Example sentences of "[coord] a [adj] attitude to " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has such expertise and a liberal attitude to such matters . |
| 2 | While corporate crime might not be officially approved , the climate in 1991 certainly has encouraged the bending of rules and a cavalier attitude to the law amongst entrepreneurs . |
| 3 | Amongst transient communities of working men , with no obvious home situation , irreligion and blasphemy and a casual attitude to life were usual , and in such circumstances what was termed sexual ‘ promiscuity ’ was rife , as for example amongst sailors , railway navvies , residents of common lodging houses and the like . |
| 4 | It was not a case of a new breed of non-political owners coming to the fore but of ownership tempered by financial considerations and a changed attitude to the role of the newspapers in the ‘ reconstruction ’ of Britain . |
| 5 | For two or three years from 1734 he was an undergraduate at St Mary Hall , Oxford , where , under the influence of the principal of the college , the Jacobite Dr William King [ q.v. ] , he developed an interest in antiquarianism and a romantic attitude to the English past . |
| 6 | It is a spiritual community which owes its unity to common beliefs and a common attitude to life , far more than to any uniformity of physical type . |
| 7 | Although occasionally Nizan 's assessment of a writer fluctuated over a period of time ( Gide , Giono , Mauriac ) , although on occasions Nizan was simultaneously attracted and repelled by individual writers ( Mauriac , Drieu la Rochelle , Celine ) , the bottom line was always a clear differentiation between a progressive and a reactionary attitude to culture . |
| 8 | The debates also constitute evidence of reformers ' realisation of the need politically to isolate the West Indians and an ambivalent attitude to the usefulness of moral condemnation as a way of winning over MPs . |
| 9 | Points to stress include stability , an encouraging and positive attitude to education , parents or relatives who have been involved in similar work , and an enthusiastic attitude to hard work . |
| 10 | The lawyer , the printing works foreman , and Beryl had each of them offered facets of the old man 's character which suggested not only a cynical vein of humour and a streak of malice but a disdainful attitude to at least some of those closest to him . |