Sentence examples for critics observed from inspiring English sources

As Napoleon in Conquest (aka Marie Walewska, 1937), he was, as critics observed, the only co-star to dominate Garbo.

Critics observed that the Vatican was slow to punish and defrock priests who were known pedophiles.

He cherished roughness and imperfection, although, as critics observed, he could play a ballad with the best of them.

As Northern critics observed, that failure called into question their reputed commitment to emancipation, which Ford calls "a wish and not a plan, a preference but not a priority".

In fact, as many of the film's first critics observed, Hepburn is entirely wrong for Holly, a character who turns out to be a vagrant from west Texas whose real name is Lulamae Barnes.

Critics observed that the film might have been ahead of its time, as The Rocketeer's easy mixture of humour and action anticipated a wave of hugely successful comic-book screen adaptations.

The two biggest sellers, Lipitor and Zocor, are only slightly more effective in reducing cholesterol than Mevacor, an older, generic pill, the critics observe.

Japanese critics observe that in 2001 the circle of great powers is no more open to the militarily hobbled than it was in 1904, when Japan defeated Russia.

In English-language literary fiction, Western critics observe any hint of melodrama with contempt, but they usually make an exception for writers of foreign origin.

Quite often, critics observe, the behavior of judges, jurors, criminals, consumers and litigants is charged with emotion, distorted by cognitive glitches and failures of will, and constrained by altruism, etiquette or a sense of duty.

That, argue fans of the Obama effort, means it is a triumph of fiscal rectitude.Not so, say critics, observing that subsidies and other big outlays do not kick in till 2014.