Sentence examples for take a conviction from inspiring English sources

We love to take a conviction we might, for a moment, entertain, and then turn it on its head and make a joke about it.

From my New Age years I took a conviction that politics needs to be about more than endless struggle – that responsible human beings need to search for reconciliation and healing and mutually acceptable solutions.

It will take an enduring conviction that the north matters just as much as anywhere else in Britain.

McMillan's lawyer has said that the prosecution made no offer that took a felony conviction off the table.

It will take a leader of great conviction, political acumen and, yes, courage, to convince us that the fight is nobody else's but our own".

And, in fact, there are officials who are starting to take a stand against wrongful convictions.

I admire his desire and conviction to take a big industry in a new direction and give the term 'retail is detail' a new meaning".

In the end Jardine has to admit "an inability to take a strong personal stand, with conviction, where any real risk was involved".