How To Use Complaint In A Sentence
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His wife shopped him to me with a bitter complaint about his clothes bill.
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Lateness and carelessness are subjects for complaint.
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The ASA said the complaints had cited the cartoon depiction of Christ and the Sacred Heart, the use of the term "miraculous" for describing a mobile phone deal, and the fact that it was published on Maundy Thursday.
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Handling complaints well can turn a dissatisfied customer into a loyal one.
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The company has been sitting on my letter for weeks without dealing with my complaint.
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A spokesman said: ‘Following a further complaint, visits to the tea room this year established the conditions of the licence had again been broken.’
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The watchdog plans to issue formal regulatory guidance setting out how companies should handle endowment complaints and assess where compensation is due.
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But, as soon as that box landed, as soon as he delved in and lifted out his brassie and his spoon and his cleek, Reid did not have a single complaint in the whole wide world.
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Bear in mind any houses overlooking your stables as you do not want to give neighbours cause for complaint.
Your First Horse - buying, feeding, caring
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Where we find questionable practices in sales or complaint handling, firms can expect that we will take action.
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CORONATION Street has been cleared of inciting crime after an arson plot sparked a flurry of complaints.
The Sun
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Many, if not most, complaints about misquotes, I believe, stem from a person's remarks being taken out of context.
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They should deal properly and fairly with any complaint.
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That last complaint is tragicomic given that Memphis schools typically rank among the nation's five worst with fewer than half of black males graduating from high school.
Tennessee's Chamber Maids
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We have received a complaint from some tourists about a bear being mistreated and kept in deplorable conditions in a snake farm in Pattaya.
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His numerous complaints are all variations on a theme .
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The case stems from a complaint brought in Belgian court by two men and a consumers 'organization that challenged higher male life-insurance premiums.
EU Adviser: Insurance Pricing Is Discriminatory
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I will pass your complaint on to my superiors.
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I'm sick and tired of your constant complaints.
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But the condition is also related to diabetes, kidney complaints, obesity and medications such as diuretics, or water tablets, for high blood pressure.
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Our letter will give you the name, address and telephone number of the employee dealing with your complaint.
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The TV station has received a barrage of complaints about the amount of violence in the series.
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Your complaint must be made through the proper channels.
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I NOTICE that apart from the widespread complaint that the German pilotless planes seem so unnatural (a bomb dropped by a live airman is quite natural, apparently), some journalists are denouncing them as barbarous, inhumane, and an indiscriminate attack on civilians.
As I Please
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Complaints against DirecTV soar after A.G. charges "deceptive" practices AirlineReporter. com: PICS AND VIDEO OF BOEING 787 DREAMLINER'S FIRST FLIGHT Aerospace: Boeing 787 first flight a key milestone, not end of road
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Bureau chief Small chided me for using the word screw on the air, which had elicited complaints from the Bible Belt.
Staying Tuned
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They argued him into withdrawing his complaint.
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Third, "patronizing" is an understandable complaint but I do have honest respect and admiration for most people at TT.
A Pat on the Back for Matzke
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Medication both subdues and pathologizes women's complaints.
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But it was busted by police after complaints from neighbours.
The Sun
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The complaints also seek to remove references to Lipitor in advertising materials and to eliminate computer links that misdirect patients to an illegal, unapproved product.
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To my knowledge, the patient relations office never discussed the matter with the surgeon -- I certainly never heard from him -- but I did receive a termination letter followed by a series of surprisingly rude and condescending letters from their risk management attorney after I pointed out that HIPPA promises patients will not be "penalized" for filing a privacy complaint.
Genital Photos, HIPAA and the Media
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Less serious complaints could be dealt by agreement with the complainant, internally or through mediation.
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A common complaint among air passengers is that not enough leg room is provided.
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They could produce a chilling effect on press freedom, empowering only the company with bottomless pockets and the rich individual with a limitless appetite for complaints.
Times, Sunday Times
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There has also been a blizzard of complaints about poor customer service, falling earnings, rising debt, and a hostile attempt to force changes at board level.
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She heard her sister's complaint and paid no attention.
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Neither I, nor my friends who borrow them, have any cause for complaint.
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Teacher Shelaine Goss filed a complaint, and the state brought charges Feb. 5.
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Within a matter of a few months following construction the plaintiff began to receive complaints that water from rainfall was ponding on this upper parking deck and not draining away.
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Petrova had no complaints about the final result, as she magnanimously admitted that she had been beaten by a better player on the day.
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But the signs, which cost the parish £215, will not be re-erected because members reversed their policy after being bombarded with complaints.
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Supposing the physician can find no tissue damage or that there is an inappropriate relation between objective fact and subjective complaint.
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He who makes constant complaint gets little compassion.
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The term was reintroduced in Sweden in the early 1800s when the parliament of Sweden appointed its first ombudsman to give people a place, separate from the king, where their complaints about the country could be heard.
Your Call Is (Not That) Important to Us
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This definitely is a bane as complaints of constipation, acidity, obesity, indigestion, etc., are rampant among the youth.
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Stanley's complaint is about the inadequacy of phyletic gradualism to account for the known facts of paleontology and the superiority of punctuated equilibria as an explanation for those facts.
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The Withern cottage is damp and musky and inspires images for former occupants with bronchitis and other chest complaints.
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They listened, with eager attention, to the complaints of their captive children, who had suffered the most cruel indignities from the lustful or angry passions of their masters, and the same cruelties, the same indignities, were severely retaliated on the sons and daughters of the
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
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Most kitchen designers hear this litany of complaints at least once a week.
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The sergeant fields complaints from businesses, keeps an eye out for felons and new faces on the street, and makes sure that certain hot spots are kept relatively clear.
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Fielding the complaints of disgruntled fans is nothing new to Liverpool coach Rafa Benitez.
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In previous reviews, I complained that the G9 was a bit too bulky and the P5000 series a bit too slow to focus, minor complaints about two very capable and enjoyable cameras.
Imaging Resource What's New
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Figures confirm complaints about flying cameras being used to peer into windows are rising.
The Sun
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Polls and complaints to the BBC about coverage before the event showed an unexcited nation, he said, adding: The public holiday blows a hole in the idea that the wedding will be an economic boost for Britain.
Royal wedding prompts surge in foreign holiday bookings
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The complaint would be more credible if he could remember more specific details.
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The European Union has launched an investigation into South Korean shipbuilders amid complaints they are receiving government aid which allows them to sell new ships below cost.
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Stephen Spruiell at the NRO noted the absurdity of Krugman's complaint that bloggers might use the same responses to rebut Krugman's repeated statements of the same ideology.
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Every year the Office of Fair Trading receives over 100,000 complaints about builders which illustrates how difficult it can be to find a reputable tradesperson.
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The only complaint being heard around the Malton rehearsal rooms is that more chorus backup would have been useful.
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Her voice took on a nasal whine of complaint.
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The company routinely recalls tainted products, but usually after receiving complaints from customers.
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The company has turned over to plaintiffs' lawyers about 30 complaints in which customers accuse New Hanover of racism.
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The most dull-witted, vulgar complaint about Gay Pride parades follows the form of ‘you don't see straight people running around with nipple clamps’ or ‘my wife doesn't dress up in latex and flaunt herself in the street ’, etc. and so forth.
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You may refer your complaint to an independent adjudicator.
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Mr McEvoy said he had taken down the car registration of the jet ski operators and was going to lodge a complaint with the Gardai about the incident.
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The approach was intended to short-circuit normal complaints procedures.
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She has lodged a complaint with the police.
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Iwan said that his uncle had a number of medical complaints such as hepatitis and diabetes.
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A problem in researching child abuse is that social workers, in particular, are consistently subjected to complaints about their work.
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You have no grounds for complaint.
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I had never received one single complaint against me," claimed the humiliated doctor.
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Villagers look like they will be losing their main bus service in just over a fortnight, despite a deluge of complaints to the bus company.
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Medically, insomnia is marked by 'subjective complaints about quantity and/or quality of sleep', leading to 'a feeling of being unrefreshed on waking '.
'Insomnia: A Cultural History'
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It had made her radiant, glorifying her substance without cavil or complaint.
SACRAMENT
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Complaints reportedly focused on the opening ceremony, in which more than 56 million Americans watched a man in a full bodysuit parade as a naked statue of Eros, the Greek god of love.
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We found that television and radio gave rise to far fewer complaints than did the printed media.
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Mr Kelly has lodged a formal complaint against the police.
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Your point is correct, but your complaint is moot here because the nature of animacy is not the topic at hand.
The early Indo-European case system and definiteness
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Now recall, Wolf, that when Palin announced that she's stepping down, she cited, in part, the endless ethics complaints against her, which she called frivolous and she said that the legal bills were more than $500,000.
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My experience is that more and more complaints appear to be filed to gain a tactical advantage in court cases.
Times, Sunday Times
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The couple told him that it was'tough and rubbery' and he passed the complaint on to the head chef.
Times, Sunday Times
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I have no complaints towards the hostel as it is a clean and liveable place for my son and me and it provides me with everything I need for day-to-day life.
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These complaints were not the normal tirade of abuse and insults we receive but seemed genuine.
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The big complaints are delays and cancellations, cramped seating, and overall poor in-flight service.
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I want to encourage such customers to complain and I want us to resolve those complaints quickly. courteously and efficiently.
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They may be content to put up with a certain proportion of customer complaints for a given volume of business.
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The monotonous complaint of the bucksaw came to his ears.
THE PRODIGAL FATHER
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Vehicles break down, complaints come in, work needs to be rescheduled, but it is all done with irrepressible good humour and charm.
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If your neighbours are too noisy then you have cause for complaint.
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I sent back the return attached to the four blank pages, plus a letter of complaint.
Times, Sunday Times
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The majority of complaints concerned difficulties in opening and closing accounts.
Times, Sunday Times
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No complaints about his basic vocal quality: effortless, easy on the ear.
Times, Sunday Times
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A story yesterday at The Daily Beast about the Title IX Complaint Against Yale crystallized, for me, just how misinformed this generation of young men has become.
Amy Siskind: Sexual Assaults Will Continue Unless We Educate Young Men
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After receiving more than 360 complaints that long-term overuse of the popular denture cream Fixodent caused serious nerve damage, the
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As a doctor you have a professional responsibility to deal with complaints constructively and honestly.
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Calling the SEC "nonfunctional" and harmful to the reputation of the U.S. as a global financial leader, Markopolos recommended ways to revamp the agency, including replacing its senior staff and establishing a central office to receive complaints from whistleblowers.
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What does one do if police station staff do not accept complaints in cases of cognisable offences?
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There were no thanks in the letter from him, just complaints and accusations.
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Complaints to the ministry have only resulted in half-hearted attempts to solve the problem.
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Her angry tone had changed into a kind of desponding complaint before she had ended her sentence.
Wives and Daughters
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At the time, TVB countered by saying that it was those complaints that were unhealthy.
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The newspaper received a huge post-bag of complaints.
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The first step is to make a formal complaint to the police.
The Sun
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I sent back the return attached to the four blank pages, plus a letter of complaint.
Times, Sunday Times
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During her interview with French police after the raid she informed them that she wanted to make a legal complaint.
The Sun
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That is a nice segue to my biggest complaint, the reason why it only gets 3-stars for me—the overall service.
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the patient recited a litany of complaints
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Inevitably, there is suspicion that the latest internal recasting of the MoD, though triggered by 10 months' work by Lord Levene and the defence reform unit, has also been shaped at the 11th hour by Downing Street's extreme anger at recent unauthorised public complaints by the service chiefs about the sustainability of the Libya mission.
Ministry of Defence: Too many chiefs | Editorial
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While I have no complaints with his direction of this film, I wasn't overly impressed.
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In great wrath he swore to take vengeance on the man who had dared to tear up his complaint so contumeliously.
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One of the audits was standard procedure (as a concessionaire to the US Forest Service, audits are sometimes required on certain contracts) and one was based on employee complaints.
Coyote Blog » Labor Law
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But council officials have told him to remove them after receiving a complaint about using stalls for electioneering.
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The mayor goes direct to the people to listen to their complaints.
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It is vital to get the whole story, because symptomatic treatment for any of these complaints, e.g. sleeping pills, tranquilizers, or narcotics, could be worse than no treatment at all.
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While I sympathise with the Union's complaints and aims, mass sick-outs are the wrong way to achieve them.
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Besides, he'd wanted to get another look at the area to the northeast of Iron Stem, the area patrolled by the company " partly in response to inholder complaints about sandwolves.
Soarer's Choice
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The intention was to convince City's players that they were now part of a winning machine but the complaints about his aloof manner have been frequent.
Times, Sunday Times
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The Association also operates a complaints procedure.
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In the same three-month period, complaints for the central area included five for incivility, seven for assault, one for racial behaviour, and one for unlawful detention.
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Dr. Tully also says it is a deobstruent or alterative, an acrid narcotic, an emetic, an epispastic, and an errhine; found very useful in gout, rheumatism, diseases of lungs, and some complaints of the bowels.
Resources of the Southern Fields and Forests, Medical, Economical, and Agricultural. Being also a Medical Botany of the Confederate States; with Practical Information on the Useful Properties of the Trees, Plants, and Shrubs
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The complaints aren't about the tone, the frivolity, or the joking references to pop culture.
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Beaumanoir in the thirteenth century laments the fact that every castellany in France had a differing law of its own, and Glanville still earlier makes a similar complaint of England.
The History of England from the Norman Conquest to the Death of John (1066-1216)
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The most common complaint is headache, followed by recurrent abdominal pain and musculoskeletal pain.
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Preble, meanwhile, stands by her allegations and has filed a formal complaint with the Tucson Police Department.
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The settlement stemmed from a complaint filed in July by Minneapolis barista Erik Forman who claimed he was fired for encouraging workers to join the Industrial Workers of the World union.
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It is sometimes a mild complaint, with occasional acute bouts - or it can be source of constant pain and discomfort.
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The American conservative or, more precisely, democratic sovereigntist, complaint about human rights has traditionally been that it is a tool by which self-defined political progressives pursue agendas that they cannot manage to achieve through domestic democratic mechanisms.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Globally Managing American Speech?
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Consequently, the Court found that that part of the complaint was ill-founded.
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This tetterous complaint is peculiar to warm countries; we know scarcely anything of it in our northern climate.
The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus
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My black file of readers' complaints is always dominated by grumbles featuring the supermarkets' failure to get the right wine from the right vintage at the right price on to the right shelf at the right time.
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When the public prosecutor appealed against that ruling, Pasko lodged a complaint in an attempt to clear his name.
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Meanwhile, this morning, the Complaint Department brought me a glitterball, which was both a lovely gesture and made me realize that she has been increasingly anhedonic for a while now.
And the boys of the nypd choir were singing galway bay
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Portugal has lodged a complaint with the International Court of Justice.
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The food was excellent-I had no cause for complaint.
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Staff shared rumours that star complaint handlers were earning as much as 10,000 a month in salary and bonuses.
Times, Sunday Times
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Sounds like the liberal Jewish complaint against the Orthodox synagogue.
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She told the Evening Press the ‘arrogant attitude of a small group of councillors’ during ill-tempered meetings effectively forced her out, amid complaints about the way minutes were presented.
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Please go to our website for full details of how to lodge a complaint.
Times, Sunday Times
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These schemes deal with complaints made by tenants or landlords about agents and they can award compensation.
Times, Sunday Times
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If this don't pass, I better not hear one complaint from anyone that was apposed to it 10 yrs from now when healthcare takes 1/2 their payxheck.
Doctors', seniors' advocacy groups defend health-care overhaul
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The 17-year-old alleged victim made the complaint at a police station in Brixton, South London, on Saturday.
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McGehee advocates the creation of an independent Office of Ethics Counsel to interpret the rules, investigate complaints and recommend sanctions.
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I do make my complainte, and whether you geue me cause to aduaunce my cries vp into the heauens, your selfe shall be the iudge: for, if like a iudge in deede you doe geue ouer your disordinate affection, I then appeale to the iudgement of your inuincible minde, of late accomplished with all curtesie and gentlenesse.
The Palace of Pleasure, Volume 1
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The Government Accountability Project, a Washington-based nonprofit organization dedicated to whistle-blower protection, had filed complaints of retaliation on behalf of the two staff members with the Ethics Office.
U.N. investigations chief under investigation
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The Canadian Judicial Council has the power to establish seminars and investigate complaints.
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We will contact the trader on your behalf to establish what action they propose to take following your complaint.
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It is essential that we have an effective regulator and an ombudsman to deal with complaints.
Times, Sunday Times
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Mr Genoa filed a formal complaint against the department.
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Complaints from the disabled community in New Jersey led to four theater chains there to add special device for the hearing impaired.
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Besides which, a complaint is usually uttered more to elicit sympathy than in real expectation that the grievance will be addressed.
Times, Sunday Times
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Those complaints didn't put a damper on sales, however, as NPD reported the title sold 114,000 copies in the U.S. in just over two weeks.
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You have no cause for complaint/no cause to complain.
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It was as if the claimant's complaint had been without any merit at all, as if it had been contrived.
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The Sincan High Criminal Court has revoked the "nonsuit" decision of the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office on the criminal complaint about the phones of Ömer Faruk Eminağaoğlu being tapped.
Hurriyet Dailynews
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The department, which is responsible for protecting voters' rights and preventing voter fraud, also has set up a Web site and toll-free phone number for citizens to file complaints.
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My inbox has been flooded with complaints.
The Sun
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He said the council had failed to deal properly with his complaint about the Inspection and Registration Unit.
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They waited hours without complaint for the ship to embark.
The Tribes Triumphant
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The Editor says One of the commonest letters of complaint or query that we receive covers the topic of out-of-date test kits.
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The Police Complaints Authority has logged more than 90 complaints.
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That followed a complaint by the trust but he was never prosecuted and has continued to fish and farm the clams largely undisturbed.
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I want to encourage such customers to complain and I want us to resolve those complaints quickly. courteously and efficiently.
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The complaint also accused Forest of ignoring a study that revealed that Celexa, which is chemically similar to Lexapro, was ineffective in children and then having its sales staff use a second study that with more positive outcomes for Lexapro's pediatric use, reported Reuters.
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In short, access to Police Complaints Authority files is a necessary condition to the fulfilment of the obligations of the commission.
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If you are still not satisfied with our response you can take your complaint to the Banking Ombudsman.
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She is not known for her sensitivity in dealing with complaints.
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I feel we ought to at least appear co-operative to minimise the scrutiny about the complaints.
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Low backache and lower abdomen pain are common complaints and fever may accompany these symptoms.
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Several complaints of electoral irregularities and fraud were made.
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There's no rough stuff from the police - nothing you could file a complaint about - just an unexpected public display.
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A problem in researching child abuse is that social workers, in particular, are consistently subjected to complaints about their work.
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We were always on the sharp end of clients' complaints.
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Today I wasn't worried about her and I was glad the nimrod had seated Ryan and I next to each other even throughout all my voiced complaints and protests.
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The form of body peculiarly subject to phthisical complaints was the smooth, the whitish, that resembling the lentil; the reddish, the blue-eyed, the leucophlegmatic, and that with the scapulae having the appearance of wings: and women in like manner, with regard to the melancholic and subsanguineous, phrenitic and dysenteric affections principally attacked them.
Of The Epidemics
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According to the Federal Trade Commission's latest calculations, complaints about unordered merchandise and services skyrocketed 169% from 1998 to 2000.
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Half of the total number of disputes referred to the ombudsman involved four of Britain's largest financial services groups: Lloyds (with 44,601 new complaints in the last financial year); Barclays (17,471 new complaints); the Royal Bank of Scotland (15,113), and HSBC (12,269).
PPI mis-selling claims swamp banks
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Please follow the proper procedures for dealing with complaints.
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And the embarrassing is that a considerable number of auction sales phase of the so-called "star property" to live in when broken, complaints, disputes followed.
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Susanne Igneri filed a complaint last week in Nassau County Supreme Court against the luxury hotel, which is owned and operated by Hilton Worldwide.
Waldorf Bug Suit
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The leaves of bael are astringent, a laxative, a febrifuge and an expectorant and are useful in ophthalmia, deafness, inflammations, catarrh, diabetes and asthmatic complaints.
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It is a waste of time going to the doctor with most mild complaints.
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He said the move increased parental choice and responded to complaints that the Government was discriminating against church schools.
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But howsoeuer the matter went, archbishop Robert was glad to depart out of the realme, and going to Rome, made complaint in the court there, of the iniuries that were offred him: but in returning through Normandie, he died in the abbeie of Gemmeticum, where he had bene moonke before his comming into England.
Chronicles (1 of 6): The Historie of England (8 of 8) The Eight Booke of the Historie of England
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OTTAWA — The Bloc Quebecois filed a police complaint over what it described as sabotage in one of four federal byelections Monday.
Dismal Turnouts For Victory!
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For example, concomitant complaints of limb weakness suggest the presence of neurologic or connective tissue disease.
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That this same complaint is made by legions of girls in small towns and suburbs across America is just one of the reasons this film cuts across national and cultural boundaries so well.
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As far as balance between national and regional reporting is concerned, there appears to be little cause for complaint.
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The high prices at many airports have incurred many complaints and also drew unfavourable media attention.
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The president praised teachers for their meritorious service in educating students, but declined to touch on teachers' complaints about their meager wages and poor living conditions.
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Here I recorded my adult reflections, insights, and thoughts, dialogued with the young girl, listened to her complaints and her feelings as she struggled hard to emerge into my conscious life.
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If bubbles remain, a common complaint, place the slide for a short time on the hot plate, melting the mountant, and then the coverslip can be carefully removed and placed in distilled water to remove excess mountant.
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It was set up by law to help consumers settle complaints against financial firms
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These complaints about usage are very common.
Times, Sunday Times
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But the complaint then, or the objection to the physicalist, takes the form that we couldn't be a merely physical entity because no merely physical entity could have free will.
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The bill would ensure nonjudicial majorities of members on the JCB, which is supposed to investigate complaints against judges, and on the Court of Judicial Discipline, which adjudicates cases forwarded by the JCB.
Gas Drilling
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Mr Kelly has lodged a formal complaint against the police.
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We also give you top tips to ward off the most common illnesses and health complaints.
The Sun
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The Complaints Department was beset by angry customers.
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A long-term solution may be a radical reform of the Press Complaints Commission aimed at getting more informative, balanced reporting.
