Sentence examples for held this belief from inspiring English sources
If people held this belief about the C.I.A., the agency exploited it.
A court, therefore, "should not lightly conclude that everyone who held this belief was irrational, ignorant, or bigoted".
Augustine scholars have criticized Wills's opinion, since Augustine held this belief in "so many words" in many of his writings.
I was actually not aware that anyone ever held this belief until getting (many) e-mails and comments on the subject.
For instance, saying NASA believed the O-rings on the space shuttle's booster rockets to be safe need not imply that most or all the members of this organizations personally held this belief only that the institution itself did.
While there is significant evidence that Russell did believe in the existence of simple entities in the early phases of his logical atomist period, it is possible that, uncharacteristically, he held this belief without argumentation.
But it turned out that something interesting was happening inside their brains that allowed them to hold this belief.
You might say that some, like Jim Al-Khalili who promised to eat his shorts if this was proved untrue, hold this belief religiously.
The Canadians insist that although it looks horrible it is a well-regulated wild-animal hunt, and the strength with which they hold this belief may influence the chain of events at the WTO.
I respect the faith of those who hold this belief against all the evidence to the contrary, but it is a poor, blighted faith that must distort facts and science in order to believe.
