Example sentences of "[noun] [Wh pn] believe that [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I knew no one in their sane senses who believed that Profumo was a spy , and in fact that suggestion was never made . |
| 2 | On the other hand , there were those feminists represented by Josephine Butler who believed that prostitution was evil because it destroyed human dignity but who also believed the prostitute had a right not to be harassed , and if she was an adult she even had a right to choose to become a prostitute . |
| 3 | The Ranters were a group of extreme religious libertarians who believed that God dwelt inside them as an inner light . |
| 4 | For years , the only person who believed that Alfred Molina would ever become a star was his wife , actress Jill Gascoine , and he credits her for his new-found success . |
| 5 | The woman who believes that pregnancy is a physiological process and not a pathological one may decide that neither of her doctors is correct . |
| 6 | People who believe that history and the destinies of men are controlled by the stars are not likely to entertain the idea of historical progress . |
| 7 | The Orion is designed for those people who believe that luggage belongs in the boot . |
| 8 | Gomez 's slight smile was that of a man who believed that politeness demanded he act a little embarrassed at doing his job . |
| 9 | There was a political culture of stability ‘ thriving on the creation of symbolic dragons — the English , the Tories , the Church of England , Twickenham ’ ( Griffiths , 1987 , p. 215 ) , a lack of a corporate revolution and an inherent conservatism reflected by one councillor who believed that borrowing money to finance capital expenditure was tantamount to creative accounting . |
| 10 | The six are the first in the West to try techniques pioneered by Russian doctors who believe that sonar contact by dolphins helps to calm women . |
| 11 | A militant who believed that South Africa , and indeed the continent of Africa , belonged to the black population , he was instrumental in founding the PAC in 1959 . |
| 12 | The West Indian openers Cammie Smith and ‘ Shotgun ’ Williams were also men who believed that attack was the best form of defence — but sadly never reached the sunny uplands of consistent success . |
| 13 | In turn they adopted the habit from those Greek philosophers who believed that dialectic was a useful mental exercise . |
| 14 | However this stance is often misunderstood by others who believe that Christians only ‘ do good work ’ to ensure a place for themselves in heaven . |
| 15 | There had been trouble on Merseyside just once too often , and muddleheaded militants who believed that revolution was spawned in deprivation and poverty would be able to hold a little holiday in their hearts , secure in the knowledge that several more thousand British workers had been gulled into inflicting poverty and deprivation upon themselves . |
| 16 | Sally Cline 's Women , Celibacy and Passion ( Deutsch , March , £15.99 , 0 233 98804 1 ) will reawaken the debate about sexual abstinence last seen in Liz Hodgkinson 's Sex Is Not Compulsory : Ms Cline identifies a new breed of passionate non-performers , ‘ women who believe that celibacy offers them the independence , the creative time and energy for their own growth and work which conventional sexuality has not allowed them ’ . |
| 17 | By then , however , Patrick has been informed , by an office placeman and fuddy-duddy who believes that trendiness has ruined everything , that smelly Simon , though he may be obnoxious , is not Jewish . |
| 18 | ‘ Lukewarm toleration ’ is the description given by some New Zealand correspondents who believe that clergy sometimes feel that ‘ traditions are inhibiting parish development ’ . |
| 19 | With these unrealistic expectations I 'm not sure who stands to lose the most — my daughter believing that you need a man , wealth and preferably a title to be happy , or my son who believes that women are beautiful and passive or wicked and powerful but , either way , he 'd better be handsome . |