Sentence examples for persists that it from inspiring English sources

"The shibboleth persists that it isn't," he said.

This was credited, in his obituary, to Delos Jewkes, though a rumour persists that it was actually that film's Moses, Charlton Heston, who spoke the lines.

Nonetheless, the story persists that it resulted from his testimony in 1961 in front of a Congressional subcommittee on gambling and organized crime, during which he invoked his Fifth Amendment right not to incriminate himself 37 times, refusing to answer the simplest of questions, including whether he was left-handed.

However, teaching standards vary widely and 'a key problem for vocational education curriculum and pedagogy [is that a] perception persists that it only needs to account for low levels of outcomes' (Billett [2003], 7).

Nevertheless, the myth persists that it's difficult to get interviews or job offers during the holidays.

The Opportunity is currently driving to a large crater, named Endeavour, that it will not reach for two more years, if it persists that long.

But despite White House promises that the new program for small business lending will boost hiring, doubts persist that it will even achieve its goals for additional lending, let alone spur significant improvements in the broader economy.

For much of the past forty years, ever since it began to look as if Lee would not publish a second novel, a story has persisted that it was actually Capote who wrote "To Kill a Mockingbird".

Australian rockers AC/DC have been tipped to play that slot, while rumours persist that it could be Prince or even Kate Bush, who returned to the live scene in 2014 after a 35-year break.

There's still no firm release date for the follow-up to the biggest-selling album of the 21st century, but rumours persist that it's arriving in November – although, according to producer Naughty Boy, some record labels cleared their schedules for September in the belief that the album was due then, not wanting their own releases to be overshadowed.

Stringer is thought to be keeping his counsel on whether to officially enter the race for the job until more is known from the DCMS – rumours persist that it may just be a two-year role with the very real prospect of the BBC Trust being scrapped at the royal charter review in 2016 – and whether it proves to be a process that warrants the involvement of serious candidates.