considerable criticism

collocation in English

meaningsofconsiderableandcriticism

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considerable
adjective
uk
/kənˈsɪd.ər.ə.bəl/us
/kənˈsɪd.ɚ.ə.bəl/
large or of ...
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criticism
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈkrɪt.ɪ.sɪ.zəm/us
/ˈkrɪt̬.ɪ.sɪ.zəm/
the act of saying that something or someone ...
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(Definition ofconsiderableandcriticismfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofconsiderable criticism

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The policy networks approach has been subject toconsiderablecriticism, heuristic fatigue, and has lacked rigorous empirical testing.
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Although there is a global effort in the government provision of farm relevant weather information, this effort is facingconsiderablecriticism.
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Indeed, testimony to the commission revealedconsiderablecriticismof the destocking and sales from the settler cattle industry.
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By the mid-1980s both its conceptual approach and its practice facedconsiderablecriticismfrom industry as well as from some member states.
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This argument metconsiderablecriticism; however, there is a valid core that becomes even more convincing if we consider not only transport costs but transaction costs in general.
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There wasconsiderablecriticismof the concept.
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This suggestion attractedconsiderablecriticismbecause of the lack of evidence for such a general assertion, but was defended on the grounds of giving realistic results.
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It is not their fault, but the courts do not have much discretion in disposing of cases; that has also attractedconsiderablecriticism.
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That scheme has met withconsiderablecriticismfrom people in the area.
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Such tax arrangements would be open toconsiderablecriticism, and are probably politically not feasible.
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At the same time, we have heardconsiderablecriticismabout the size and volume of the documents.
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I think that we should run intoconsiderablecriticismif we had ourselves made the suggestion.
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There has beenconsiderablecriticismof prisoners' food, clothing and sanitation.
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There wasconsiderablecriticismof the meagreness of the proposals and the modesty of the finance involved.
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We should have been open toconsiderablecriticismif we had not given the lead by saying what we were prepared to contribute.
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Nevertheless, such figures are subject toconsiderablecriticism.
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Two years ago there wasconsiderablecriticismof the services.
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Together, those remarks add up toconsiderablecriticismof the status quo in the gas appliance supply industry.
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The cost of litigation is often the subject ofconsiderablecriticismand there are a number of reforms which could well be made.
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From time to time there has beenconsiderablecriticismof unwholesome conditions in food premises—fortunately, a small minority.
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