1.   Many people are negative about their ability to control their diet.

2.   She is always complaining, always so negative about everything - it is really getting to me.

3.   Jean rarely sounded so negative about her mother.

4.   When asked for your views about your current job, on no account must you be negative about it.

5.   Taking teachers in the different phases separately, a similar tendency towards being negative about the Oxfordshire scheme was evident amongst the non-respondents.

6.   Oxfordshire teachers who have been involved are negative about the amount of time that the scheme takes.

7.   Local government organisations were the most negative about job prospects and banks also forecast further redundancies.

8.   Although generally negative about the outlook for equities, the firm is recommending Abbott Laboratories, Pfizer and SmithKline Beecham.

9.   Anyone who endorses Bradley is saying something negative about Gore.