How To Use Preconceived notion In A Sentence

  • They state that the australopithecine material has been poorly interpreted because of preconceived notions, and that australopithecine bipedality may have been quite different from and unrelated to human bipedality.
  • Many have preconceived notions of a soldier's job as physical and macho. Times, Sunday Times
  • It was good for our preconceived notions of interpretation to be challenged, but occasionally what seemed strange pull-ups and allargandos, might have been considered perverse.
  • Instead, we must be vigilant in guarding against the distasteful practice of having unfavourable preconceived notions against individuals based on their origin.
  • You must judge each film on its own merits, without any preconceived notions about what it's like.
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  • This encounter supported my preconceived notion that teeth whitening is not quite right. Times, Sunday Times
  • Set aside your preconceived notions about healthy food: The restaurant's well-rounded sides and dressings add serious luster to the menu with items such as organic quinoa and couscous, mixed nuts, sunflower seeds, spicy aioli, malt aioli, veganaise, and homemade house dressings such as ginger-tamari, creamy garlic, mango (oil free) and bleu cheese. Theithacajournal.com -
  • Many have preconceived notions of a soldier's job as physical and macho. Times, Sunday Times
  • It may be time to set aside any preconceived notions about these coeds and start thinking of them as serious consumers.
  • Abandoning the preconceived notions of tonality, and immersed within a musical state of dissonance, Coltrane's music became a communicative attempt at reaching a higher plane.
  • This is in spite of your preconceived notions. The Sun
  • Besides that, the effect for which the high fantasist is reaching is largely a subjective one gauged by the reader’s disposition, preconceived notions, and attitude at the time of reading. Archive 2007-05-01
  • If we are to truly assess what is going on in the world it is necessary to put our prejudices and preconceived notions aside.
  • Because that would validate all my preconceived notions of innate North European linguistic ability - and our knack at attracting patronising anglophonic morons. Can You Top This
  • I don't think either one of us comes to the set, or to rehearsals, with preconceived notions of how the scene is going to be.
  • This is in spite of your preconceived notions. The Sun
  • He'll think of something so he can appoint people who don't have any preconceived notions about Hoffman's original intent. BETTER THAN THIS
  • He'll think of something so he can appoint people who don't have any preconceived notions about Hoffman's original intent. BETTER THAN THIS
  • By using balloons, all preconceived notions of what art is can be thrown out the window. Times, Sunday Times
  • The innate tendency to aberration which I have noted in Froude, and his admittedly treacherous memory, were the primary causes of his impeachment of Carlyle; and tracing these in operation, it becomes clear that they landed him in a preconceived notion of Carlyle's relations with his wife, which was radically wrong, but to which, in spite of correction, he persistently adhered. New Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle
  • `You say that because it fits your preconceived notion of what American food is. MISS MELVILLE REGRETS
  • Typical preconceived notion of a modern "westerner". In Lithuania, Pre-Lent Carnival Has Anti-Jewish Overtones
  • They were both meant to challenge preconceived notions, which they certainly did. Times, Sunday Times
  • Another point of view may help to clarify thinking and offset preconceived notions or prejudices.
  • On one hand a mirror can be a powerful revealer of truth - reflecting back an image unbiased by preconceived notions of appearance.
  • They were both meant to challenge preconceived notions, which they certainly did. Times, Sunday Times
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  • They have the effect of jarring your preconceived notions. Times, Sunday Times
  • This encounter supported my preconceived notion that teeth whitening is not quite right. Times, Sunday Times
  • He had a preconceived notion of what a messiah should be like. Christianity Today
  • They have the effect of jarring your preconceived notions. Times, Sunday Times
  • Preconceived notions are prejudices about what is supposed to happen during the ritual, or the way in which the ritual must be done.
  • And still she would not be ill to fall in with Louis's preconceived notions; living an absolutely normal, rather tough life, hardened by her father's Spartanism, she found that a natural process made very little difference to her. Captivity
  • So I went to college, with that kind of preconceived notion which didn't materialize. Oral History Interview with Eva Clayton, July 18, 1989. Interview C-0084. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
  • I didn't have any kind of preconceived notions about how these things were supposed to be done. Undefined
  • `The most surprising thing about the group is that many of my preconceived notions about the participants have been overturned. ABSOLUTE TRUTHS
  • The work of Crowell, Dott and Winterer led to the introduction of purely descriptive terms for poorly sorted and laminated facies that avoided any preconceived notion of a glacial origin.
  • We must be prepared for all possibilities, not just the ones that play into reporters' preconceived notions about hunters, soldiers, tattoos and guns.
  • The word homeschooling is such a misnomer, because most of the learning does not happen anywhere near home, and school is such a loaded word that brings so many preconceived notions about learning to mind that it's really no wonder that people don't "get it. Dru Blood - I believe in the inherent goodness of all beings: Sorry for the outburst...
  • Prerequisites are a willingness to experiment, a desire to play, and a hankering to shake up preconceived notions about your art and photography.
  • Do you think that kind of preconceived notion of how a female rock musician should behave harms the progress of female musicians in general? PopMatters
  • This rough, urban setting clashes with our preconceived notions about her adorable subject matter.
  • You must judge each film on its own merits, without any preconceived notions about what it's like.
  • I was not about to confront her preconceived notions head-on.
  • certain preconceived notions
  • Any preconceived notion that Britain would be the outright winner was tested to the limit. Times, Sunday Times
  • This encounter supported my preconceived notion that teeth whitening is not quite right. Times, Sunday Times
  • They have the effect of jarring your preconceived notions. Times, Sunday Times
  • By using balloons, all preconceived notions of what art is can be thrown out the window. Times, Sunday Times
  • They have the effect of jarring your preconceived notions. Times, Sunday Times
  • Any preconceived notion that Britain would be the outright winner was tested to the limit. Times, Sunday Times
  • Did you go there with kind of preconceived notions of what Yemen might be? CNN Transcript Jan 9, 2010
  • He had a preconceived notion of what a messiah should be like. Christianity Today
  • You may have a preconceived notion about Self-Help, but if you look closely I think you'll find it is an inaccurate stereotype.
  • This is in spite of your preconceived notions. The Sun

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