1.   The Lord Chancellor set his face against growing criticism over his behaviour.

2.   The newly appointed finance minister, Wataru Kubo, is expected to deflect opposition criticism over the housing lender bailout.

3.   The government has come in for fierce criticism over its handling of this affair.

4.   The government had also faced criticism over its slowness in implementing economic reforms.

5.   The USA was singled out for criticism over its unneighbourly actions against Cuba and urged to lift its economic embargo.

6.   At the Strasbourg meeting of signatories of the Berne wild life convention, Britain was singled out for criticism over the Canford Heath development.

7.   They hope that a jobs package will go some way to defusing criticism over a perceived lack of direction on tackling the long dole queues.

8.   Brady does not absolve himself from criticism over his part in that state of affairs.

9.   Although Bush has ignored much Democratic criticism over the last few days, on Tuesday he lashed back at the president.