He displayed a leaden sensibility toward public opinion — for instance, continuing a vacation at his parents' estate in France in August 2010 as huge floods inundated the country and drove hundreds of thousands of people from their homes.
When applied to a woman it most often describes her appearance, but is also used to indicate female behaviour that would not be considered objectionable when coming from a male – asserting a strongly held opinion, for instance.
A.G.: If you take people's opinions, for instance by looking at the Eurobarometer, people seem to be reluctant to accept innovative technologies.
Some respondents' opinions, for instance, may have been based on incorrect information either about Ontario's regulatory structure, about the details of their occupation's regulatory process, or both.
Yet, this ignores the fact that different subgroups may have different opinions (for instance general practitioners may experience the culture differently from the practice nurses or assistants) [ 12, 16].
A recent opinion poll, for instance, showed that three quarters of Americans consider global warming to be a serious problem.
In the guise of public service announcements on the digital screen, Mr. Springer posts opinions — complaining, for instance, about the new, paid parking system in the village.
The General Social Survey, which has tracked Americans' attitudes and opinions since 1972, for instance, still asks whether children would be better off with mothers at home, and whether working mothers can form strong bonds with their children.
While I will be sharing my personal point of view more than is usual for someone in my job, I will call upon the expertise of my colleagues on the board, asking for their informed opinions about, for instance, the latest Supreme Court decision or the most recent unemployment numbers.
As well as multiple assessments, they often entailed second opinions from, for instance, old age psychiatry.
Still, different observers may have different opinions of for instance whether a pasture is hilly, intermediate or flat.
