1.   Here is where the most important split of all divides expert opinion.

2.   Medical opinion is divided as to the effectiveness of the new drug.

3.   Northern opinion was sharply divided, with party lines much in evidence.

4.   Opinion is divided about the value of screening for prostatic cancer and about the management of localised disease.

5.   Opinion was divided as to whether the program will work.

6.   The shooting of an intruder by a farmer has sharply divided popular opinion.

7.   Opinions were divided, however, as to whether the protracted time-scale had rendered the amendment invalid.

8.   Opinion was divided as to how far the conference could be termed a success.

9.   Opinions were divided as to whether the rise is mainly due to the greenhouse effect.

10.   Scientific opinion was divided over the consequences of the war, and some environmentalists were felt to have overstated its negative effects.