1.   In general, ministers are willing to be flexible to ensure that they can counter criticism arising from immediate public anxieties.

2.   American officials have sought to counter criticism that the reduction is unwise by saying that combat-ready forces could be stationed in nearby countries.

3.   And in November, before the local elections, he started visiting poor communities, countering criticism that he had become remote from the concerns of ordinary people.

4.   Bivins changed the plan to counter criticism that the proposal would strip poor school districts of their best students.

5.   Advocates of the new system counter the criticisms.

6.   Bush has tried to counter the criticism by going on the offensive.

7.   Brown has countered the criticism by assailing Sanchez as unqualified.

8.   But Boyd is in a mood to counter that criticism.

9.   But the freshman representative counters those criticisms by pointing to his sponsorship of a bill to expand Walnut Canyon National Monument.

10.   Diehl of Bayer countered the criticism by saying that Bayer had carefully satisfied all its reporting obligations.