"notion" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- As to who can commit treason, it depends on the ancient notion of allegiance.
- Its name comes from the Latin ilia, "side," based on the ancient notion that the wearing of the green cured a pain in the ribs.
- Lehrs' most amusing feat is his revival of the ancient notion of "levity," a force opposed to gravity.
- For the figure to have adopted such an unseemly pose as a split would have violated ancient Greek notions of estheticism.
- The party endorsed the ancient notion that qigong beliefs were part of Chinese medicine.
- Otto maintained that the past was dead and useless while Hans reiterated ancient notions of learning from others' mis- takes.
- When such peace talks inevitably fail, Britain throws up its hands and hints at the ancient notion that the Irish cannot govern themselves.
- Wickham's target was the ancient notion of "constructive treason."
- However, the 1542 Act still reflected the ancient notion that people who could not pay their debts were criminals, and required debtors to be imprisoned.
- It came from the ancient notion that the world is flat and surrounded by sea.
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