Sentence examples for preconceptions that the from inspiring English sources

But the further description of their state is entirely controversial and owes its controversial character to the varying preconceptions that the disputants bring to their task.

The 2004 melee at the Palace of Auburn Hills scarred the N.B.A.'s image, reinforcing preconceptions that the league was populated by miscreants.

Perhaps most importantly however, Unedited History brings any preconceptions that the revolution quashed the course of artistic modernism in Iran to task.

Big windows, which Judd installed to replace old garage doors along the sides of the buildings, let sun play against the silvery metal, initiating shimmery effects that deflect all preconceptions that the sculptures will seem forbidding, heavy, mechanical or monotonous.

Jane Harris has pulled off a difficult trick, showing the heart behind the tart with genuine and affecting empathy, cleverly undercutting preconceptions that the character has, at least on the surface, fulfilled.

Narrow-mindedness like this fuels the dangerous generalisations and preconceptions that exist around the word immigrant.

These intuitions generate preconceptions that interfere with the proper understanding of the theory of evolution.

I want to help pave the path to your destiny, whatever that may be, by teaching you to kick aside the preconceptions that will clutter it along the way.

By getting hip-hop in more homes, in more ways, Mr. Lighty helped sandpaper its rough edges, helped weaken the defenses and the preconceptions that had been keeping it outside.

The potential for divergence between separate models won't be erased, and so, no matter how accurate one model becomes relative to the preconceptions that birthed it, there will always remain the likelihood that it will clash with others.

Others -- like "The Countess," with its barbed portrait of Ruskin the tastemaker -- reflect on the preconceptions that may make viewers less likely to admire (read: buy) a certain work.