Sentence examples for a minority believed from inspiring English sources

Only a minority believed that the United States was still ahead in military and space technology, though in fact this was true.

A minority believed in a theory of island universes that the spiral nebulae are enormous star systems, comparable to the Milky Way, and are scattered through space with vast empty distances between them.

A large majority of adults in China believed that students would respect their teachers - in contrast to most European countries where only a minority believed that students would show respect.

In addition, only a minority believed that NRT without additional support for smokers was effective.

Among the mothers, a minority believed that bacterial transmission from the mother's mouth to the child's mouth as a whole is impossible.

A minority believed that assigning specific personnel from the practice to be the focal point of the program could contribute to the efficiency of the process.

Two-thirds of the British public thinks that Mr. Blair misled his nation into war (though only a minority believes he did so "knowingly").

Likewise, while most Americans (67%) believe future generations of people will be harmed "a great deal" or "a moderate amount" by global warming, only a minority believe they personally (38%), their family (43%), or people in their community (45%) will be harmed.

A few polls in recent months have suggested that while a majority of Americans believe that gay couples should be able to enter into unions with some of the legal protections of marriage, a minority believe that gays and lesbians should be permitted to "marry," per se.

"It is an attempt to legitimise the present model of distribution, where a minority believes that it has the right to consume in a way which can never be universalised, since the planet could not even contain the waste products of such consumption".

Rosenberg notes that surveys of the population show that only a minority believe the economy has hit bottom.