Example sentences of "complain about [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Every letter contains a message — it may confirm an order , complain about a late delivery or clarify a point — but it also does a great deal more . |
| 2 | In reply to BS Berlyn 's letter in the December issue of Credit Management where he complain about a creditor 's inability to enforce judgment against its debtor when a winding-up petition has been presented against that debtor , I can only say that he is ignoring one of the fundamental concepts of English insolvency law , that all creditors should be treated equally when their debtor becomes insolvent . |
| 3 | Hence some of the older hands in the force complain about the younger , more exuberant policemen . |
| 4 | The Länder ( federal states ) , which are responsible for integrating refugees , complain about the cost . |
| 5 | Third , they complain about the way business is conducted , both in the chamber and in committees . |
| 6 | Miss Harker was certainly very charming and many had hoped that her arrival might bring them some relief , but not one of them wanted to stand up in front of the boss 's relative and complain about the mill . |
| 7 | Shackel became indignant and said he would fetch a magistrate and complain about the Chief Constable 's attitude , which he did . |
| 8 | The cleaning staff complain about the mess left by the operating staff who in turn regard complaints as insolent ; cleaners are there to clean up after them . |
| 9 | People who complain about the failures of schools generally assume such a system , and indeed often judge schools by the examination results that they publish . |
| 10 | Leakey said he tells farmers who complain about the cost of chemicals to employ labourers to clear pests . |
| 11 | I mean , we complain about the mineral water not being from France — we do n't like the English stuff and we do n't like it fizzy either . |
| 12 | Not all women can use IUDs and they complain about the side effects of the Pill , but the Pill is much safer than an abortion . ’ |
| 13 | THOUSANDS of us complain about the size of our gas bill , but occasionally you may find your meter is wrong . |
| 14 | The US is hardly lily white in the battle over chip imports into Japan , and Japanese chip users say that their US suppliers have been cancelling deliveries in favour of US customers even as they complain about the difficulty of penetrating the market , according to Electronic Industries Association of Japan . |
| 15 | English painters who complain about the persistence of green should imagine a landscape that for hours on end is the bright colour of Heinz tomato soup , spiked with the burnt black twigs of the wattle bushes and bottlebrush trees . |
| 16 | Unfortunately , not enough thought is put into this area and many editors complain about the lack of creativity displayed in the ideas put to them . |
| 17 | Editor , — New patients registering with our general practice often complain about the time it takes us to get their NHS notes from the family health services authority . |
| 18 | Secondly , when readers complain about the lives of writers — why did n't he do this ; why did n't he protest to the newspapers about that ; why was n't he more involved in life ? — are n't they really asking a simpler , and vainer , question : why is n't he more like us ? |
| 19 | They also complain about the shortage of wood brought about by iron smelting , and ask for opinions on that matter : " … also of any opinion conceived of the great consumpcon of timber and all other kinds of wood made in divers places thereabouts by the Iron Mynes " ( they must refer to wood taken for charcoal burning for the furnaces , the iron mines at this stage would not be using large amounts of timber , but the woodlands were decimated for this reason . |
| 20 | So next time you complain about the price of products in the supermarket , remember what you do n't have to pay for . |
| 21 | They complain about the expense , but it is still better than the alternative : ‘ Before , we worked the fields with pure lung power ’ . |
| 22 | It is preposterous for the Opposition to claim that they can introduce such a tax and then complain about the Government 's introducing a new tax in 1993 . |
| 23 | Part of the Government 's failure can be seen every week in our constituency surgeries , at which small business people complain about the way in which their firms failed . |
| 24 | I 'll act on this , try it out with the Lower Sixth … see if it upsets them … see if they complain about the load vis à vis English , etc … ’ |
| 25 | Crossroads fans complain about the dismissal of their favourite star . |
| 26 | Somebody complain about the |
| 27 | Complain about the time it takes for the Beano to reach me . |
| 28 | He also complains about a cartoon in the London Evening Standard . |
| 29 | Be sure that you spell out specific words and deeds : if a teenager complains about a younger sibling , ask him or her to take the child on an outing . |
| 30 | Maybe the American government should note this before it complains about the success of Japanese business . |