Sentence examples for thought held that from inspiring English sources

The moment the Badgers' schedule was released, common thought held that the team would have to win at least one of those two games to maintain legitimate Rose Bowl hopes.

If A made a thing out of material belonging to B, one school of thought held that ownership went to A, and another held that it remained with B. Justinian adopted a "middle opinion": B retained ownership if reconversion to the original condition was possible (a bronze vase could be melted down); A obtained ownership if it was not (wine cannot be reconverted into grapes).

Mercantilism, then the prevailing school of economic thought, held that the way to secure a nation's wealth was by implementing rigid protectionist polices.

Another school of thought held that Mr. Lazio, a lawyer, might decide to work in the private sector before examining his political future.

One school of thought held that Germany could be accommodated within the existing international system; the other argument was that it needed to be confronted and contained.

One realist school of thought held that the cold war was something immutable, a fact of history that could at best be managed through the grinding diplomatic protocols known as detente.

I don't mean he lost "objectivity," since I think holding that up as an ideal is wrongheaded; it's the wrong word, and the wrong concept.

Contractualism, which stems from the Kantian line of social contract thought, holds that rationality requires that we respect persons, which in turn requires that moral principles be such that they can be justified to each person.

Contractarianism, which stems from the Hobbesian line of social contract thought, holds that persons are primarily self-interested, and that a rational assessment of the best strategy for attaining the maximization of their self-interest will lead them to act morally (where the moral norms are determined by the maximization of joint interest) and to consent to governmental authority.

Abbott's brother, he told him, was having a baby - but when he mentioned the expectant mother's name, "I thought, hold on, that's his stepdaughter!

This strand of security thought holds that while there is a category of jihadist who cannot be deterred, many of the people who help that jihadist can readily be dissuaded from pitching in.