Sentence examples for belief standard from inspiring English sources

Instead of a finding of actual innocence, which is not possible in this case, they decided to go to a belief standard, based upon the lack of evidence of guilt.

Adopting a "reasonable belief" standard does not help, in her view, because the standard for "reasonableness" masquerades as objectivity while almost inevitably relying on patriarchal and pornographic assumptions; thus "measuring consent from the socially reasonable, meaning objective man's, point of view reproduces the same problem under a more elevated label" (181).

You know, whenever I went to my broker and said I want to sell something, they said, "OK, here's, you've got to identify the stock you're going to have, you've got to have them here," kind of slipped away from this, this reasonable belief standard, that you know, if I think I could get the stock, it's going to be OK kind of thing.

Similarly, a key FISA Amendments Act training course (not the one described in the face-to-face exchange, but another one that would become mandatory for analysts) didn't explain "the reasonable belief standard," which refers to how certain an analyst must be that their target was not an American or a foreigner in the US — a key theme of Snowden's disclosures.

Killings excused under America's "reasonable belief" standards often violate Europe's "absolute necessity" standards.

Work-Ethic - The belief, standards, and values in place with work will be one of the largest ingredient to your success in business.

Being viewed as an exemplary leader requires first that you find your voice on your own deeply held values – beliefs, standards, ethics, and ideals.

Nor does the term "belief", in standard philosophical usage, imply any uncertainty or any extended reflection about the matter in question (as it sometimes does in ordinary English usage).

Sadly, these principles have been eroding and no longer define contemporary belief and standards.

Over time, the top grades were also devalued, as a wider range of subjects and assessment techniques allowed more entrants to "pass", thus creating the largely mythical belief that standards were falling.

Many Liberian parents prefer to send their children to small, community-managed private schools of this kind in the belief that standards are higher than in state-run free schools.