Sentence examples for firmly private from inspiring English sources

If these roles revealed some private, mournful corner of Clooney's psyche, that corner has remained firmly private.

"He remained firmly private in his private life, a decision that one wishes today's gay community would honor," Mr. Day comments.

To the end of his life — even when the social climate had become more permissive — he remained firmly private in his private life".

Canadian agriculture is firmly private, but it has come to depend on government subsidies in order to compete with the highly subsidized agricultural sectors of the European Union (EU) and the United States.

The oil industry, the bulk of which was already state-owned, has seen production of both crude and refined products fall (by how much is a matter of dispute).Polls suggest that most Venezuelans disapprove of the nationalisations and firmly support private property.

If cities such as London are going to thrive from globalisation, channelling funds into affordable housing, public infrastructure and civic spaces, it is planners who must go into battle on our behalf – democratically empowered; confident in their ability to negotiate firmly with private capital.

Now that it is more firmly in the private realm, close friendship is central to the good life, he says.

Mr. Kuchma declared that he firmly believed in private ownership of land, though he gave no indication when or how he would privatize it.

The government firmly believes the private sector could run the roads more cheaply and more efficiently, getting a better return - pound for pound - on expenditure on the network.

You might think a school with its own ponies would be firmly in the private sector - but, thanks to a host of volunteers, one state school is bucking the trend.

And Hinman (2008, 67) believes that the control of knowledge that these companies have is "in a very fundamental sense, a public trust, yet it remains firmly ensconced in private hands and behind a veil of corporate secrecy".