Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] been criticise for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Current provision has been criticised for : |
| 2 | Japan , for instance , has political support for such assistance , but the report points out that the body implementing bilateral aid programmes has been criticised for tying aid too closely to Japanese commercial interests , such as its high-technology products . |
| 3 | British Nuclear Fuels has been criticised for trying to conclude a deal with South Korea , a country which President Bush has named as increasing the proliferation risk . |
| 4 | Ventura has been criticised for taking away the exquisite and interactive control while PageMaker has been similarly slated for its tedious approach to standard formats and layouts . |
| 5 | The case has been criticised for deciding that there is no constructive trust where the accused uses the victim 's facilities to make a secret profit . |
| 6 | For instance , Kohlberg 's ( 1964 ) theory of the development of moral reasoning has been criticised for proposing a hierarchy of stages , supported more by wishful thinking than empirical evidence : |
| 7 | Judge Hill has been criticised for his handling of another alleged child sex case , it was disclosed later . |
| 8 | The NNDR has been criticised for not addressing the deficiencies identified by the government in the previous system . |
| 9 | The 1986 Act has been criticised for being a pragmatic reaction to recent events rather than a well-considered set of rules based on clearly articulated and consistent premises about the function of the criminal law in the area of public order ( see R. Card : Public Order : The New Law ) . |
| 10 | This election campaign has been criticised for being negative . |
| 11 | Since its inception the Design Museum has been criticised for the way its exhibits fail to distinguish themselves from department store displays ; to some extent the museum has tried to work analytically with this analogy — its inaugural exhibition , for example , was aimed at exploring the relationships between ‘ commerce and culture ’ . |
| 12 | The Stock Exchange has been criticised for anti-competitive practices in relation to market sensitive information . |
| 13 | The various offences created by sections 1–5 of the 1986 Act have been criticised for imprecision . |
| 14 | In the past the CEGB had been criticised for its lack of foresight in building high operating cost oil-fired stations and expensive nuclear stations in the face of cheaply fuelled coal-fired stations . |
| 15 | Social workers have been criticised for paying for driving lessons for a seventeen year old single mother . |
| 16 | ‘ Drab ’ shutters are criticised SHUTTERS installed by Famous Army Stores to repel ram-raiders in Redcar High Street have been criticised for being ‘ drab ’ . |
| 17 | Working for patients has been criticised for failing to emphasise the importance of people and not being more specific about the need for personnel management . |
| 18 | The paper has been criticised for hiring David Irving — an alleged Nazi sympathiser — to edit the diaries of one of Hitler 's chief henchmen . |
| 19 | Foreign publications have been criticised for alleged one-sided reporting and their correspondents have been denied visas . |
| 20 | As well as the controversery over the dismembering of the Nature Conservancy Council the Government has been criticised for the low morale and undermanning in the pollution inspectorate . |
| 21 | The government has been criticised for failing to seek an independent audit of BNFL 's economic justification for THORP . |
| 22 | The Government has been criticised for its complacent attitude to the protection of children and young people at work in a joint report by the Children 's Rights Development Unit in Scotland and the Scottish Low Pay Unit . |
| 23 | A film about an estate agency specially set up for squatters has been criticised for promoting an unacceptable activity . |
| 24 | THE RSPCA has been criticised for bringing two ‘ home alone ’ court cases , only one of which resulted in a successful prosecution . |
| 25 | A hospital has been criticised for the way it treated a seventy nine year old woman who had cancer . |
| 26 | ‘ The police have been criticised for acting prematurely . |
| 27 | The police have been criticised for their low prosecution record in rape cases and it is most unlikely that domestic rape would have been dealt with more enthusiastically . |
| 28 | DARLINGTON police have been criticised for forcing nightclubs to close an hour early on Saturday when British Summer Time began . |
| 29 | The DTI has been criticised for underestimating the number of children injured each year by fireworks . |
| 30 | Mr Suharto has been criticised for having too many Christians in his circle , among them the defence minister , some of his economic advisers and Chinese tycoons who control four-fifths of the country 's private industry . |