Example sentences of "they believe that the [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | The catastrophists ' notion of mass extinction allowed them to believe that the disappearance of species was not a part of Nature 's regular operations , but occurred only in those exceptional interludes when the earth 's normal stability was interrupted by some gigantic convulsion . |
| 2 | If this is true ( and it is not so far-fetched : if you carry on an intelligent argument with your readers in the columns of a newspaper , you can not expect them to believe that the responsibilities of self-government are beyond them ) , then it would seem a good example of propaganda having the opposite effect to that intended . |
| 3 | Many of them believe that the immigration of overseas doctors was encouraged to support the NHS in its early days , only for the overseas doctors subsequently to be marginalised . |
| 4 | In these circumstances parents made a virtue of necessity ; they believed that the experience of death could strengthen family ties , rather than act as a dissolvent . |
| 5 | They believed that the conversion of Japan into a nation of prosperous owner-farmers was crucial if a democratic , peace-loving state was to become a reality . |
| 6 | They believe that the role of the community educator is much more limited than the rhetoric often implies . |
| 7 | Consultants are often fearful that these new styles of service will lead to the quality of care of acutely ill patients on the wards suffering ; they believe that the focus of community work is away from those who are most in need or are concerned that if they work in the community they will lose the professional day-to-day support of consultant colleagues . |
| 8 | Thereafter , they believe that the growth of Labour was practically inexorable given the political circumstances of the times — aided by the increase in the electorate from seven to twenty-one million , following the introduction of the 1918 Franchise Act . |
| 9 | They believe that the end of the world is about to come , and their conviction gives them a certain maniacal courage . |
| 10 | They believe that the approval of others only shows how great they are , seeing the loss of self-will as a form of rape . |