noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
criticize
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The document has been criticized by environmentalists for merely offering suggestions and not setting out proposals for action.
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The change has been sharply criticized by environmentalists .
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The reductions have been criticized by environmentalists as not going far enough.
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The thinking behind the report was criticized by environmentalists .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
play the race/nationalist/environmentalist etc card
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It will give the various groups and Tory Members who seek to play the race card the opportunity to do so.
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Mugabe now plays the race card.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Another serious problem for environmentalists is the type of tree and forest planted.
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At first, two decades ago, environmentalists predicted we would run out of certain raw materials.
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But the proposed development has angered environmentalists who argue there's no need for more housing in Swindon.
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In 1987, when an interim report was issued, scientists and environmentalists bitterly attacked its conclusions as misrepresenting the facts.
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Republicans reacted bitterly to arrogance, real or imagined, by Democrats and their environmentalists.
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The plans had been challenged by environmentalists on the grounds that gene technology involved unknown safety risks.
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They will have to choose between pretending to be friends of the farmer and lackeys of the environmentalist .