Sentence examples for a widespread conviction from inspiring English sources

THERE is a widespread conviction among Italians that, after London's bombs, they are next.

Contradicting what had become a widespread conviction that Mr. Mubarak was on the way out, the minister of information said the president would not resign at all.

A widespread conviction took hold that the country would now enjoy a period of national cooling-off under the leadership of a modest, unpretentious, hardworking, practical-minded Administration.

But there is a widespread conviction that whoever wins the election will play a major role in setting Egypt's course for decades to come.

Though the science is at best inconclusive, there is a widespread conviction in Italy that genetically altered foods and crops pose dangers to human health and ecosystems.

Much of the union members' opposition stems from a widespread conviction that the North American Free Trade Agreement encouraged an exodus of American industry -- and jobs -- to Mexico.

An academic career is closed to those who cannot do so.Outside the classroom, too, there is widespread conviction that a child's prospects will be limited if he does not learn English.

But the explosive conclusions of Swiss scientists, who conducted tests on samples taken from Arafat's exhumed corpse last November, will reignite accusations against Israel and deepen the widespread conviction among Palestinians that a man they saw as a revolutionary hero was murdered.

Mr. Kerry, as almost everyone now knows, voted to give President Bush the authority to invade Iraq, in a post-9/11 climate of fear and widespread conviction that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction that might be used against the United States or its allies in the near future.

Religious liberty is often called our "first freedom," both because it is the first right ensured in the Bill of Rights and a widespread theological conviction that religious liberty is a gift from God.

Closely related instances arise from the widespread conviction that it is the responsibility of a citizen in a democracy to have opinions about everything, or at least everything that pertains to the conduct of his country's affairs.