Sentence examples for based on the erroneous belief from inspiring English sources
A walk-in may request "asylum" in an embassy based on the erroneous belief that safe passage out of the host country will be assured if the request is granted.
This lucky intervention might have been based on the erroneous belief that the space had been used to torture and execute Christians.
As revealed by the Associated Press, the NYPD's Intelligence Division carried out a secret surveillance program on the city's varied Muslim communities based on the erroneous belief that their religion makes them more susceptible to violent radicalization.
Kerry sought to rebut arguments that U.S. action will be a repeat of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, based on the erroneous belief that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction.
Mr. McKinney of the Met said this effort was based on the erroneous assumption that other people could contribute at the level of Mr. Bloomberg, a billionaire.
The whole debacle is based on entirely erroneous beliefs.
The Natural Ice Association of America was formed to promote the benefits of natural ice, and companies played on the erroneous belief amongst customers that natural ice melted less slowly than manufactured ice.
The policy was based on the belief, which turned out to be erroneous, that the F.B.I.'s clearance process would proceed quickly.
The value-laden character of the background assumptions linking evidence to theories should not foreclose the possibility of discovering that one's values are mistaken, because (for example) they are based on erroneous beliefs about human potentialities and the consequences of putting certain values into practice.
Ms. Braun declined to comment, but Renee Ferguson, her spokeswoman, said the campaign had not shifted its focus based on the wildly erroneous predictions.
