Preposition: about

• maladministration: The European Ombudsman can consider any complaint about maladministration on the part of one of the bodies covered by the scheme.

Converse of object

• uphold: We did not uphold the complaint against the PCT.

• investigate: The Council do not investigate complaints about customer service or quality or food price.

• resolve: The Financial Ombudsman Service helps consumers resolve complaints about most personal finance matters.

• lodge: Miriam Binder Posted - 11/07/2006: 01:49:48 AM Just don't even think about lodging the complaint with the council.

• handle: I was satisfied with the way the Faculty had handled a complaint in two thirds of the cases I assessed.

• receive: A central database records all complaints received by the Scottish Court Service.

Adjective modifier

• formal: His belief the decision had been taken inappropriately formed the basis of his second formal complaint.

• justified: The Advisory Panel on Standards requires the Inspectorate's work to be 99 % free of justified complaints.

• anonymous: Staff who receive anonymous complaints will be expected to use their discretion and judgment as to how to handle such complaints.

• written: If two separate written complaints are received in respect of any member, membership will automatically be terminated without further notice.

Modifies a noun

• procedure: Full details of the insurer's complaints procedure will be set out in your policy booklet.

• handling: They agreed to make special efforts to improve their complaint handling.

Noun used with modifier

• endowment: My client is having great problems getting her mortgage endowment mis-selling complaint sorted.

• NHS: The first stage of the NHS complaints procedure is ' Local Resolution ' .

• noise: You can see that the investigation of a noise complaint can take a long time to follow through.

• consumer: Consumer complaints procedures are necessary even where there is a competitive market.

Preposition: of

• harassment: It will investigate complaints of harassment, which should normally be directed through the official grievance procedure.

• dismissal: NP took a complaint of unfair dismissal to the Employment Tribunal.

• discrimination: Commission on Disability We support the establishment of a Commission to which disabled people can bring complaints of discrimination.