fundamental belief

collocation in English

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fundamental
adjective
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/ˌfʌn.dəˈmen.təl/us
/ˌfʌn.dəˈmen.t̬əl/
forming the base, from which everything ...
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belief
noun[C or S or U]
uk
/bɪˈliːf/us
/bɪˈliːf/
the feeling of being certain that something exists or ...
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(Definition offundamentalandbelieffrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Already the book's own road to the printing press reflected thisfundamentalbelief.
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First, was afundamentalbeliefthat architecture can support and enhance all aspects of people's lives, and is not solely visual sculpture.
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Peel's response in these cases was governed by hisfundamentalbeliefthat while individual acts of paternal responsibility were necessary for salvation, a paternalistic state was morally regressive.
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I am pleased about the changes that he has made, but myfundamentalbeliefis that all children should be treated equally.
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I accept that thatfundamentalbelief, like all such beliefs, is difficult to justify in hard logic.
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That is thefundamentalbeliefwhich was spelt out to us a few months ago.
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In that sense, myfundamentalbeliefas a man of belief is that international relations must be secular.
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Myfundamentalbeliefis that the sale of council houses is necessary in order to provide a mixed society.
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I believe that we can restore a caring society, and a caring society is something that we must all accept as afundamentalbelief.
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They have failed, and that is because of theirfundamentalbeliefin free enterprise.
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Myfundamentalbeliefis that in schools it is much better if we mix up the children of the labourer, the clerk and the laird.
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I think democracy is a beastly and soulless tyranny, and that is myfundamentalbelief.
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It is afundamentalbeliefheld by many, certainly by me, that the ownership of companies should carry some responsibility for their control.
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That is a common,fundamentalbeliefwith them, but there is nothing more false.
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Our hope for the future rests upon ourfundamentalbeliefin the dignity, in the energy, in the resourcefulness of free men.
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But it still remains afundamentalbeliefof mine that these matters are of great importance.
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That is myfundamentalbelief—that we would tend to increase their number.
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The current disputes in the docks, on the underground and elsewhere cannot be helping to change thatfundamentalbeliefin what is necessary.
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I fully agree with him that it is afundamentalbeliefof our party that we should increase indirect rather than direct taxation.
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Dedication is afundamentalbeliefto a good doctor, a good policeman or a good nurse.
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