American ideals of republican government, an end to royalty and a volunteer army were readily accepted in French intellectual circles.

He moved to Paris in 1891 to study, and decided to stay there, being readily accepted in French artistic circles.

The conference was a breakthrough in French scholarly circles.

As a team they started to move in intellectual French musical circles.

His brother was another key person in the French anarchistic circles.

Yet in French cultural circles, Robert Wilson is no ordinary American.

The book caused a sensation in French intellectual circles, and attracted a large international readership.

Tzvetan Todorov is something of an outsider in French intellectual circles.

The book was well received in the French literary circles.

He made a state visit to France in 1976, cementing close ties with French political and business circles.