Critics have long bemoaned the status of undergraduate education at research universities, where star professors can sometimes completely avoid teaching.

True, they are puzzled: while the French Government continues to pour vast sums into the arts, Britain's creators have long bemoaned the limits to government aid.

Italy has long bemoaned the steady stripping of its heritage and is now engaged in a fresh campaign to combat the practice.

Bush family loyalists have long bemoaned the public's failure to recognize signs of a nascent recovery in the months leading up to the 1992 election.

West Village dog owners have long bemoaned the lack of open space where their pets can roam free.

You have long bemoaned the fact that he doesn't play with friends as you did.

Mr. Cutler saw fertile ground for restaurants on the Upper West Side, which its residents have long bemoaned as a restaurant wasteland.

Yet directors, actors and audiences have long bemoaned the existing theater, notably its wide proscenium stage and the alienating distance between performers and public.

The opera company, which has long bemoaned the hall's acoustics, has been the leader of the project, though the City Ballet is fully on board.

The Foundation would appear to be the first of its kind in Britain, where the art world has long bemoaned the paucity of private beneficence of this kind.