the sky. |
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| With the inhumane, exploitative regime under which we live today, where discoveries such as this come second to the quest for profit, it is pie in the sky to imagine they might be used for the benefit of mankind. |
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| Can you give me some insight from on the street on whether that two-hour envelope is doable or whether it's just pie in the sky from a practical aspect? |
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| It will not even take effect for a year and a half if, I am quick to add, there is a surplus. It is a pie in the sky throne speech promissory note that will not take effect for at least a year and a half. |
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| Mr Verheugen, in my view it is pie in the sky to believe that the liberalisation of trade alone can modernise agricultural production and strengthen rural development. |
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| But this is pie in the sky unless Member States live up to their commitments and put the framework in place to allow European companies to be set up. |
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| Is emissions trading therefore pie in the sky? |
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| This was no airy-fairy, pie in the sky dream of a spot of giant killing. |
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| Don't you think I have anything better to do than go scrambling around hundreds of square miles of the toughest wilderness in the state looking for pie in the sky? |
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