Sentence examples for believed inevitable from inspiring English sources

This they achieved, but the restoration of Capriati, a power player herself, and the steady rise of a new generation including Belgium's Kim Clijsters and Justine Heninhas prevented the family hegemony their father believed inevitable.

Mr. Woodward's portrait of the secretary of state as dissenting from the hawks in the Bush war cabinet seemed to confirm what many believed inevitable, that Mr. Powell will not remain as secretary in a second Bush administration.

The decision led Wall Street analysts and airline executives to conclude that industry consolidation, something many believe inevitable to insure the long-term financial health of the industry, would have to be put off for several years.

We have passed a threshold in our collective evolution where a we-first reality is not only possible; it is, after we recognize the hopelessness of me-first thinking, I believe, inevitable.

Three years ago I attended some workshops organised by the Coptic newspaper editor Youssef Sidhom, intended to prepare his people for the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood, something many Copts believed was inevitable.

Last month, Jay T. Harris, the publisher of The San Jose Mercury News, resigned rather than endorse the newsroom layoffs that he believed were inevitable, given the profit margins that his bosses at Knight Ridder had promised Wall Street.

They genuinely believed it inevitable that society would move towards their anticapitalist, peace'n'love way of thinking.

Becker believed it inevitable that "our now valid versions" of history "will in due course be relegated to the category of discarded myths".

Marie and Victoria Melita often observed their brother's friends and made comments on whom they liked better, an aspect which Marie believed was inevitable in the lives of girls who have brothers.

Mr. Smith has an alternative vision of the impact of automated cars, which he believes are inevitable.

The cover of Foreign Affairs this month is an article titled "After Iran Gets the Bomb"; it draws scenarios for dealing with what many believe is inevitable.