Commenting on the anti-Sikh riots in the national capital Delhi, Rajiv Gandhi said, " When a giant tree falls, the earth below shakes "; a statement for which he was widely criticised.

When internet hunting was introduced in 2005, allowing people to hunt over the internet using remotely controlled guns, the practice was widely criticised by hunters as violating the principles of fair chase.

When another negative word occurs with pas, a double negation interpretation usually arises, but this construction is criticised.

When Cain was returned with a small but workable majority, Kennett was again criticised within his own party, and in 1989 he was deposed as leader and replaced by Alan Brown, a little-known rural Member of the Legislative Assembly.

Oscar Arias Sanchez has criticised global arms industry spending as a failiure of conscience by nation states: " When a country decides to invest in arms, rather than in education, housing, the environment, and health services for its people, it is depriving a whole generation of its right to prosperity and happiness.

When Lord Wemyss criticised the Bill as " strangling the spirit of independence and the self-reliance of the people, and destroying the moral fibre of our race in the anaconda coils of state socialism ", Salisbury responded: " Do not imagine that by merely affixing to it the reproach of Socialism you can seriously affect the progress of any great legislative movement, or destroy those high arguments which are derived from the noblest principles of philanthropy and religion ".

When presented as a scientific proposition, it has been criticised by evolutionary biologists such as the late palaeontologist Stephen Jay Gould and the ethologist Richard Dawkins ; for example, Lovelock stated in the first paragraph of his book ( 1979 ), " the quest for Gaia is an attempt to find the largest living creature on Earth ".

When his decision was criticised by a local coach, Iskandar ordered him to his palace and beat him.

When he returned to England, Hobbs openly criticised Bodyline bowling, in newspaper columns and in a book.

When it was first published in 1830 by Lars Johan Hierta, it was a tabloid that reported news and also criticised the new Swedish king Charles XIV John.

" The academic Madeleine Macmurraugh-Kavanagh has criticised some of the eulogistic views of Newman's time at the BBC, writing that: " When archive and press material emanating from the 1964 – 65 period is examined, an interesting gap appears between what Newman seemed likely to accomplish and what he finally did accomplish ... Also relevant to the mythology that has sprung up around Newman is the fact that his favoured dramatic material was interpreted by some as being rather less radical than it seemed.

When criticised about his anti-NATO past, Solana argued that he was happy to be its representative as it had become disassociated from its Cold War origins.

When Richthofen did meet Hitler he criticised him openly for micromanagement, though he did insist he had been let down by his advisors.

When she was criticised by French politicians for not understanding the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty – which gives signatories the right to nuclear power for non-military purposes – Royal softened her position and, through a spokesman, said that a civil nuclear program should be allowed as long as UN inspectors were permitted to conduct spot checks.

When released, it was criticised mainly for the quality of its animation and the similarity of its plotline to the original film's.

When in 1997 the High Court of Australia expanded the recently-introduced concept of Native title in bringing down the Wik decision ( for which Borbidge criticised the bench as " historical dills "), Borbidge argued that Howard's proposed changes to the Native Title Act did not go far enough in abolishing native title from pastoral leases.

When criticised about privacy concerns, Toews responded that people " can either stand with us or with the child pornographers.

When a local preacher in North Shields criticised the actions of the magistrates at Peterloo, he faced criticism from itinerants and ' respectable friends.

GameSpy criticised the graphics and the multiplayer mode, and concluded " When it comes right down to it, XIII is a fine game ... Just don't expect the FPS of the year because, sadly, this isn't it ".

When asked about those who believe ' Marx was right all along ', he responded that they were guilty of ignoring the systematic abuses and poverty of centrally planned economies, and criticised Eric Hobsbawm, saying that " only when Hobsbawm weeps hot tears for a life spent serving an ideology of wickedness will he ever be worth listening to.

When Robert Kilroy-Silk, elected as one of UKIP's MEPs, criticised the leadership of Roger Knapman and expressed an interest in replacing him, Sykes announced his intention to cease funding of UKIP and appeared with Kilroy-Silk in television interviews to discuss the party and its leadership.

The group's performance in the final on May 21 was, according to some, not as good as it could have been, although those criticising the performance also criticised the song ( believing a song similar to " When The Indians Cry " or even " Club Kung Fu " would have been better ).

When the final failure came on 20 July 1944, Bell harshly criticised the British government as having made this failure a foregone conclusion, and reproached Eden for not sending help to the plotters in time despite having full knowledge of the plot.

< blockquote style =" font-style: italic ;"> When our output makes allegations of wrongdoing, iniquity or incompetence or lays out a strong and damaging critique of an individual or institution the presumption is that those criticised should be given a " right of reply ", that is, given a fair opportunity to respond to the allegations.

When I went for my interview with the director I saw why.

When she appeared at the store to help out for a few hours even my looking at her was surreptitious lest my Uncle notice it.

When we opened the door again for business and switched on the lights she said:

When she would do these things, he would turn blind for an instant and become sick at his stomach.

When I mentioned that for my first long voyage I did not even have the money for the return fare, but had trusted to luck that I would earn a sufficient amount, the young people looked at me doubtingly.

When it comes to this, I shall prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretence of loving liberty -- to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, without the base alloy of hypocrisy '' ( His emphasis )

When Heidegger and Sartre speak of a contrast between being and existence, they may be right, I don't know, but their language is too philosophical for me.

When these had been pocketed, we could still spend a morning cracking open other pebbles for our delight in seeing how much prettier they were inside than their dull exteriors indicated.

When I try to work out my reasons for feeling that this passage is of critical significance, I come up with the following ideas, which I shall express very briefly here and revert to in a later essay.

When words can be used in a more fresh and primitive way so that they strike with the force of sights and sounds, when tones of sound and colors of paint and the carven shape all strike the sensibilities with an undeniable force of data in and of themselves, compelling the observer into an attitude of attention, all this imitates the way experience itself in its deepest character strikes upon the door of consciousness and clamors for entrance.

When Peter B. Kyne ( Pride Of Palomar, 43 ) informed us in 1921 that we had an instinctive dislike for the Japanese, did the heated debates of the Californians settle the truth or falsity of the proposition??

When some question arises in the medical field concerning cancer, for instance, we do not turn to free and open discussion as in a political campaign.

When he remembered that he might have not signed the check, Mercer made out another for the same amount, instructing the bank to destroy the other -- especially if he had happened to have absent-mindedly signed both of them.

When the family business failed, Mercer left school and on his mother's urging -- for she hoped that he would become an actor -- he joined a local little theater group.

When he heard that Paul Whiteman was looking for singers to replace the Rhythm Boys, Mercer applied and got the job, `` not for my voice, I'm sure, but because I could write songs and material generally ''.

Besides doing a single song, `` When The Sun Comes Out '', they worked on the ambitious American-Negro Suite, for voices and piano, as well as songs for films.

When we consider the disorganized state of the world community, and the legacy of predispositions adversely directed against all who are identified as Jews, it is obvious that the struggle for the minds and muscles of men needs to be prosecuted with increasing vigor and skill.

When McPherson pushed blindly through Snake Creek Gap in a potentially decisive movement, the only cavalry in his van was the Ninth Illinois Mounted Infantry, totally inadequate for its role.

When they were first written, there was evidently no thought of their being published, and those which refer to the writer's love for Mrs. Meynell particularly have the ring of truth.

When a lady chanced to soil a pair of evening slippers, Brigadier Bauer was dispatched to Paris for replacements.

When we went for our walks Lilly's brother would come along every once in a while.

When the United States entered the First World War Baker made certain that the Draft Act of 1917 prohibited the sale of liquor to men in uniform and that it provided for broad zones around the camps in which prostitution was outlawed.