I think it is the critical statements, rather than the words of praise, that are more often uttered in the hearing of girls.

Yet isn't the Vatican further inflaming the matter by issuing sharply critical statements?

"When unity breaks down," he pleaded, "then our enemies exploit every critical statement to their own end."

(He was released after a critical statement by the commission.)

The following is a list of the critical financial statements to include in your business plan packet.

The exhibit was received by critics to be a critical and important statement that "the Faroese art scene needed new blood".

However, they should be careful not to compromise a good relationship with a politician by making a critical statement.

Or perhaps he is making a critical statement by forgetting so many of the lines he wrote.

It's a conceptual gesture, a critical statement about how art is marketed and shown.

The report includes a raft of critical statements in relation to precisely these effects.