Example sentences of "[noun prp] believe that [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | McLuhan believes that writing fosters " linear thinking " : " The fragmenting of activities , our habit of thinking in bits and parts — " specialism " — reflected the step-by-step departmentalizing process inherent in the technology of the alphabet … |
| 2 | Argan believed that art belonged to all men , which is why he battled in defence of the cultural heritage from the dark days of Fascism — to the last days of his life , proof of his commitment to criticism as an instrument of conscience . |
| 3 | Aristotle believed that matter was continuous , that is , one could divide a piece of matter into smaller and smaller bits without any limit : one never came up against a grain of matter that could not be divided further . |
| 4 | Lenin believed that bureaucracy would become redundant after a proletarian revolution which would provide for the instant revocability of every civil servant , the reduction of official salaries and the simplification of control and accounting functions in society . |
| 5 | The pattern of old stream courses can be clearly seen from above on the valley floors , but Peel believes that spring sapping may have been very important in the formation of the wadis . |
| 6 | Not only does Mrs Whitehouse believe that Christianity is under threat from political revolution , but also that it is the last line of defence against such revolution . |
| 7 | Nonetheless by 1994 Buckland believes that Lan Server should comply to this new standard for distributed systems . |
| 8 | But GPT believes that demand will be so high that the services will be well established by the middle of the next decade . |
| 9 | Doody believes that interest in incarnation can lead to an ’ … ironic self-awareness of the gap between that cultural icon , the beautiful female , and the strange physical self . |
| 10 | The Marind of New Guinea believe that fire has its origins in sex , and so indulge in a rite whereby a girl has to be raped in order to keep that fire alight . |
| 11 | Guglielmi believes that performance will not be a problem . |
| 12 | Professor Lear believes that individuation and autonomy are the highest goals of Man and he also believes , along with Socrates , that the unexamined life is not worth living . |
| 13 | Stockbroker Hoare Govett believes that radio could increase its share by 5 per cent by 1995 . |
| 14 | Bakker believed that dinosaur speed could , reasonably accurately enough , be worked out from the angle of the limb joints . |
| 15 | Dr Dowling believes that part of the reason why house officers are often so impotent in hospital politics is that they are essentially migrant labour — rarely in one place for more than six months . |
| 16 | Jonathan Goodman believes that publishing should be a ‘ dynamic entrepreneurial business ’ , and last year set up Carlton Books to prove it . |
| 17 | Wilson-Kastner believes that Christianity proclaims ( as indeed it may well ) that alienation is overcome in Christ . |
| 18 | ‘ Neil Kinnock believes that management by politicians through the local council is the way to run schools . |
| 19 | ‘ Neil Kinnock believes that management by politicians through the local council is the way to run schools . |
| 20 | However , unlike Skinner , Piaget believed that development is best explained by describing the ways in which children understand such relations . |
| 21 | Myers believes that soil erosion is already a problem and that at least 90 000 km 2 of land are so badly affected that they can no longer sustain crop production . |
| 22 | However , USL believes that HP will adopt it within the next three or four months . |
| 23 | Safety , health and environment are high profile portfolios and Chris Hampson believes that quality programmes have a part to play here , too . |
| 24 | ‘ You know , the Chou believed that Heaven and Earth were once inextricably mixed together in a state of undifferentiated chaos , like a chicken 's egg . |
| 25 | McGeechan believes that Sole has set standards of performance with his pace and mobility in the loose which only a handful of British players , such as Brian Moore of England , are currently emulating . |
| 26 | Like many functionalists , Talcott Parsons believes that order , stability and cooperation in society are based on value consensus , that is a general agreement by members of society concerning what is good and worthwhile . |
| 27 | Cummins believes that minority students are ‘ empowered ’ or ‘ disabled ’ as a result of direct interaction with their teachers . |
| 28 | Hot fusion budgets on the line ; tritium production for weapons ; India believing that test-tube fusion would become a classified secret in the West . |
| 29 | Miller and Swift believe that language change is threatening because it ‘ signals widespread changes in social mores ’ . |
| 30 | Professor Berry believes that support is a very important part of the grieving process the family faces following the trauma of a cot death . |