Sentence examples for modern opinion from inspiring English sources

"Wilde is usually deemed less than great by the tests of either Victorian or modern opinion," Barzun writes, and this becomes an interesting bone for him to gnaw on.

I'm not going to change your position, am I? Having said that, it is interesting to note how much more favourable modern opinion is towards the book than it was back in 1991.

Modern opinion views them as the ultimate expression of the balance style of their day, and a foreshadowing of the bold and gymnastic mode established by Joe Brown, Don Whillans and others in the postwar years.

The thesis that the first practical principles are only incipiently moral should not be confused with the widespread modern opinion that practical reason's default position is self-interest or "prudential" reason, so that there is a puzzle about how one transits from this to morality.

Modern opinion of the theatre is more generous, with English Heritage describing the building as both Phipps' finest work and one of the best planned theatres in London.

In a contest dominated by two of the most unpopular nominees in the history of modern opinion polling, there may be little gain for either in a debate on racism.

I am finding that "modern" opinions vary widely.

Brown's repeated point is not that we are mired in ancient conspiracies but that ancient conspiracies anticipate modern opinions.

Modern opinions in Indonesia tend to be laudatory.

The bizarre fascination with ascribing modern opinions to historical figures is the reason why American religious zealots invoke famously skeptical people like Thomas Jefferson or Benjamin Franklin to justify their insanity.

The modern Supreme Court opinion is increasingly built on sand.