Example sentences of "[noun prp] believed that [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Bakker believed that dinosaur speed could , reasonably accurately enough , be worked out from the angle of the limb joints . |
| 5 | However , unlike Skinner , Piaget believed that development is best explained by describing the ways in which children understand such relations . |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . |
| 7 | Furthermore , Engles and Morgan believed that matriliny had another , more important implication ; that is , it implied matriarchy or rule by women . |
| 8 | Leese believed that race was the factor which determined history and cultural achievement and that different types of men had fixed and immutable types of character and personality , exactly as with dogs . |
| 9 | Zarathustra believed that man was involved in this cosmic struggle of good and evil and that he was compelled to choose one side or the other through his own conduct . |
| 10 | Adam Smith believed that competition among capitalists would give the public the opportunity to compare the quality and prices of goods , so that producers who were inefficient or who charged excessive prices would be put out of business . |
| 11 | Leavis believed that English was concerned with central moral issues and the study of literature could provide some opposition to the dehumanizing effects of modern industrial society . |