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Examples
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My basic tennet is that the bosses have lost all sense of balance.
Terrorism is the new Rock ānā Roll. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008
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What I dont like about my present view is that it puts me out of orthodoxy, as it is such a central tennet of Christianity, and any view deviating from it, is labeled as heresy... but I understand it, as I used to say the same of people who didnt adhere to the Trinity.
Christology and the Brain of Jesus James F. McGrath 2008
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There is an old Jesuit tennet that "whatever is precieved is prevcived according to the disposition of the preciever."
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A central Christian tennet is to forgive your enemies.
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I know the central tennet of the book is based around race, but the story transcends that focussing more on women's hopes and dreams and the constraints they faced.
unknown title 2012
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"That's been a major tennet of both times we ran; that's exactly what we said," Wood said.
Kansan.com stories < 2010
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Freedom of the press is a vital tennet of our society, and it needs to be protected vigourously by everyone both inside the media and out.
doggdot.us 2009
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Freedom of the press is a vital tennet of our society, and it needs to be protected vigourously by everyone both inside the media and out.
doggdot.us 2009
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It is thus a tennet of their religion; a religion based on hatred of all non-believers with a religious mandate from Allah to destroy them.
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This contradicts the basic tennet of investment in a capitalist society.
unknown title 2008
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