Example sentences of "complained about the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For another , the ‘ war party ’ may already have taken over within the Vietminh : at least when Sainteny , attempting his last act of mediation , saw Ho for the last time before the war started , he complained about the moderate elements who had been eliminated from the government to the benefit of the notorious Francophobes ; and as the war was on the point of beginning , and as attacks on French soldiers and civilians had not ceased , nor had French retaliation , Sainteny 's exasperation was to be seen in his demand that culprits should be punished within 24 hours . |
| 2 | Sometimes seditious speeches complained about the various injustices suffered under William , reflecting a Country Jacobite position . |
| 3 | He complained about the absurd cost of mullet and in a wild bid to introduce good housekeeping to Imperial Rome he served for dinner what was leftover from the banquet before . |
| 4 | Drinkers also complained about the poor state of pub toilets and ‘ down at heel ’ gardens . |
| 5 | Shopkeepers who signed deals with Sturdy 's company Classic Video , of Victoria Road , Darlington , complained about the poor quality films and the lack of new titles . |
| 6 | Lech Walesa was probably more popular when he was a freedom-fighter in Poland than when he came here recently and complained about the low level of enthusiasm for investing in his country.Today the only country to spend more than 1 per cent of its output on aid is Norway , with Holland and Denmark close behind . |
| 7 | North Tyneside complained about the low status given to North Shields shopping centre . |
| 8 | In the early days a few Members complained about the new lighting , but some adjustments were made and the Committee reported no further objections on these grounds ( although a survey of MPs attitudes following the introduction of television , which was conducted by the IBA , showed that 59% of the respondents found the lighting in the Chamber too bright , compared with 31% before the experiment began ) . |
| 9 | Parishioners complained about the frequent congestion around the bus stop . |
| 10 | Moran complained about the unnecessary disturbance though it was the cost that he was secretly worried by . |
| 11 | Just a few years ago he complained about the exact opposite — that the provisions for the community charge in Scotland were in a separate Bill from those for England and Wales . |
| 12 | The women who had this type of machine complained about the considerable amount of work still required of the housewife , and the mess on the kitchen floor to be cleared up afterwards . |
| 13 | In so far as the historic cost pricing rules applied , the large consumers were subsidised like others initially , but , by the mid-1950s , their prices probably reflected long-run costs fairly accurately ( though they correctly , if somewhat ineffectively , complained about the continuing subsidy to the domestic consumer , which they suspected but could not prove ) . |
| 14 | Complaints about the grievous burden of purveyance reappeared the following year , and the Meaux Chronicler complained about the outrageous burden of taxation imposed for the campaign of 1335 . |
| 15 | Ruth constantly complained about the fidgeting child next to her . |