A common belief among ancient cultures was that the laws of numbers have not only a practical meaning, but also a mystical or religious one. |
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It is a common belief that witches and pagans are devil worshipers, but they are not. |
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A common belief is that marriages within the tight-knit community are for the good of the children. |
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The common belief that the British were obliged to shoulder the main burden of World War I is a historical travesty. |
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The law itself, including at the international level, must reinforce our common belief in the fundamental dignity of all human beings. |
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Contrary to common belief, human beings do not interact with their environment using a fixed set of aptitudes. |
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Contrary to common belief, pastoralists tend to rationalise the sale of their livestock when the market is most favourable. |
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Although there is limited data in Canada, this is a common belief here as well. |
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At the beginning of World War II, the common belief was that air evacuation of the sick and wounded was dangerous, medically unsound, and militarily impossible. |
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Another common belief is that the poorer the voters, the more vulnerable they are to offers. |
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It is a common belief in Belize that mental illness is caused by bad spirits. |
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It is a common belief that the Earth is a more or less round contraption and people have even been out in little space craft to take a good look. |
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However, against the common belief, sign language is not a universal language and it has been difficult for deaf students to go abroad and study. |
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The common belief that Soviet communism owed little to Marxism is mistaken. |
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This study was designed to examine the common belief that necrophagous blowflies lay their eggs in wounds. |
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There is a common belief that modern agrochemicals, as used by the sugar companies, are responsible. |
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Contrary to common belief, people of Roma origin do not often sleep rough and rarely make use of emergency shelters. |
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Contrary to the common belief, Wright liked big, showy, bowwow buildings. |
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A common belief is that science heads in a direction of progress, and thus leads to more accurate representations of maps. |
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It is a common belief that jinn can possess a human, thus requiring Exorcism. |
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We share a common belief with the International Scout Movement: we believe that young people are crucial to social change and development in today's and tomorrow's world. |
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This fluidity, however, is firmly anchored by the shared philosophy of community education and the common belief in the need for a collective approach to address the challenges faced by area communities. |
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I think one would find consensus in the House for the proposition that, notwithstanding our disagreements on the question of the war, there is a common belief that we should be active in leading the reconstruction. |
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One common belief about moles is that they typically consume their own weight in food every 24 hours, but this is an exaggeration. |
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The common belief among mainstream analysts stipulates that, because a formalized method to quantify environmental issues does not currently exist, these issues would not immediately affect stock valuation. |
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Contrary to a common belief, labyrinths are not mazes. |
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Contrary to common belief, these things are instinctive. |
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As such it contains no sign of the Americas and yet demonstrates the common belief in a spherical Earth. |
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Contrary to common belief, this condition is not transmitted through touch, and more evidence is proving that this disease has been mischaracterized. |
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This group of monks who over a period of a few years, had continuously dialogued together in the face of imminent death, reached a common belief about what conformity to Christ meant in their given life situation. |
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Despite common belief to the contrary, Aksum did not originate from one of the Semitic Sabaean kingdoms of southern Arabia but instead developed as a local power. |
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Once again, the common belief that developing countries are the major recipients of outsourcing worldwide is not supported by the facts, although India and China are clearly gaining positions very quickly. |
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She said that the common belief that a new carbon tax will be politically unpopular, even if it is clear that the overall family tax burden will go down, is based on the idea that the Canadian public is not very bright. |
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It is a common belief that we should and can create innovation in the labour market that improves productivity and quality within the flexibility required without exploiting workers. |
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He was outraged at the fear he felt: fear of touching, as if he shared the common belief that lepers were paying for their sins and would infect anybody who came close. |
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The disappearance of large families, the decline of religion as a source of common belief, high mobility and the need for both parents to work contributes to this trend. |
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There is a common belief that the contemporary development agenda is already decided, in which PRSPs are the successor to structural adjustment, and the state's role is to manage an externally imposed agenda. |
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Beliefs regarding reincarnation vary widely among Heathens, although one common belief is that individuals are reborn within their family or clan. |
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There is a common belief that graphite's lubricating properties are solely due to the loose interlamellar coupling between sheets in the structure. |
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Schlich refutes the common belief that organ transplant was the dream of ancient medical practitioners that was only thwarted by a lack of technology. |
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Common belief has been that in the future the number of middle managers will downfall due to empowerment and team-building. |
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