They are usually worthy but inconclusive, nearly always complaining about lack of evidence and calling for further research.

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Keep in mind that the business community is always complaining about regulations.

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"Sometimes it's fun to talk about the boss, but the person who is always complaining is widely disliked as well, " Mr. Purdy says.

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Are your elders always complaining about loud and monotonous music?

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Complaining how dreadfully hard she has always found it to put words on paper, Ms Bedford looks back on the desultory years of false starts and failures, of self-confessed hedonism, sloth and doubt.

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