Example sentences of "to complain about [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As early as 1877 , the tsar had begun to complain about a lack of German support . |
| 2 | Community care also highlights one of the fundamental flaws of charters — there is little point being able to complain about a service if it simply is not there in the first place . |
| 3 | ‘ And it keeps getting bigger and bigger , and so we keep coming back to complain about the size of the hotels and the lousy service , and STOP PUTTING CUCUMBER AND BUTTER ON MY F***ING SANDWICHES ! |
| 4 | The match with Malta at Tannadice , Andy Roxburgh said yesterday , is also Ferguson 's chance to ‘ show up well and get his career moving again ’ after lengthy negative publicity surrounding transfers , fines and a TV appearance by the player 's agent to complain about the size of the bed in the forward 's digs . |
| 5 | Several joined in to complain about the tribute required by the deputy in Riba . |
| 6 | More than 50 listeners jammed the Radio Cleveland switchboard for two and a half hours yesterday to complain about the company . |
| 7 | Last week Sir Frank agreed that the objectors were entitled to complain about the delay in producing the full NII safety assessment . |
| 8 | It seems not theoretically mistaken , but simply anachronistic , an error of praxis , for Goffredo Fofi to complain about the lack of writing which confronts the terrible realities of Italian public life in the 1970s , ‘ that tells who we are , that is immersed in the lives of everyone ’ ( Fofi 1985 : 13 ) . |
| 9 | ARA officials met Dzerzhinsky on 12 April to complain about the requisitioning of their supplies . |
| 10 | A COMPLAINTS system is being set up by a local authority to make it easier for residents to complain about the service that the council offers . |
| 11 | When Mr , Mrs or Ms Public write to their Ward Councillor to complain about the service , it is the Council that they will see as being responsible , irrespective of the name of the company or voluntary organisation that holds the current service contract . |
| 12 | Chamber of Trade secretary , Bob Clough Parker , has written to British Rail to complain about the ticket office . |
| 13 | ‘ I am almost certain we will be going to see the Chancellor to complain about the way this was done , ’ he added . |
| 14 | I WRITE to complain about the way the council allows lorries to drive over pedestrianised roads in the city centre . |
| 15 | So far , with Worrell having turned down the chance , no one had been able to complain about the captaincy ; but by now Worrell had his degree , was very much available , and Alexander himself expected him to be made captain for the tour by England in 1959–60 . |
| 16 | The first problem is that although we claim we no longer look at such concepts of ‘ fault ’ and ‘ who 's to blame ’ when dishing out the money , or the children — even judges now realize that most marriage break-ups have two guilty parties — the law still forces one spouse to complain about the other . |
| 17 | The Lions will decide whether to complain about the assault on Richards when they have seen the video of the game . |
| 18 | Occasionally the police drop by to complain about the noise , but they do so only after midnight , and they fail to notice the incessant smell of dope , sharp as burning leaves . |
| 19 | And Melvyn , who had come to complain about the state of arts funding under the Conservatives , joined Alan in an impromptu duet . |
| 20 | I WAS very sorry to read that Mrs Drury had cause to complain about the Nightstick car alarm ( Echo March 9 ) . |
| 21 | Gonzalez has little cause to complain about the supply of British parts for Exocet and the frigates . |
| 22 | Mrs Whitehouse wrote immediately to the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications to complain about the episode , receiving an apologetic reply from Lord Hill of the BBC . |
| 23 | Nor had he had any reason to complain about the security measures surrounding visitors to the base . |
| 24 | His limbs ceased to complain about the riding , and he slept more easily on the hard ground at night . |
| 25 | In the end , they shipped us out because I was going to complain about the doctor . |
| 26 | Whenever these arguments showed signs of running out of steam , we turned to complain about the inadequacy of the supporting papers . |
| 27 | The customer may telephone to place an order ; to enquire about a product ; to ask about days and times of shop opening ; to complain about the quality of goods or service , or even to offer a word of praise |
| 28 | While they generally accepted the legitimacy of Whitehall interventions as ‘ bankers ’ to the industry in the annual investment review , when it came to discussion of other policies they were more likely to complain about the time that Whitehall committees and correspondence pre-empted , and to show impatience with civil service style . |
| 29 | Social pressures upon them to be " good parents " are strong : to complain about the situation would indicate that they are less adequate as mothers or fathers than they should be . |
| 30 | But before she had covered a quarter of the distance she began to complain about the light , high-heeled shoes she was wearing . |