Sentence examples for maintained a belief from inspiring English sources

Over time, we've maintained a belief that Jakobson's idea of "literary conventions" still exists, at least in the classroom.

Through it all, Smedley said he maintained a belief that Randolph was more a victim of a challenging home environment than bad intentions.

Yet he maintained a belief that the Mets could turn their season around, that they "still have lots of good baseball in front of us".

"The club has always publicly stated that it would welcome potential investment, but has maintained a belief whereby the quality of the investor is the most important factor in terms of the long-term development of Leeds United.

While the days dragged on, he still maintained a belief that one day he would be in the National Football League, though he had little to back that up other than speed to burn and memories of being a hot prospect in high school.

He maintained a belief in the reality of the soul, which did not conflict, in his view, with the opening words of the Essai: "Whether we rise to heaven, or descend to the abyss, we never get outside ourselves it is always our own thoughts that we perceive".

Iwata also appeared to maintain a belief in the creative worth of video games.

A Connecticut native, Pasqualoni maintains a belief that football can flourish at UConn, and that last year was not a fluke, despite the difficulty on the field and the upheaval off it since.

With Bernard Wiseman's "Morris the Moose," about a moose who mistakenly assumes all his friends are also moose, they consider how someone can maintain a belief in the face of contrary evidence.

And if we choose to maintain a belief in some kind of "God," we might have to see ourselves as manifestations of a God that is evolving, too.

The interests opposed to the agreement, which wouldn't be possible without mutual trust, maintain a belief in nothing but one-sided force to achieve their ends: either ongoing sanctions against Iran or military action.