‘So it is natural for people to have an opportunity to speak out about their complaints and dissatisfactions.’
‘When I contacted the hotel about your complaint, he called you to apologize for the inconvenience and to ask what the hotel could do to make things right with you.’
‘It is interesting to note that few women have complaints about job-related problems.’
‘The best of what is available within the county will be on show this Sunday so we can have no complaints on that score.’
‘My mother's only complaints were that the eight-track had been removed and it handled like a whale.’
‘The 140 girls visiting Bhubaneswar have ample reason to fear voicing their complaints.’
‘He is not the best of communicators, but Bent has no complaints on that score.’
‘The T30 provides the sound quality that its stable-mates do, and on that score I have no complaints.’
‘Our build-up had been fine: we certainly cannot have any complaints on that score.’
‘Accustomed to an ample news presentation at home, Turner, when he travels, has the familiar complaint that some papers these days seem not to have much in them.’
‘My final complaint is the music score.’
‘Reporters who covered the war in Europe voiced similar complaints about the lack of information.’
‘The only complaint being heard around the Malton rehearsal rooms is that more chorus backup would have been useful.’
‘I have only one minor complaint: I don't know what any of this new music might be called.’
‘They are responsive and I can't think of any legitimate complaint about them.’
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‘The month-long trial was scrapped after takings plunged by £26,000 in 13 days and students fired off almost 100 letters of complaint.’
‘A friend of mine in the US subsequently wrote in to the offices of Power 99 FM, the station that had suddenly been flooded with letters of complaint.’
‘The EMA said the Chase Village resident who wrote the letter of complaint was invited to contact the authority if he wanted further information or clarification.’
‘The agency recently passed 200 letters of complaint to 11 TV stations, including state-owned TVRI.’
‘I sent a note round to all Guardian editorial staff with the complete letter of complaint from one of the doctors, and one of the emails, also complete, complaining about the picture of the bus.’
‘‘There are several inaccuracies in the letter of complaint,’ writes the investigator.’
‘A letter of complaint has been sent to An Post about the anglicisation of its name to The Post Office and a motion condemning this retrograde step was passed unanimously.’
‘He will have been thinking, for one thing, of the letters of complaint the Yorkshire Post has had from visitors to Haworth, home of the Brontës, who found they could not get away again.’
‘But now, despite the fact they had loads of letters of complaint when they dropped their daily crossword, Metro have started Sudoku yesterday’
‘Sue is also angry that she has only until May 3 to register letters of complaint against the proposed development, and is working as fast as she can to rally the troops to back the objectors.’
‘Shopkeepers in Barnoldswick are busy writing letters of complaint as the northern part of Barnoldswick has been plunged into chaos by road works outside their businesses.’
‘On December 8, Mr Brodie wrote a letter of complaint to the company's Wakefield office, after which he was offered a free dishwasher and washing machine.’
‘Industry representatives sent a blistering letter of complaint to the real-life parliament president.’
‘Maybe I should write letters of complaint, though.’
‘So I wrote a lengthy letter of complaint instead.’
‘How insulting should my letter of complaint be?’
‘The officer I spoke to said the painted sign in the road had no legal significance and he was not intending to do anything about it, so I have written a letter of complaint.’
‘But he was surprised when he received no apology or explanation from the council about the delay and had been close to writing a letter of complaint.’
‘If letters of complaint make soldiers feel better, then let them write.’
‘My usual rule of thumb is that letters of complaint should be polite, concise, constructive and preferably not more than one side of A4.’