11.   The most influential critics were either misanthropic or committed to the need for massive reform.

12.   There were the critics on the newspapers who had praised the vividness and accuracy of the books.

13.   Critics were busy dusting down the same superlatives they had applied to their first three films.

14.   One vehement critic is Michael Howard.

15.   Both movie critics are real scrappers, so their on-air discussions of the latest releases are often heated.

16.   Critics were aghast to see how awful the play was.

17.   But even in the early days of the New Movement there were critics.

18.   The critics are ignorant bastards, the audience mercurial bastards and you are incompetent bastards.