The phrase "notion held by" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It is often used to introduce a belief or idea that is commonly held by a group of people. Example: The notion held by many students is that studying abroad is a life-changing experience.
Inkster criticised the notion held by some that hip-hop is somehow unintellectual.
It is the notion, held by so many, that economic growth is good.
And, in part, the analogy reflects the notion, held by some contemporary conservatives, that they are now the "real" victims of bigotry.
The more insidious danger, and especially in the past few years, comes from the notion held by many of the militias and splinter factions in war zones that journalists make good targets.
Mr. Camp also talked through the notion held by some Republicans that the Treasury Department could manage a debt ceiling breach by channeling the daily in-flow of tax dollars to the most pressing needs, paying government creditors, sending out Social Security checks and financing the military.
Among the things destroyed with the twin towers was the notion, held by certain Americans ever since Vietnam, that to be stirred by national identity, carry a flag and feel grateful toward someone in uniform ought to be a source of embarrassment.
The term "new familism" has been coined, referring to the family notions held by the younger generation that seeks to accommodate both personal and family interests.
At first glance, such a study of the SRA does not lend itself to empirical generalizations: empirical circumstances such as the ideas and notions held by individual informants cannot be generalized.
"Additionally, [it explores] the complex perspective and notions held by people in which to observe nature".
And they are testing the notion, long held by health planners, that the city can survive with fewer hospitals.
The results challenge the notion, strongly held by some patients and advocacy groups, that Lyme disease, a bacterial infection, has a tendency to resist the usual antibiotic treatment and turn into a chronic illness that requires months or even years of antibiotic therapy.
