Example sentences of "have [been] criticism " in BNC.

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1 There has been criticism of the group 's wheeling and dealing which came to a head with the surprise sale of the William Hill / Mecca betting shops chain to Brent Walker .
2 While there has been criticism of Mr Lamont 's performance during the election campaign , Mr Major admires the way his Chancellor has withstood the criticism and held firm to tough economic policies .
3 On this subject , there has been criticism of Nikolai Gubyenko for turning the remains of the old Soviet Ministry of Culture into a Russian centre for the creative intelligentsia .
4 First , there has been criticism of the role of the ‘ market ’ in the theoretical position of writers such as Clarke .
5 Fourth , there has been criticism of the failure of the human capital theory to distinguish sufficiently between the contribution made to economic growth by different levels of education or by different subjects which , it has been claimed , has meant an unwarranted expansion of university education and of non-technical subjects .
6 So there has been criticism of the growth of patronage and of the extent to which bodies which are paid for by the taxpayer are not fully accountable to Parliament for their actions .
7 There has been criticism of the methodological validity and statistical soundness of the review of RAWP .
8 I remind him that there has been criticism historically when statements have been made about incidents in Great Britain , when it was commented that similar statements had not been made in the context of Northern Ireland .
9 There has been criticism of my buying but most were hired in a crisis when I was down to eight fit men .
10 In Japan , there had been criticism that Japanese officials were not adequately consulted during the Gulf crisis .
11 At an extraordinary session of parliament on July 8 , held to discuss the programme of the new government , there had been criticism from Islamist and nationalist deputies and the Constitutional Bloc , a new parliamentary grouping formed by 13 deputies on July 14 , had declared its intention of joining the Moslem Brotherhood in opposing the government in a vote of confidence .
12 ‘ Would there have been criticism of any other retailer doing the same ? ’ , he asked .
13 There 's been criticism by some Euro-sceptics .
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