Sentence examples for criticised told from inspiring English sources

The president, Goodluck Jonathan – whose efforts to contain Boko Haram's bloody five-year uprising have frequently been criticised – told delegates in Abuja for a meeting of the World Economic Forum that he believed assistance from the US and UK governments would help "resolve this crisis".

"The organisations participating in the resettlement programme should not be criticised," he told the Irish Times on November 4 1985.

"It's an ideology that parts of the British press actively support, and that is what I criticised," Bouattia told the Guardian, but admitted she was trying to think more carefully about how her words could be interpreted.

In remarks that some commentators have criticised, he told her: "There is no mitigation available by reference to the Abortion Act, whatever view one takes of its provisions which are, wrongly, liberally construed in practice so as to make abortion available essentially on demand prior to 24 weeks with the approval of registered medical practitioners".

"Something needs to be done because for three years as England captain I have been criticised," Cook told the BBC.

"Like the boy who was refused any form of affection, persistently criticised and told he was hated," said Mr Williams.

Over the past three months he has been criticised for telling reporters that "I'd like my life back," and for telling the Guardian that the amount of oil and dispersant released into the Gulf was "tiny in relation to the total water volume".

But then critics are often criticised for telling authors to write a different book.

David Cameron was criticised for telling her to "calm down, dear" after she challenged the prime minister over NHS reforms.

After challenging the prime minister over NHS reforms, he was roundly criticised for telling her to "calm down, dear".

Showing trademark contrition in September: Nick Faldo, who was widely criticised for telling NBC that Sergio Garcia had been "useless" at the 2008 Ryder Cup.