1.   Mr. Tanaka sat stone-faced, as if he could not hear the complaints.

2.   No one goes to such lengths now, though you do sometimes hear complaints from artists about the position of their work.

3.   Some of it was judicial, when it heard the complaints of private persons.

4.   Admittedly they would have heard complaints against themselves as appeasers and compromisers, especially from the American hardliners.

5.   Similar complaints have been heard from similar complainants.

6.   Although such complaints could be heard in almost any nearby village, he was not a local politician or the representative of any national group.

7.   Although he said he has not heard complaints from students in Elizabeth City, other students have reported they work reduced hours because of a shortage of positions.

8.   American officials note, however, that sanctions would be in effect while any complaint is heard, a process that could take months, if not years.

9.   And it would provide for an independent arbiter to hear complaints from consumers who have been denied care.

10.   And they want Figueroa to hear their complaints on their turf.