Sentence examples for widely held idea from inspiring English sources

But he took issue with the widely held idea that China takes the largest share of trade benefits.

"I believe that almost every widely held idea about 21st-century terrorism...is wrong and must be thoroughly rethought," he says in his introduction.

The idea that hormone treatment could bring on breast cancer within just a few years would seem to contradict the widely held idea that cancer takes a long time to develop.

One can only hope that more of the media become as wary as The Economist about self-proclaimed climate-change sceptics.Bob Ward Policy and communications director Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment LSE LondonSIR – Calls for a more organised set up for the IPCC brought to mind the widely held idea of having a World Environmental Organisation.

And among his many academic publications is a meticulous introduction to Thomas of Monmouth's "The Life and Miracles of St. William of Norwich," written in 1173, in which James refuted the widely held idea that William, a twelve-year-old boy, had been killed in 1144 by Jews as part of a ritual sacrifice.

Last August, while writing about a study of that change's effects, I repeated the widely held idea of a generational conflict on campus.

And no matter how much I'd like to believe otherwise, it's possible that my suspicions about the book reflect the widely held ideas about women with ambition and authority.

The study, believed to be one of the largest of punitive damage awards, challenges widely held ideas about jurors' decisions that have influenced state judges, legislators, Congress and even the United States Supreme Court.

The Deetzes also make an important observation about the absence of log cabins in Plymouth: "This is yet another small part of the Pilgrim Myth, and as is the case of the other parts of this story, it reflected widely held ideas about the American past," they write, "in which log cabins symbolized the spirit of the pioneers, and how humble beginnings can sometimes lead to greater things".

A reassessment of the available evidence carried out by a Dutch group suggests it does not support widely held ideas about the species having only primitive tools and weapons, lacking the ability to communicate using signs and symbols, having a narrow diet and only basic forms of social organisation.

Thematic consistency is apparent between these studies and our study, suggesting that these barriers are widely held ideas and that the results of this study are generalisable.