Sentences with phrase «under criticism because»

Williams also has come under criticism because the fake accounts scandal at San Francisco - based Wells Fargo happened on his watch.

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Additionally, the report cites criticism that the definition is under - inclusive because sophisticated investors who do not meet earnings requirements may not qualify.

Mary Somerville, overcoming, as her daughter says, «obstacles apparently insurmountable, at a time when women were well - nigh totally debarred from education»; Charlotte Bronte, writing in secret and publishing under a pseudonym because only so could she hope for just criticism; Harriet Hunt, admitted to the Harvard Medical School in 1850 but forced out by the enraged students; Elizabeth Blackwell, applying to twelve medical schools before she could secure admission, and meeting with insult and contumely in her endeavor to study and practice medicine; Mary Lyon, treated as a wild fanatic because she wanted American girls to be educated — such figures are typical in woman's struggle for intellectual opportunity.

«We cop a bit of criticism because we under - stock, but it means that we don't come under pressure during the downturns.»

You can't fire back too often, because if you're constantly defending yourself, you've let the haters know their criticisms are getting under your skin.

Bale's place in the Real Madrid team has been under question in recent weeks, because of criticism about his attitude to defensive work.

Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere has come under heavy criticisms in recent months because of his underwhelming performances.

As absurd as it may sound, Blackpool will find securing that elusive win which would complete a memorable set of top - flight wins over Liverpool more difficult back at home, at a ground which has come in for criticism this season because of their lack of under - soil heating, which is why this fixture is the only Premier League game being played this week as the original meeting was pencilled in for December.

Criticism of crying it out and sleep training: Though CIO critics sometimes point to a 2012 study finding that babies» levels of the stress hormone cortisol remained high even after they stopped crying and went to sleep on their own, that study has since been under fire for being too small (just 25 babies ages 4 to 10 months old) and flawed because there was no control group and no baseline cortisol levels reported to define what study author Dr. Wendy Middlemiss of the University of North Texas meant by «high.»

[234][235][236] That same month he came under criticism from sectors of the left for urging RMT members to cross picket lines in a proposed Underground strike because the latest offer had been «extremely generous», leading RMT general secretary Bob Crow to step down as a TfL board member.

Cameron said Osborne had survived on his front bench despite coming under heavy criticism over the «yachtgate» saga last year «not because he is a friend, not because we are godfathers to each other's children, but because he is the right person to do the job».

In recent years, firms like Hilltop, SKDKnickerbocker, Mercury Public Affairs, and BerlinRosen with close ties to elected officials they help get elected have come under criticism and scrutiny because they have skirted state lobbying registration laws.

Like I was telling you, in most film criticism, certainly before the invention of VHS, everybody would get everything wrong all the time because they couldn't go back to check it before publication, and one of the real whoppers is Raymond Durgnat describing «Under Capricorn» in his writing, and then Francois Truffaut taking Raymond Durgnat's description in the «Hitchcock / Truffaut» book and getting everything all wrong.

The long - standing K — 12 academic standards developed by individual states have come under increasing scrutiny and criticism because of the standards» varying quality and the resulting wide disparities in student proficiency as measured under No Child Left Behind and highlighted by National Assessment of Educational Progress scores.

In part because of its huge presence, Capital One has come under intense criticism by consumer and lending industry groups for withholding its customers» credit limits in its regular reports to Equifax, Experian and TransUnion, the three national credit data bureaus.

«Right now,» explained William Ruckelshaus, who first headed the organization when it was founded under Richard Nixon, «the EPA is under sharp criticism partially because it is not as obvious to people that pollution problems exist and that we need to deal with them.»

Bob Ward, policy and communications Director of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the environment at the London School of Economics and Political Science, claims the link between extreme weather events and climate change is clear, and that criticisms about the evidence for an increase in disaster losses is nothing new and is merely a repetition of criticisms that date back to 2006 because the IPCC's procedures for reviewing scientific work is currently under the spotlight.

«If works which are reasonably necessary and are done to a reasonable standard are carried out under a Partnering Agreement Camden will be able to meet criticism regarding the level of expense by pointing out that Camden is already contractually bound to the Partner and had to place the works with the Partner at the contract rate provided for in the Partnering Agreement, and therefore the costs were indeed reasonably incurred because, even if the works could reasonably have been expected to have been done significantly cheaper by other competent contractors, Camden would be in breach of contract by giving the works to anyone other than the Partner.»

Because Missouri law did not criminalize harassment over the Internet, prosecutors were forced to charge Drew under federal laws that prohibit unauthorized access to protected computers to obtain information to inflict emotional distress — a move that prompted much criticism around the blogosphere.

Monero, for instance, has come under criticism in the recent past because of its loosely built anonymity and privacy features that make a go tool for transactions of illegal nature.