noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a consensus of opinion
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There are still areas where no consensus of opinion has been reached.
a minority opinion/view
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This is a minority view among scientists.
an opinion poll (= that measures what people think about something )
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A recent opinion poll showed strong support for the government.
an opinion survey
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Opinion surveys showed consistently that unemployment remained a matter of concern.
ask for sb’s opinion
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Dad always liked being asked for his opinion.
confirm you in your belief/opinion/view etc (that) (= make you believe something more strongly )
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The expression on his face confirmed me in my suspicions.
conflicting views/opinions/ideas
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There are conflicting opinions on what causes the disease.
considered opinion
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He hadn’t had time to form a considered opinion .
expert opinion (= the opinions of people who know a lot about something )
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Expert opinion on the matter is deeply divided.
express your views/opinions/ideas
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Everyone who attends the meeting will be given the opportunity to express their opinions.
groundswell of opinion
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There is a groundswell of opinion that tougher laws are needed.
had a high opinion of
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I’ve always had a high opinion of her work.
independent inquiry/advice/opinion etc (= carried out by or given by an independent person or organization )
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Human rights groups have called for an independent inquiry into the killings.
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the results of an independent study
opinion poll
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An opinion poll showed that 70% of adults were against legalizing drugs.
popular belief/opinion
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Contrary to popular belief, cats are solitary animals.
Public opinion
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Public opinion is gradually shifting in favor of the imprisoned men.
public opinion
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Public opinion is shifting in favor of the new law.
received opinion/wisdom etc (= the opinion most people have )
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The received wisdom is that he will retire within the next year.
render a decision/opinion/judgment etc
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It is unlikely that the court will render an opinion before November 5.
sb’s personal view/opinion
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My personal opinion is that the project was started too soon.
second opinion (= when you ask another person to repeat an examination, test etc for you )
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I asked the doctor for a second opinion .
share a belief/opinion
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It was clear that the police did not share her opinion.
strand of thought/opinion/argument
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Plato draws all the strands of the argument together.
strong views/opinions/ideas
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She has strong views on education.
subjective judgment/opinion etc
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The ratings were based on the subjective judgement of one person.
the climate of opinion (= the opinion which most people have about a subject )
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The climate of opinion is still favorable for the President.
venture an opinion/question/word etc
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If we had more information, it would be easier to venture a firm opinion.
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Roy ventured a tentative smile.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
different
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We each had a different opinion .
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To make effective decisions, they need to be open to different opinions and good at analyzing contradictory information.
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They had different opinions about tennis.
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If both parents witnessed the act and had different opinions , they simply alternated being the referee.
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In the research branch of the Local Education Office a different opinion was expressed.
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But Elena Ortiz has a different opinion .
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These remarks were highly embarrassing for the government and brought out the different opinions within the party on the open-door policy.
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In many cases, first impressions were different from the opinion that later developed.
expert
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They are drafted by permanent government officials who are concerned to seek out expert opinion on the issues in question.
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But now it sits scowling outside the conversation of humankind, offering expert opinion with a sneer.
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Or was he entitled to act solely on his own expert opinion ?
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Process assessments compare the documented care with what is accepted as optimum practice based on current scientific nutrition knowledge and expert opinion .
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Which is what Mr Walker said last week, against the flood of expert opinion on what his vote would mean.
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Here is where the most important split of all divides expert opinion .
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These commissions have drawn on expert opinion from the social science community, and found evidence for both sides.
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For it to be expert opinion is invaluable.
general
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The general opinion was yes, but certain it was that no-one had ever seen her.
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The general opinion was that it had fizzled out; like a spent squib, it hadn't even given one burst.
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The general consensus of opinion is that a successful action under s.62 for insider dealing will be hard to sustain.
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The general opinion is that Real are tighter in defence, but less interesting and inventive.
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The general opinion was that this long-awaited package definitely wasn't a good Windows product.
high
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This, however, is no indication that they have a particularly high opinion of the spiritual contribution of women.
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Surely the Buckleys have risen to higher station, or at least a higher opinion of themselves.
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Kate adored Toby's self-confidence and shared his high opinion of himself.
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He did not, in any case, have a high opinion of Santayana - an animus which Santayana reciprocated towards Eliot.
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All I can say to that is that I have a higher opinion of your judgement than he has.
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That was why he relied chiefly on Simenon, an author for whom he preserved a high opinion all his life.
low
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Sir Bruce hat a low opinion of civilian intelligence officers.
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Politicians generally have a low opinion of the press, just as the press generally has a low opinion of lawmakers.
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The Stock Market had originally marked prices lower as opinion polls indicated a hung Parliament.
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Politicians generally have a low opinion of the press, just as the press generally has a low opinion of lawmakers.
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She had made a complete fool of herself and had successfully lived down to every low opinion that Piers harboured about her.
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He did this with calculated cynicism, for he had but a low opinion of most of mankind.
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Then, too, Niki has a low opinion of the media.
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To live up to his low opinion of her.
medical
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And that's the medical opinion .
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The learned medical opinion here is that Young needs at least a week off.
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I wonder what medical opinion is of this wasteful practice?
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Barton has sought four medical opinions , most recently from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.
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What is in the best interests of the patient will be judged by the standards of a responsible body of medical opinion .
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Much medical opinion also assures us that hypnosis is not essential.
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That, too, depends on individual choice, though medical opinion usually favours the hard mattress.
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W's solicitor Madeleine Rees commented, ` Informed medical opinion says transsexualism is a medical condition.
personal
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The disconnected personal opinion Concluding with your own words, however, requires caution, particularly in the handling of personal response.
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My personal opinion is that the project was started too soon, as in any fast-track project like this.
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Even when referring to personal opinion it is not normally considered good style to do so directly.
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The concept of reason and all speculation about personal opinion would ever after be dismissed as tribal, beliefs fabricated by sects.
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At the very beginning of the play Shakespeare demonstrated how easily the people changed their personal opinions .
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If I should wander into the uncharted minefield of personal opinion it is only with the benefit of hindsight.
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Variations in practice reflect the personal opinions of managers.
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It is essentially a compilation of known facts, without intrusion of personal opinions or beliefs.
political
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This shift in political opinion was partly due to a succession of further scandals involving the insurance and commodities markets.
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The magazine began shortly after Kristol spent about a year faxing unsolicited political advice and opinion all around Washington.
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This has been corroborated in many surveys of political opinion .
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And rather than depicting various hues of political opinion , the new murals make an environmental statement.
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The peer group of the extremist-activist typically shares her political opinions .
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He has to share in some conservative political opinions .
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Useful detail supporting diversity of political opinion in Cortes on the losing side in the 1931 election.
popular
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Contrary to modem popular opinion these were splendid ships with excellent accommodation and many modern conveniences for both crew and passengers.
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Well, popular opinion is wrong.
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But the fullness of the material makes possible qualitative study with particularly interesting insights into popular opinions and activities.
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Mary Pinciotti knows that red clay is good for your garden, despite popular opinion .
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These large juries were clearly intended to provide a reasonably representative sample of popular opinion .
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She said that, contrary to popular opinion , traumas caused by such a disaster were not short-lived.
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There are various ways in which popular opinion can be represented with reasonable accuracy.
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Contrary to popular opinion , the non-conformist Sunday was not a dismal day full of restrictions.
public
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By far the strongest weapon we have is the weapon of public opinion .
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The newspapers' solution was to rake a few of the slum owners across the coals of public opinion .
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The recent well publicised survey of public opinion showed a clear preference for treatment in centres of excellence.
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Republicans, battered as they are in the public opinion polls, succeeded in dramatically transforming the terms of the national debate.
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Thus we are in for a prolonged battle to win over public opinion .
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They tend to respond to and reinforce public opinion , rather than shape it and lead it.
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His problem seemed to be that he believed a Government could do exactly as it liked without taking public opinion into account.
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The independent experts uniformly discounted the accuracy of earlier public opinion surveys awarding Clinton an enormous lead.
recent
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A recent opinion poll showed that 89 percent of the public said they would oppose plans to bury waste in their neighbourhood.
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A recent opinion poll found that 45 percent believe personal qualifications to be the most important measure of a candidate.
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The message of recent opinion polls has clearly got through.
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But his problems extend far beyond Capitol Hill, as recent opinion surveys have shown.
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Again, this is uncertain, although some recent opinion has been favourable to the idea.
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A five-phased approach begins with desk research, to identify and evaluate recent opinions of the contribution of marketing to corporate success.
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A recent opinion poll revealed that only 5% of those questioned thought the existing parties represented their interests.
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Even before the decision Netanyahu had led the struggling Barak in recent opinion polls.
strong
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He has his spiky hair, strong opinions and wacky humour.
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And though there were plenty of strong opinions , much of the parish still seemed profoundly ambivalent about the protest.
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He's a shy man with strong opinions and assertive ideas.
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He now had carte blanche to pursue any major story in town and to inject his strong opinions unabashedly into his writings.
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Boiotia itself was wavering, knowing that there was a strong current of opinion among the Peloponnesians in favour of defending only their peninsula.
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Steven feels that prior to Vassar he always had strong opinions but had never been political.
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There is widespread concern and strong opinion throughout the country that the Government are handling this issue most inappropriately.
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They prompted strong readership and opinion .
■ NOUN
majority
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Sometimes agreement is apparent rather than real because of the tendency to conform and fall in with majority opinion .
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Toward the end of his career, he wrote more dissents than majority opinions .
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Let's get a majority opinion on this.
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Third, government is supposed to be representative of society's group preferences i.e. majority opinion .
poll
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In those days of fewer opinion polls they seemed to play a much smaller, less intrusive part in the elections.
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Then, they were the footfalls of voters turning away from him in the opinion polls as scandals sucked him downward.
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A year before their re-election victory the Conservatives lagged behind Labour in the opinion polls .
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Public opinion polls show as many as 70 percent of respondents oppose gay marriages.
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The conference opened with Labour buoyed by a series of weekend opinion polls giving leads of from 5 to 12 points.
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Public opinion polls showed the public blamed Congress, not Clinton, for the debacle.
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According to the latest opinion polls , the noes have 50%, the yeses 35% and the rest are undecided.
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Clinton still holds a healthy lead over Dole in California, according to most public opinion polls .
survey
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The very questions used in public opinion surveys indicate the importance of the assumption.
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Clinton enjoys a wide lead over Dole, according to the latest nationwide public opinion survey .
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An opinion survey by the party's communications group showed women had significantly different political views from men.
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As part of management training in the computer company, new managers were required to have their subordinates complete opinion surveys .
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Wartime opinion surveys showed consistently, however, that unemployment remained a matter of concern.
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Clinton remains far ahead of Republican rival Bob Dole, according to the latest public opinion surveys .
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But his problems extend far beyond Capitol Hill, as recent opinion surveys have shown.
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The independent experts uniformly discounted the accuracy of earlier public opinion surveys awarding Clinton an enormous lead.
■ VERB
ask
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The Permanent Court was asked for an opinion on the correct interpretation of the Athens Agreement.
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And they asked us for our opinions .
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The panel members then receive regular questionnaires asking for their opinions of selected programmes over the past week.
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Your editor should ask for your opinions , why you chose certain words or decided to include or omit information.
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She always used to ask my opinions of things and that now a lot of my answers made sense.
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It depended on whom you asked for an opinion .
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Therefore, I recommend either giving the instrument a thorough test, or else asking for an opinion by an optical expert.
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Well, the caller asked for my opinion , so here it is.
change
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Even if Guy believed her tale, surely he couldn't change his opinion of her so completely?
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Although the pharmacological properties of opium had not changed , opinions about opium had changed.
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I saw people who came in pretty straight but who changed their attitudes and opinions drastically.
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This gorgeous product, bursting with black-cherry fruit, will do nothing to change their opinions .
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The company insists Vinik spoke his mind at the time comments were made and he simply changed his opinions .
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Seven months after Peter Robinson and I penned those damning words, have we cause to change our opinion ?
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Times change , issues change, public opinion changes and, of course, politicians change.
confirm
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Garvey's condition has confirmed his opinion .
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Thornton knew of various incidents which confirmed his opinion that Walsh made a distinctly negative impression in the hunt for backers.
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Her life and career after she and Burton split up confirms the opinion of her energy and flair - and her directness.
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I confirmed their own opinion that the picture was a very competent version of a missing Saraceni composition executed by a follower.
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A senior international referee of my acquaintance was standing nearby and confirmed my opinion .
express
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Pro-Republican Catholics did express their opinions in newspapers such as the Leeds Citizen.
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In the election day exit poll, two-thirds of Virginia voters expressed a negative opinion of Robertson.
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Before expressing a qualified opinion an auditor should always try to resolve problems with the management of the organization concerned.
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They still gets points from me for expressing an opinion .
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The Companies Act 1948 required auditors to express an opinion on the profit and loss account as well as the balance sheet.
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Another is expressing controversial opinions , so we obligingly lined up a few that focus on guitars and amps ....
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This chapter examines what it means rhetorically to express an opinion .
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Critics are free to express opinions on such matters, but most of what you hear is pure speculation.
form
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It is the auditor's responsibility to form an opinion on the truth and fairness of the accounts.
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They respect that you have a mind and you can form your own opinions .
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He might well have formed his own opinion but he knew that would not bear cross-examination at some later date.
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He conceded to Franceschelli that actually being present during the autopsy might have given him better information to form an opinion .
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It went on to discuss what form the opinion should take, including where a reservation of opinion would be required.
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I formed my own opinion , and was pleased with this Constitution....
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I formed the opinion that there was absolutely nothing undesirable in the case.
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Among those who have formed an opinion , more say public projects should go on the ballot than not.
give
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So that each member of staff got a chance to give her own opinion , the staff were interviewed individually.
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These are a lot cheaper than natural sponges and give , in my opinion , an equally good effect.
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It may have been these factors that encouraged the Court to give a restrictive opinion on the powers of the member States.
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Auditors will also be able to give an opinion without resolution of all uncertain matters so removing an argument for delay.
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I gave my opinion but, of course, it was a big shot so early in the game.
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And get some one who has not been involved in the production to give you an honest opinion of the end product.
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Or you could ask people to give their opinions of a subject on which they have strong views.
hold
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It is orthodox doctrine that the Archbishop of York ought not to hold exactly the same opinions as the Archbishop of Canterbury.
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We hold too high an opinion of Huckelberry to classify him as the lackey of a lackey.
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Presented with case studies, it takes no time for pupils to express strongly held opinions .
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Pupils of all ages and abilities have deeply held opinions about the way things actually are, about reality, about truth.
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You don't have to believe it, but it looks good if you can pretend to hold an opinion .
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Thoughts ... It is easy enough to hold an opinion , but hard work to actually know what one is talking about.
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Caesarius of Arles seems to have held a similar opinion .
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Section 57, for example, protects employers who discriminate on the grounds that the employee or potential employee holds certain political opinions .
offer
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I introduced myself and upon learning my identity they naturally begged me to examine their treasure and offer an authoritative opinion .
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But now it sits scowling outside the conversation of humankind, offering expert opinion with a sneer.
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No one in the room was quite sure what would happen next as Romanov offered no opinion .
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Solomon agreed to help but offered the opinion that a breakthrough was unlikely during 1990.
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My colleagues may offer their opinions on the latter.
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Perhaps the bus is offering its opinion on the political climate.
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Engineers should only offer an opinion if they know what they are talking about.
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I listened contentedly without offering an opinion .
seek
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They are drafted by permanent government officials who are concerned to seek out expert opinion on the issues in question.
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The importance of the results should be such that there is adequate time to seek opinions from employees. 2.
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Still, she was pleased he had sought her opinion .
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Barton has sought four medical opinions , most recently from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.
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The Profitboss takes his secretary into his confidence, seeks her opinion , takes her advice.
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As part of the process, the company must seek an advisory opinion from the California Attorney General.
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Having sought counsel's opinion , the solicitor was contacted by the union.
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Right down to strapping prospects into driving simulators and seeking their opinions on dashboard and instrument layouts.
share
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Kate adored Toby's self-confidence and shared his high opinion of himself.
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They did projects in school together and shared opinions of teachers and other kids.
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This is an occupational hazard shared by sportswriters and opinion pollsters.
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The former governor likes to share his opinions with the world, sounding off regularly on his own radio show.
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If Serif had shared your opinion about PagePlus 1.2, you might wonder why they bothered to produce a version 2 at all.
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Although I have come to share her opinion of Joe, it has not brought us any closer.
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Do other solicitors share my opinions ?
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He recognized some brokers who he knew shared the same opinions as the Journal, but that no longer seemed to matter.
show
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Five out of six opinion polls yesterday showed Labour in the lead, pointing to a hung Parliament as the most likely outcome.
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Public opinion polls show crime and violence to be a major issue in the November elections.
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A recent opinion poll showed that 89 percent of the public said they would oppose plans to bury waste in their neighbourhood.
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Public opinion polls showed the public blamed Congress, not Clinton, for the debacle.
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But his problems extend far beyond Capitol Hill, as recent opinion surveys have shown .
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The recent well publicised survey of public opinion showed a clear preference for treatment in centres of excellence.
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At the end of January an opinion poll showed support for the war at less than 30 percent.
state
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The facts are stated in the opinion of Lord Keith of Kinkel.
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The townspeople: Loved their emperor and were too worried about being thought of as fools to state their real opinions .
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The symposium was not the first place I had stated unpopular opinions .
write
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When you write send me your opinion of this.
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Perhaps, you say, the judges were rushing home to write opinions in the privacy of their dens.
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The technique of solving academic problems is almost the same as the technique of writing a legal opinion upon a practical point.
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On Friday, the nine members of the court will vote behind closed doors and begin work on writing opinions .
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You said you were going to write a piece on opinion polls and then you wrote a story slandering the Prime Minister.
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When the Texas attorney general wrote an informal opinion saying the records should be released, the school district sued Lett.
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The pupil spends his days far better drafting a pleading or writing an opinion and having his master criticise his work afterwards.
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Mr Justice Frankfurter wrote a concurring opinion .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be a matter of opinion
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Deciding which bag is easier to carry is a matter of opinion.
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How successfully it is done is a matter of opinion on the part of the individual reader.
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It is a grand conception; whether it is a useful one may be a matter of opinion.
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Many of these answers are a matter of opinion; some issues will matter more to some people than others.
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Q: Well, that is a matter of opinion.
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That would be a matter of opinion; he had a newspaper which he kept looking at, and shaking out.
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Whether Innocent could have achieved his ends earlier or by better means must in the final analysis be a matter of opinion.
colour sb's judgement/opinions/attitudes etc
contrary to popular belief/opinion
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Contrary to popular belief, gorillas are shy and gentle creatures.
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Actually, contrary to popular belief, hallucinations were not part of the original definition of schizophrenia.
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And contrary to popular belief, we don't want to wear the trousers at home.
difference of opinion
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There is a difference of opinion between the chairman and the board as to the best way to handle the takeover.
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There were major differences of opinion over who should command the UN forces.
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And here lies a fundamental difference of opinion - how should a National Park operate?
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Despite these economically based differences of opinion, those passing initiative petitions claim to have found widespread public support.
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Has the case resulted in significant differences of opinion in the courts below?
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I just have a difference of opinion with Sen.
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Miss Diane died of a brain haemorrhage after a sharp difference of opinion with the producer about salary.
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Some difference of opinion exists as to the order of drugs to be administered.
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The split reflects a difference of opinion simmering for months within the Republican Party.
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There were also differences of opinion about the degree of malice involved.
form an opinion/impression/idea
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Members of the jury must not have formed opinions from publicity before the trial.
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Among those who have formed an opinion, more say public projects should go on the ballot than not.
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He conceded to Franceschelli that actually being present during the autopsy might have given him better information to form an opinion.
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He was in no state to form an idea of what we were talking about.
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It is the auditor's responsibility to form an opinion on the truth and fairness of the accounts.
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Nor that we should not form opinions or make evaluations.
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So gather information about your child, rather than forming opinions and judgments.
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Yet, along with journalists, poets, literary figures, and agitators, they do help form opinions.
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You should try to form an impression of the person the adjectives describe.
have fixed ideas/opinions
high opinion/regard/praise etc
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He has the highest regard for his hamster-locating abilities.
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It was a display which earned high praise, not least from Coventry boss Bobby Gould.
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Perhaps surprisingly, the indications are that Offa continued to hold Canterbury in high regard.
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Surely the Buckleys have risen to higher station, or at least a higher opinion of themselves.
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This, however, is no indication that they have a particularly high opinion of the spiritual contribution of women.
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While I hold these scholars and practitioners in the highest regard, I have not relied exclusively on their work.
in my humble opinion
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Excellently done nevertheless, in my humble opinion.
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In my humble opinion, he should not be called upon for such justification.
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In my humble opinion, Sarah is not so much interested in old relationships as new.
shade of meaning/opinion/feeling etc
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As a solo instrument following a melodic line, the violin can convey every imaginable shade of feeling.
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From a sociologist's point of view, work has shades of meaning which are individual to each of us.
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In this more tolerant environment several newspapers representing different shades of opinion have already sprung up, especially in the urban areas.
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It represented all shades of opinion, but it was dominated by Sukarno.
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There was in most works an allowance for shades of feeling and meaning, and for the existence of doubt.
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These two directions or shades of opinion are not necessarily as starkly polarised as may appear.
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To teach me to perceive the shades of beauty and the shades of meaning ....
winds of change/freedom/public opinion etc
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Opinion seemed to be moving in favor of the president's accusers.
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Opinions vary widely on this matter.
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About 100 people showed up to express their opinions about the project.
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an expert opinion
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Do you really want my opinion ?
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He's entitled to his opinion , of course, but it does not give him the right to be offensive.
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He acknowledged that he had no evidence to support his opinion .
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In 10 years of teaching, I have never been asked my opinion on any matter of policy.
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In my opinion , most lawyers are overpaid.
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Many board members said they had no opinion on Goldman's proposal.
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Medical opinion is divided as to the effectiveness of the new drug.
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Please phone in with your comments and opinions.
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Politicians generally have a low opinion of the press.
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The coroner was of the opinion that the man had been dead for only 24 hours.
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The rating a film gets reflects the opinions of our reviewers.
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Their refusal to obey UN regulations had a major effect on world opinion .
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They have very different opinions about religion.
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This is, in the opinion of the critics, their best record for years.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Although this conversation too has sequences of opinion and justification, it does not proceed in a linear fashion.
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He might well have formed his own opinion but he knew that would not bear cross-examination at some later date.
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I just have a difference of opinion with Sen.
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The difficulty is in knowing what local opinion really has to say on these matters.
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The Lords can publicise matters and delay action for long enough to allow public opinion to make itself felt.
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The only difference of opinion so far has been over boxing.
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There may be a complicated chain of cause and effect on which opinions will differ.
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Yet at the same time he can not afford to ignore hardline opinion at home.