Example sentences of "[noun] opinion [conj] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They called for increased federal spending , citing expert opinion that the country needed between $1,000,000 million and $3,000,000 million to repair crumbling roads and bridges . |
| 2 | When enforcement procedures are taken against a business , the cost of obtaining expert opinion and the legal costs of providing a defence can prove prohibitive and even result in commercial disaster . |
| 3 | Surely , readers will say , an unqualified audit opinion that the accounts show a true and fair view suggests a degree of objectivity and reliability ? |
| 4 | While Prost and Senna continued their dispute for this year 's title , Jean Alesi reinforced pit lane opinion that the young Frenchman is a future champion . |
| 5 | Thatcher 's government places liberty at a much lower level , it makes freedom just another preference , just something that some people want a great deal more than most people do , just something else to be balanced out with an eye to majority opinion and the next election … |
| 6 | It is erm alleged , it is to be alleged as I understand it by the er defendant relying on Mr opinion that the business would have failed in any event er because of the plaintiff 's general lack of experience in this trade and what is described as a lack of financial expertise or caution er to which the availability of extra money as envisaged in the original proposal , would have made absolutely no difference . |
| 7 | Only three respondents expressed reservations about the nature of HMI support and one must suppose that the critiques of HMI practices in the formation of education opinion and the relevance of these criticisms to the concept of ‘ broad and balanced ’ are not widely known . |
| 8 | The trouble for the Tory whips , and for such organisers of backbench opinion as the Chairman of the 1922 Committee , Cranley Onslow , was that far too many Conservative contenders appeared : Peter Brooke , the former Ulster Secretary ; Terence Higgins , a minister as long ago as Ted Heath 's government , and chairman of the Treasury Select Committee ; Sir Giles Shaw , another officer of the '22 ; Paul Channon , another former cabinet minister ; Dame Janet Fookes , some Tories ' hope as the first woman Speaker . |
| 9 | When the Conservatives are in opposition , the frontbench spokesman on each subject area is also chairman of the parallel party group , thus providing a direct channel of communication between backbench opinion and the Shadow Cabinet . |
| 10 | There existed other newspapers aimed at the European market , such as the daily Tanganyika Opinion and the weekly Tanganyika Advertiser , but their circulations were low and they mostly disappeared long before independence . |
| 11 | Although little detailed research has been carried out in the UK on the effects of financial innovation and structural change upon the appropriate conduct of monetary control , it appears that there is a consensus opinion that the effects of financial change necessitate that monetary policy be conducted in a discretionary manner . |
| 12 | Clearly dominant ideologies are not equivalent to public opinion since the former are connected with power and may override local concerns . |
| 13 | The stringency of these restrictions reflected public opinion that the motor vehicle was the primary villain in air pollution problems , accounting for between 50 and 60 per cent of total US air pollution emissions . |
| 14 | Again she was nearer the mass of public opinion than the trendy commentators who criticized this old-fashioned way of expressing things . |
| 15 | British Public Opinion and the Spanish Civil War |
| 16 | It has no guarantee in law and the Corporation has no weapon to wield against political interference beyond an appeal to public opinion and the threat of resignations . |
| 17 | In the finely balanced world of Israeli politics , such pronouncements are important in swaying public opinion and the Rebbe 's critics have been vociferous in condemning this stance . |
| 18 | Even then Mosley appeared at first to have some regard to public opinion and the image the BUF projected of itself . |
| 19 | The extent to which workers are able openly to contest issues can vary a great deal , depending on factors like prevailing public opinion and the attitude of the particular employer . |
| 20 | We also felt the officials were sympathetic to our concerns and were keen to help us direct our pressure more effectively towards influencing planning authorities , public opinion and the Secretary of State . |
| 21 | In every one of those commitments , the Conservative party and Conservative Government have led and reflected public opinion and the national interest . |
| 22 | He saw the whole machinery of government as keenly attuned to public opinion because the character of the government depended on the results of the last general election ; because there must be an election at least every 5 years ; and because the electors had a genuinely free choice between candidates putting forward different policies . |