Sentence examples for off the perception from inspiring English sources

It will be hard to shake off the perception of occupation.

For decades, conservatives fought off the perception that their views were anything less than mainstream and legitimate.

"I don't think we were completely successful in shaking off the perception that Nathan and Matthew were intrinsic to what the show was," Mr. Viertel said.

Schumann's symphonies cannot shake off the perception that for all of the music's inventiveness, they are too thickly orchestrated and structurally flawed.

The "Stacey's Mom" hitmakers will have to work hard, this late in the day, to shake off the perception of being essentially a poor man's Weezer.

After years spent trying to shake off the perception that they are well-meaning but old-fashioned and only for "poor people," Britain's credit unions finally seem to be getting some wind behind their sails.

Having now fought off the perceptions that he was either relentlessly downbeat or a one-trick pony, Iñárritu will now confront a different obstacle — himself, as new movies are inevitably compared to "Birdman" and its outsized success.

As I have been told by many human resources professionals, disability is a subject that can scare many off because of the perception of weakness, inefficiency and need.

Other homeowners could be put off by the perception that lightning rods are crudely ineffective relics of another era.

I was a member of the SDLP and had thought about joining the Alliance party but I am put off by the perception that they are for middle-class Unionist men.

But last summer, the charm wore off as the perception grew that Ramirez was deliberately not playing hard so as to force the Red Sox to trade him and thus allow him to become a free agent at the end of the 2008 season.