Sentences with phrase «widely accepted notion»

«It is a widely accepted notion among painters that it does not matter what one paints, as long as it is well painted.

«My point in exploring this extended stock market history is to demonstrate that the widely accepted notion of a reliable 5 % equity risk premium is a myth.

My point in exploring this extended stock market history is to demonstrate that the widely accepted notion of a reliable 5 percent equity risk premium is a myth.

This Nobel Prize - winning paper introduced the now widely accepted notion that when putting together a portfolio, it is not sufficient to focus on returns alone.

Already today's Hemingways will starve because of such a widely accepted notion.

In what's merely another recapitulation of the widely accepted notion of white superiority comes David Yates» rehash of Edgar Rice Burrough's most popular creation, The Legend of Tarzan, a big - budget studio extravaganza from the director during his break between the last four Harry Potter films and an upcoming prequel.

«These findings question the widely accepted notion that caffeine consumption acts chronically as a diuretic,» the scientists concluded.

Writing in the October issue of Current Anthropology, he and three colleagues challenge a widely accepted notion that cultural transmission goes back more than 2 million years.

In every age, people naturally form World Pictures that are syntheses of ideas derived from various sources - prevailing scientific theories, philosophical speculation, revealed truth, widely accepted notions, and «common sense».

Applying all of this to the passenger pigeon is challenging many widely accepted notions about the bird.

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The notion that we are all the children of bacteria seemed outlandish at the time, but it is now widely supported and accepted.

Skeptic: Let's talk in 30 years While debate flared around what to do about climate change, the notion that the earth is warming might be more widely accepted.

Yet while some may disagree with the sugar having to do with «work», the notion of being punctual, responsible, and trustworthy during an arrangement is widely accepted in the Sugarbowl.

That Android users aren't willing to pay for apps is a widely - accepted notion, a largely true one as well, and naturally this limits the amount of money developers are willing to pile into the platform.

And then a Finnish cousin of mine reenforced the notion by reminding me on Facebook about a concept called «Everyman's right» that is widely accepted throughout the Nordic countries.

It has also been fairly widely accepted that any notion that the «market» is functioning as a «market» at least since the latest worldwide economic depression began in 2008 is limited strictly to fairy tales.