Example sentences of "he believe that the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He believed that the central problem was that of helping the existing aged poor who had suffered from the bad industrial conditions of the past , and that younger generations should be induced to save . |
| 2 | He believed that the political commitment existed to ensure that the independent countries of the region would co-operate effectively to reduce their dependence on South Africa , and accelerate economic development ; and that such a new grouping could influence decisively the way that offical development assistance was used in the region , and the course of development co-operation in general . |
| 3 | He believed that the two operations could be run with the staff of about ten employed by Pittencrieff at its office in Abilene , Texas , after closing Aberdeen 's office in Denver , Colorado , which has between ten and 15 staff . |
| 4 | He believed that the Great Powers would be ‘ in a position to exert the pressure on their clients necessary to induce them to accept such arrangements ’ . |
| 5 | He believed that the only explanation for these results was the chimpanzees suddenly saw new relationships that were never learned in the past . |
| 6 | He believed that the greatest scientists should also be poets , for both recognized affinity , analogy and beauty ; and although to his biographer his mind seemed essentially Platonic , his greatest heroes were Aristotle , Linnaeus , Robert Brown and Goethe . |
| 7 | So far as Cold War issues were concerned , de Gaulle was an anti-Communist but he believed that the bi-polar world of the 1950s had brought an ever-present threat of nuclear conflagration and effectively left the Superpowers as the only states with true independence in foreign affairs . |
| 8 | He believed that the Scottish Secretary 's estimates were probably based on the operation of the system once it had bedded down rather than looking at initial assumptions . |
| 9 | If he ended up with a taste for feudalism and aristocracy it was because he believed that the old paternalism was better than the inhuman gulf between ‘ classes ’ — ‘ One would wish to see the rich mingle with the poor as much as may be upon a footing of fraternal equality . ’ |
| 10 | He believed that the true art of novel writing was to draw characters who became ‘ beacons ’ pointing to moral truths as well as vehicles of ‘ amusement ’ , and that : |
| 11 | But he believed that the subsequent provisions for bad debts on commercial loans were realistic . |
| 12 | It says he believed that the historical awareness will help any linguistic scene to profit . |
| 13 | He believed that the human capacity for moral , social , and political adaptation had been stretched to its limit in the first century of the Industrial Revolution and fatally outstripped since . |
| 14 | He believed that the English drama would be improved by the deliberate tackling of large subjects , subjects of political and philosophical weight . |
| 15 | He believes that the financial support companies give to charitable works can , and should , be quantified . |
| 16 | He believes that the radical opposition 's shrillness is merely an effort ‘ to ring bells to attract attention . ’ |
| 17 | He believes that the subtle discrimination practised on him resulted from his active role in a North sea safety committee . |
| 18 | He believes that the new sponsorship from UV Ski will make a big difference . |
| 19 | He believes that the mere learning of Sanskrit by large numbers of people in itself would represent a quantum leap in consciousness . |
| 20 | He believes that the bourgeois epoch of history is in its terminal crisis , but concedes that this crisis may have been going on since 1848 , which stretches not only ‘ bourgeois ’ but ‘ crisis ’ to breakingpoint . |
| 21 | He believes that the direct exploitation of natural forest , as is occurring in many tropical regions , is equivalent to ‘ hunting-gathering ’ while the managed natural forests of North America , for example , have reached the ‘ farming ’ stage . |
| 22 | Apart from the Head Chef , who is 53 , opposition has come mainly from the Accommodation Manager , who is unqualified but very experienced : he believes that the old ways are the best ways and has generally received the support of his department heads , who owe their positions to him . |
| 23 | He believes that the definitive Vietnam movie has not yet been made , and will not be made until relations between the US and Vietnam are normalised . |
| 24 | He believes that the medical profession is encouraging Down 's babies to die at birth because of ignorance and fear . |