Sentence examples for the idea prevails from inspiring English sources

The recent outbreaks of bluetongue virus infection in northwestern Europe and of chikungunya infection in Italy are real reminders of the vulnerability of this ill-prepared continent, where the idea prevails that these things cannot happen there but are merely problems that occur on other continents.

The Gnostic Gospels and other early writings suggest that initially the role of women was hotly debated, but ultimately the idea prevailed that men should dominate.

The idea prevailed in the collection of Alexander McQueen who produced, among many other looks, a dress made with the hanging panels that call to mind a knight's costume.

Back at that time, the idea prevailed that retroviruses induced tumors by inserting in the vicinity of cellular proto-oncogenes.

The same idea prevails, in a milder form, in South Korean, and Japanese, corporate life, where workers must learn the "philosophies" of their company founders.

This idea prevails to the present day: a number of "symbiogenesis-researchers" consider endosymbiotic events and directional natural selection as mutually exclusive concepts (see ref. 38 for a discussion of this topic).

An idea prevails that domestic violence victims must be stupid to stay in relationships.

Thus, a common idea prevails that there are too many doctors graduating from medical school, and medical unemployment is just around the corner.

This idea prevailed in spite of reports, published in prominent journals, that showed that new neurons could arise in specialized areas of the brain (Altman 1963; Altman and Das 1965, 1966; Kaplan and Hinds 1977; Kaplan 1981).

The idea still prevails that Roma can only work with their hands and a shovel".

Namely, if we undertake the initiative -- on a collective or even on an individual basis - to help reverse the idea that prevails for Greece in international decision making centers, we will be offering a service, both to Greece and to the world.