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(1) An evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections
(1) Raise trivial objections.
(2) Quibble.
(1) The only cavil is that some of the extracts are on the miserly side and, from the bibliography, it is clear that the complete versions are unlikely to be available in Britain.
(2) My only gripe, and who am I to cavil at Shakespeare, is that Pacino and Irons do such a good job that the jiggery pokery at the end about rings and sworn faithfulness seems an irritant.
(3) My only cavil , and this is one I level against many restaurants, is that there is a separate charge for bread which, as you are given no option to refuse it, becomes a cover charge by another name.
(4) It's mean to cavil over the shortcomings of a product that's given away for free but I find the installation documentation dense and obscure, filled with traps for the unwary.
(5) My only cavil is the short playing time of this CD.
(6) However much critics may cavil , audiences seem happy.
(7) This is part of the child/parent relationship and in the ideal family, the children won't cavil at this.
(8) It is a little late for them to cavil about the details having delayed 11 years on delivering it.
(9) I could cavil at little details, but why should I?
(10) But while some may cavil at this, others may think it gives The Making Of Scotland character and a certain naive charm.
(11) The most devoted supporter of the right to bear arms might still cavil at the thought of arms caches under the beds of active enemies.
(12) Since he is prepared to do this, there is nothing that he cannot do: his ranks of craven, sycophantic backbenchers will not cavil at anything he says.
(13) But although I sympathise with almost all of what Todorov says, and applaud his achievement in saying it, I have a minor cavil about the way he gets his argument going.
(14) My only cavil is that Rachel Blues's design has none of the u2018dinginess u2018specified in the stage directions.u2019
(15) The opening poem, for example, Durer, Innsbruck, 1495, despite an occasional lapse which criticism might cavil at, is a very fine poem which would do credit to any anthology and to most poets.
(16) This cavil aside, the exhibition is a well-paced and absorbing study of the most influential exponent of an under-rated decorative art form.
(17) Purists may cavil at the liberties taken with scientific objectivity, but as a memoirist, he is a mensch, a prince among primates.
(18) So much is here that it would be absurd to cavil about exclusions; and considering the challenge Ferriter has set himself, the odd chronological infelicity can be easily accommodated.
(19) Many soreheads and unsympathetic people will probably cavil that this is pretty darn cool and lots of people don't get to go to Australia and experience such a beautiful land and have all these wonderful adventures.
(20) Ancona is especially fed up with critics who cavil that u2018if you're doing impressions, you're not actingu2019.
(21) It's a fantastic achievement - and one in the eye for those who have carped and cavilled about the underperformance of Great Britain's competitors in Athens.
(22) Of course, there will always be naysayers in this world, the sort of petty cavillers , who enjoy criticizing folks like Mark.
(23) So, your Honour, I think that is about all I need to say about cavilling or challenging the judgment of Justice Kirby.
(24) Given the existing imbalances in the US economy, one would have thought that the foreign exchange markets would have cavilled at the implications of this document.
(25) The boundless approval of the grandchildren stilled any adult cavils about taste and decency.
(26) Such small cavils apart, Devine's scheme is just what schools need, to substitute coherent teaching for the present pick-'n'-mix.
(27) These cavils aside, it deserves to be seen as the cast, on the whole, make the evening a worthwhile, experience and it is not their fault that the authors have not provided them with better material.
(28) Almost three years on, the carpers and cavillers are still complaining about the huge sums extracted from the telcos in the European 3G spectrum auctions.
(29) Frank Hadden has certainly had his detractors down the years, but even his most stringent caviller would have to admit that this is a man who has served his time.
(30) But these are cavils and, at root, only the difference between fact and a greater, truth-telling fiction.
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