The jockeying for position has prompted critics to complain that the new coalition is more about ego than principle.

Its presence on university campuses and its recruitment of young people have prompted other critics to describe it as cultlike.

The performers have prompted critics to use the terms "enchanting" and "magical" in describing their work.

The London revival of 2009 prompted more critics to laud the play as "Stoppard's finest work".

These visually intensive performances prompted critics to compare the group to Pink Floyd.

Such customers have paid for their telephones 10 times over or more prompting critics to call the service overpriced.

That musicianship and his track record are prompting critics and programmers to give the album a chance they might not provide other singers.

The policy is prompting critics to question when a prudent background investigation becomes an invasion of privacy.

But it also prompted critics to suggest that Mr. Gore had exploited a painful family chapter for political gain.

The decision to transfer the tract prompted critics to mount an extensive civil disobedience campaign at the site, about 225 miles east of Los Angeles.