firm belief
collocation in Englishmeaningsoffirmandbelief
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firm
adjective
uk/fɜːm/us/fɝːm/
not soft but not ...
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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 offirmandbelieffrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesoffirm belief
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That is myfirmbelief.
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This is myfirmbelief.
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Most philosophers and psychologists shared thefirmbeliefthat their disciplines were substantially different in some ways.
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Posters that bear within them the joy, hope and thefirmbeliefin a better and attainable future.
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And that is my veryfirmbelief.
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It is myfirmbeliefthat that is so.
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I have afirmbeliefin the recognition of realities.
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It is myfirmbeliefthat we need clarification.
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It was afirmbeliefof ninetenths of the population.
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There are many first-class reasons for thatfirmbelief.
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Thefirmbeliefwas that others would follow thereafter.
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The research reported here was based on afirmbeliefthat individuals could and should take responsibility for promoting their own health, regardless of their socio-economic status.
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It is thefirmbeliefof the author that at least two directions can be used as starting points to produce moderate-sized classifiers with good predictive accuracy.
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As well as the need to question what clients fundamentally want, it is myfirmbeliefthat we as a profession are failing to temper our own desires.
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It is myfirmbeliefthat the experiment has proven its effect beyond any doubt.
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It is myfirmbeliefthat it is founded on a total misunderstanding of the position.
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It is myfirmbeliefthat the present situation very definitely involves national security.
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Theirfirmbeliefis that more than money is required in this industry.
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I then expressed myfirmbeliefin the potential strength of our democratic system.
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I have given some in thefirmbeliefthat it was about to happen.
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It is myfirmbeliefthat no outsider can come in and change things.
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It is myfirmbeliefthat this is the most logical way forward to ensure consistency.
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It is indeed ourfirmbeliefthat deeper integration is the solution to our common problems.
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It is myfirmbeliefthat we must spell out what we mean.
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It is myfirmbeliefthat there needs to be a good deal further public debate.
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