The lieutenant's initial inclination was to go to his brother and try to talk some sense into him.

My initial inclination is to get the guy out.

My initial inclination was to accept responsibility, apologize and move on quickly.

Alan's initial inclination to refuse the money altered quickly with a scan of the boy's face.

Moreover, he wrote 27 sketches which highlight his initial inclination for Christianity embodied in the story.

But there was no sign of any attacker within, and the guard paused in his initial inclination to call for a security back-up.

Despite having certain sympathies with that view, Shklar dismisses her initial inclinations.

In social psychology, group polarization refers to the tendency for groups to make decisions that are more extreme than the initial inclination of its members.

My initial inclination is to agree wholeheartedly.

And, with some notable exceptions, much of the media showed little initial inclination to shine a bright light on a particularly glaring abuse of power.

Thus, this study provided strong evidence for group polarization in that the groups made decisions that were more extreme than the initial inclination of its members.

IF he had followed his initial inclination, Peter I. Bijur might be peddling bathroom tissues and paper towels to supermarkets these days.

He was generally perceived to be pro-Union and was influential in dampening Napoleon's initial inclination towards diplomatic recognition of Confederate independence.

WHEN the news first hit on the morning of Sept. 11, our initial inclination was to disbelieve it, such was the unfathomable magnitude of the horror.

In three dozen interviews here this week, what was perhaps most notable was how people used their observations of Mr. Bush to reinforce their initial inclinations - negative or positive.

Despite an initial inclination to kill Schultz at the end of the war, Franz instead had him go off with the daughter of a German general to start a new life.

Gulliver's initial inclination being toward "pomp and magnificence," he summons Alexander the Great, Hannibal, Caesar, Pompey, and Brutus.

Kiras initial inclination was to say, Yes, inquire, a remnant, no doubt, of her days in the resistance, when even a single, small piece of information might prove vital to the cause.

Jack's initial inclination was to handle Bud by himself, but the more he learned about his reputation, the more he realized that he needed a little extra something to even the playing field.

Our initial inclination was to use this to pay down the mortgage, as the difference between monthly income from my salary and future monthly pension income is close to our monthly mortgage payments.

The initial inclination was to vote Kristen, but Clay argued that he had not had an exemption, and the group relented after he agreed to return the favour to Kristen in the future.

Launch sites at lower latitudes are often preferred partly for the flexibility they allow in orbital inclination; the initial inclination of an orbit is constrained to be greater than or equal to the launch latitude.

"While I stated that my initial inclination was to support the President," Kerry wrote, I pointed out that two essential tests had to be met in determining whether or not the U.S. action was appropriate.

"As it transpired, there was sufficient uncertainty concerning Liang's actual role in Oleg's death that . . . Well, I decided to overcome my initial inclinations and give him the benefit of the doubt.

"Upon reflection I have withdrawn my lawsuit against Marcus Camby and am choosing to follow my initial inclination of 'turning the other cheek' toward comments that he made toward me in the New York newspapers last week."