1.   Critics call cockfighting a blood sport.

2.   Critics called the proposal a shell game.

3.   Critics have called the Senator a smooth-talking snake-oil peddler.

4.   Film critics are calling the movie a glossy melodrama.

5.   Some critics have called the movie a masterpiece, but not everyone agrees.

6.   But critics call it a faceless environment... a paradise for cars not people.

7.   Critics are calling on them to throw out the idea.

8.   One critic called it the Tate Gallery of the south west with works by Lowry, Henry Moore and Graham Sutherland displayed alongside local art.

9.   Already, his name on the ballot has forced Los Angeles to confront its diversity head-on, including what some critics call uncomfortable racial stereotypes.

10.   Although critics called it an accounting trick, banks defended the change by saying they wanted an accounting procedure that reflected their long-term view on their stock portfolio.