Sentence examples for overt discussion from inspiring English sources

The overt discussion of race could complicate an already vexing political terrain among white and black voters in South Carolina, particularly in a three-way contest.

And while the movie shuns any overt discussion of money, it includes an instructive scene of Ms. Wintour playing the coquette with one of the magazine's important advertisers.

I would have liked some more overt discussion of the question of race and gender stereotyping – but this is a thoroughly enjoyable movie, which ends on the feelgood possibility that a backing singer can indeed sometimes find a place centre-stage.

Recalling an over-caffeinated and under-dressed teenager, one says: "The T-shirt, oh yes, the T-shirt …" Although a candidate's ethnicity is generally evident from his or her name and the photograph in their file, there is never any overt discussion of race.

By the start of the 20th century, English schools were being advised by the government to avoid overt discussion of Edward's personal relationships in history lessons.

Consultations soon after the diagnosis were largely devoid of overt discussion of parental emotion.

Cosby and Culp agreed that the show should make a point of avoiding overt discussions of race, as a way of encouraging viewers to imagine a world where racism wasn't so powerful.

Participants' accounts highlight a number of mechanisms by which this can be achieved including building positive therapeutic relationships with staff, use of assertive engagement techniques, honest and overt discussions about treatment and providing advice and encouragement.

However, although cancer care clinical communication guidelines and training emphasise the role of overt emotional discussion with oncologists, most parents in our study did not want such discussion.

Overt emotional discussion may be more common and important in these initial 'bad news' consultations.

Parents are not patients, and our findings may not be transferable to adult patient oncologist communication, although evidence indicates that overt emotional discussion is similarly infrequent in other cancer care contexts (Pollak et al, 2007; Hack et al, 2010; Rodriguez et al, 2010).