Sentence examples for fostered the notion from inspiring English sources

They became drunk with power and were driven mad by the auteur theory, which fostered the notion that they were somehow inviolate and close to divine.

I later co-authored a book on the riot, which fostered the notion that I could perhaps use the pen to make the case for penal reform.

Recent observations have fostered the notion that GV, independent of HbA1c, may confer an additional risk for the development of micro- and macrovascular diabetes complications (8, 9).

The newest members, Austria, Sweden and Finland, may have helped to foster the notion of a north-south split.

The Scholastic model greatly affected the development of Western education, especially in fostering the notion of intellectual discipline.

Mr Putin and his advisers would like to foster the notion that Russia is not the West, with its particular and foreign notions of electoral democracy and human rights.

The maker of Equal contends that Splenda has been misleading millions of consumers by fostering the notion, through television and print advertising, that Splenda is made from sugar and is natural.

That is why so much is built into our judicial system -- from the black robe and "all rise" custom to lifetime tenure for federal judges -- to help foster the notion of judicial integrity.

Other rituals foster remembrance of the decisive deeds of the ancestors in fixing the present state of things; ritualized social structures (such as the caste structure of India) maintain a complex system of distinctions; and religious ideologies (such as astrology) foster the notion of spheres of power that control all members of a class, be they gods, planets, animals, plants, minerals, or men.

While subsequent research challenged this interpretation, Christopher's argument – that both the authorities and individual politicians have a vested interest in fostering the notion of a "bogey" organisation – is one that famously appealed to the great Sicilian novelist Leonardo Sciascia and continues to raise important theoretical questions.

Officials for the European parliament claim there is now a "clear need" for a significant increase in spending on the Europe for Citizens programme, which aims to foster the notion of an EU citizenry through remembrance events, town twinning and involvement in European parliamentary elections.