One could have been in the heat of the moment in response to probably justifiable criticism, which had been repeated over a long period.

"The justifiable criticism of that proposal was that it would create three separate companies, some of which might not be able to stand alone," he said.

To be fair we have also been offered the chance of revising articles which attracted substantial justifiable criticism.

He was so loudly unsympathetic to many of our important literary works that his more justifiable criticisms of the firm went unheeded.

The publisher, Arthur Hays Sulzberger, comes in for considerable and often justifiable criticism.

The four white students deny this, saying the article was justifiable criticism of Mr. Cole's class.

I think one of the justifiable criticisms of Radio 3 - though not of my predecessor - is that it has come across as being too much about itself.

At the same time our relationship with the Turkish authorities should be sufficiently robust that we can make justifiable criticisms.

Mr President, there was and still is a lot of justifiable criticism of the Energy Charter.

This, too, is a justifiable criticism, but one that George W. Bush adamantly rejects.