Sentence examples for essentially believed from inspiring English sources

"The irreconcilables were those people who essentially believed that you have to destroy the nation-state to build the caliphate.

On one extreme were the isolationists, led most noisily by Pat Buchanan, who essentially believed that the end of the cold war should also have meant the end of America's military involvement in distant lands.

The reason Aol bought Bebo for $850 million (a little over half of Aol's current market cap!) is that at the time it essentially believed — after processing analysis and reports, of course — that it was worth that much ….

Gibbons explained, "I read the works of Arthur Rimbaud who essentially believed a poet had to descend into the depths of all that was bad and report back.

Nonetheless, most Americans say they essentially believe his explanation for the last-minute pardons that have shadowed his exit from public life.

A practicing Catholic and self-described "spiritual person" who says his "religious beliefs have always been a guiding factor in everything I've done," Mr. Licata said he felt that all major religions essentially "believe in the same entity".

Referring to French demands that the Security Council meet and decide on whether or not military action is needed in the event of Iraqi defiance over the coming weeks, Secretary Powell said, "We essentially believe we have accommodated those who wanted an opportunity to decide this".

The estimate of more than a hundred outright "withdrawalists" - Conservatives who essentially believe in the European policy of the UK Independence Party - suggests many Tory MPs are being coy about what they really believe.

So, the authors essentially believe that Europe is vulnerable to what can only be described as Arab blackmail if it doesn't do the "right" thing by supporting the Palestinians.

Baxter essentially believes that van Gogh subtly inserted da Vinci's "Last Supper" -- or at least the "genre" of Last Supper paintings, which often had different compositions of diners and Judas departing -- into "Cafe Terrace at Night".

The biggest danger of this kind of thinking (of, essentially, believing your own PR) is that you stop being willing to learn anything new that doesn't fit your existing mindset.