Example sentences of "[det] doubt " in BNC.
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| 1 | This doubt about world synods was not lessened by later experience . |
| 2 | Thomas found himself ill-equipped to answer this bidding call effectively : This doubt of myself is the more powerful , because I see how all along my senses are so powerful . |
| 3 | This doubt allowed the possibility of a claim by his rival , Matthew Stewart , earl of Lennox , even though by the rules of primogeniture Arran had the stronger case ; for he was descended from the son of James II 's daughter Mary , whereas Lennox was descended from her daughter . |
| 4 | This doubt of not quite knowing so worried me that I sometimes approached my visualization as if addressing a public meeting . |
| 5 | Notice that this doubt is not purely spiritual , nor purely intellectual , nor purely emotional but a question of a subtle though complete change of heart . |
| 6 | There is no pain of loss in this doubt , no agonizing uncertainty , no straining desire for a solution : The desired goal is not recovery of faith but a respectable cover for retreat from faith . |
| 7 | This doubt is one of unconcern : It is insensitive , not over-sensitive . |
| 8 | In essence this doubt holds nothing against truth except that it is inconvenient . |
| 9 | At first the remedy for this doubt may seem all too simple . |
| 10 | This doubt is not a matter of doubting the right presuppositions but of believing the wrong ones . |
| 11 | We must see how this doubt develops and be careful to presuppose only what we know to be true and to commit ourselves consciously to the consequences of these suppositions . |
| 12 | Once it has developed , the best way to deal with this doubt is to bring it to a head . |
| 13 | This doubt is far from new , but today 's intellectual climate provides an ideal breeding-ground and it has come into its own again . |
| 14 | This doubt is especially prevalent today since religious faith is often viewed as anything but a matter of truth . |
| 15 | Theological answers are necessary and entirely appropriate to this doubt . |
| 16 | And the best remedy for this doubt is to know the sure and sufficient reasons God has given us , to know why we can know God is there , to know why we can trust his revelation as true , to know why we can be sure of his love and his goodness , and to stand firm in our understanding of these truths . |
| 17 | But there is nothing like a carefully chosen book to stimulate the examination and reflection which deals with this doubt . |
| 18 | It is not in the nature of this doubt to cry out in pain or groan in anguish . |
| 19 | This sense of unreality marks only the opening stage of this doubt . |
| 20 | The remedy for this doubt must begin with a careful discernment of which stage the doubt is in and what the root of the lack of conviction is . |
| 21 | Not to admit this doubt is to embrace behaviourism . |
| 22 | With the discovery of Arandaspis and Sacambambaspis this doubt is reinforced . |
| 23 | Even allowing it the benefit of this doubt , our hypothetical small party would be very unlikely to end up with more than the same percentage of seats , 8.4 , as the Irish party . |
| 24 | Hence if doubts arise as to what the rules are or as to the precise scope of some given rule , there will be no procedure for settling this doubt , either by reference to an authoritative text or to an official whose declarations on this point are authoritative . |
| 25 | This doubt had been in my mind for some time but the research was undertaken due to a number of reasons . |
| 26 | This doubt may manifest itself in the wish to delay the decision . |
| 27 | But few doubt , even in Nashville , that country has boomed precisely because of its predictable format and the readiness of its lyrics to engage with the mundane ups-and-downs of life . |
| 28 | There is some doubt in a grey area of differences between monographs on the one hand , and catalogues or biographies on the other . |
| 29 | There was one vital breakthrough for the nationalist consciousness , though there still remains some doubt as to how deep this was for the Fianna Fáil party : all the parties committed themselves to the recognition of the protestant — loyalist group as having legitimate aspirations and affirmed the need for the recognition of ‘ two sets of legitimate rights ’ coexisting in the island as a whole : ‘ Constitutional nationalists are determined to secure justice for all traditions … |
| 30 | Confronted with the evaporation of virtue , heroism , art and philosophy , does Fukuyama feel rage , despair or at any rate some doubt about whether such an ordering of life can really be the ‘ final , rational form of society ’ ? |