Sentence examples for in total contempt from inspiring English sources

I think the Commonwealth is held in total contempt by the British political class while the queen has been passionately in favour of it.

Intrinsic to being a baby boomer, as PJ O'Rourke says in his memoir of being one, was to hold your parents' generation, the one that survived the war, in total contempt.

And here's a graph: Photograph: Martin Weale 1.25pm GMT Simon Chouffot, spokesperson for the Robin Hood Tax campaign, says the record fine imposed on Lloyds over its staff bonus schemes shows that the government is still being too soft on banking greed: "The people who run Britain's banks seem to hold the public in total contempt - pressurising staff into ripping the rest of us off.

Nearly 50percentt of the nation's voters not only did not support Obama in 2012, but expressed total contempt for his policies and his administration.

Fearnley-Whittingstall, whose Fish Fight TV series in 2011 also led to many supermarkets pledging not to use usustainably caught tuna in their own brands, said John West had treated the public with "total contempt".

It's breathtakingly cynical and suggests total contempt for voters.

They are showing total contempt for the communities that have been the heartland of their business.

One of these is: "Treat all female colleagues with total contempt".

"However, historically speaking a buccaneer is a pirate acting with total contempt for the law.

"Yet again it underlines the total contempt the owners of QPR have for the fans.

Actors who had worked for Ray praised his customary trust but said he could also treat incompetence with "total contempt".