Example sentences of "[noun] believed that [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Carleton believed that hard-line Protestants like himself were the queen 's only reliable subjects , her very ‘ bowels ’ . |
| 2 | Jean Jacques Rousseau , famous French philosopher , whose view of human nature , was what I would call optimistic , in the sense that , by contrast to Thomas Hobbes , John Rousseau believed that human beings were basically good . |
| 3 | Watkins believed that natural markers were used to set out the ley system . |
| 4 | Mindful of recent events in Dakar , these officials believed that Allied interests would best be served by maintaining a working relationship with Vichy administrators . |
| 5 | Many officials believed that these disturbances were prompted by needless interference with traditional society . |
| 6 | Until then the Greeks believed that recent events were unimportant compared with the exploits of the heroes in Trojan times . |
| 7 | For example , on the crucial question of the medical condition of the evacuees , which was to cause so much controversy , the Board of Education believed that local authorities had been adequately warned that pediculosis ( head lice ) would be a problem and had been given instructions on how to disinfect children by the use of steam baths ; also that its memorandum Ev . |
| 8 | Hearnden believed that elaborate inspections of schools are unnecessary . |
| 9 | Marx believed that capitalist values were completely determined by considerations of productivity . |
| 10 | Apart from the basic contradictions of capitalist society , Marx believed that certain factors in the natural development of a capitalist economy will hasten its downfall . |
| 11 | Both the official and non-official élites believed that many charges were not true , but there was no agreement about the proportion of false cases , or about the number of crimes which were never reported . |
| 12 | The principal obstacle was Jackson ; as in Tokyo , Americans believed that Australian representatives were too radical in their political sympathies and that they worked against American policies . |
| 13 | Diderot believed that political rights belonged to property-owners , and Voltaire similarly identified " the people " with the middle class . |
| 14 | The Government believed that postal ballots were essential for the nation 's industrial recovery and regeneration , Mr Galbraith said . |
| 15 | In the 1980s , among an entire group of paediatric anaesthetists , a substantial fraction believed that newborn children did not feel pain and therefore they did not give analgesics to newborn babies . |
| 16 | The Soviets believed that similar principles might be possible in a German peace treaty . |
| 17 | British diplomats in Tokyo believed that increasing signs of restlessness could be perceived and that it would not be wise to delay a peace treaty for much longer . |
| 18 | From that moment , all the island children believed that social workers could come and lift children from anywhere at any time . |
| 19 | Many women believed that these reforms involved transforming the whole tenor of English public life and creating an ethical and moral climate founded on the teachings of religion . |
| 20 | Over half the female nurses in a study presented at the meeting said members of the general public believed that male nurses were gay . |
| 21 | His public standing rose by 18 points in public opinion polls immediately after Guzmán 's capture , and analysts believed that government-sponsored candidates now stood a good chance of commanding a majority in the Democratic Constituent Congress ( CCD ) to be elected on Nov. 22 [ see p. 39048 ] . |