Sentence examples for Firm adherent from inspiring English sources

Yet he is also a firm adherent of encouraging "reconcilable" Taliban to lay down arms.

But a firm adherent of a comprehensive religion doesn't want dialogue about his beliefs; he wants those beliefs to prevail.

Tei, perhaps best known for his work on Tokyo's Hotel Claska, is a firm adherent of the philosophy of min-gei, which translates roughly into beauty in everyday objects.

Although unclear from our studies, inefficient isolation may be explained by the fact that stromal cells form compact, sessile networks relying in firm adherent interactions, which are likely resistant to digestion and extraction into single cell suspensions.

The Hui, firm adherents of Islam, are descendants of Persian and Central Asian Muslims who traveled to China as merchants, soldiers, and scholars and intermarried with several Chinese nationalities.

From this it, would appear that many who are firm adherents of either YEC or ID (as described above) are less firm in their agreement with the other proposition but may agree to some extent.

The new reigning wisdom in those circles has been that only "strong religion" is likely to prosper in contemporary America, only religious groups, in other words, that demand substantial commitments of time and resources from their adherents and firm allegiance to beliefs and practices that differentiate the faithful from the surrounding culture.

In the past, adherents stood firm as death squads made scores of martyrs to the movement, ranging from Archbishop Óscar Arnulfo Romero of El Salvador, killed in 1980 while celebrating Mass, to Dorothy Mae Stang, an American-born nun shot to death in the Brazilian Amazon in February 2005.

While there is no absolute consensus about the adherence of the kings before Darius, such as Cyrus and Cambyses, it is well established that Darius was an adherent of Zoroastrianism or at least a firm believer in Ahura Mazda.

Of course, the high-profile firm has always had its share of detractors as well as adherents.

So far the firm has relied entirely on word-of-mouth promotion by its fervent adherents to attract users.France's politicians have also noticed Netvibes, and have courted Mr Krim.