Sentence examples for settled conviction of from inspiring English sources

It was the settled conviction of Lord Salisbury that the duty of a Conservative prime minister was to prevent change, since "whatever happens will be for the worse".

Will that distaste harden into a settled conviction that Mr Brown's number is up?

This was not out of any conviction that he would become a lawyer; indeed, he had no settled notion of what he wanted to do with his life, except that music would be an essential part of it.

We are of opinion that a motion to dismiss the writ of error must prevail since it is settled that a conviction for a criminal, although summary, contempt is for the purposes of our reviewing power a matter of criminal law not within our jurisdiction on error.

Of the 449 cases, 271 have been settled, with 230 of them, or 84.8 percent, ending in convictions.

I think we settled out of court.

The case was settled out of court.

That argument simply does not apply where the "new" holding is merely an application of a rule that was well settled at the time of conviction.

This guilty plea and conviction should settle the question of whether these so-called "gamefowl breeding associations" are anything more than criminal syndicates who make their living collecting door fees at illegal cockfighting events and then laundering the money back into political campaigns to block the enactment of stronger animal fighting laws.

That settled the matter of group tours.

Strategic forethought and unity of purpose have always been his calling cards, and as the game settled into a pattern of steady German pressure and Inter counter-attacks it became necessary again to admire the trademark conviction of his teams.