Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] believe that [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the hierarchical reductionist believes that carburettors are explained in terms of smaller units which are explained in terms of smaller units … , which are ultimately explained in terms of the smallest of fundamental particles . |
| 2 | On the basis of his behaviour , therefore , we have reason to maintain that Fido believes that bones are related to his desires or preferences in the following way : Bones satisfy certain desires he has and are to be chosen to satisfy those desires . |
| 3 | Some experts believe that Germany would be required to sign a treaty with Britain , France and the Soviet Union before they withdraw from Berlin . |
| 4 | Some researchers believe that sebum encourages bonding between men and women . |
| 5 | With the late Michael Mansbridge 's book we are introduced to John Nash , to many the Regency architect par excellence ( although this reviewer believes that John Buonarotti Papworth is more deserving of that accolade ) . |
| 6 | This administration believes that government has been attempting to do too much . |
| 7 | Does my hon. Friend believe that interest rates should be reduced by 0.5 per cent . |
| 8 | Some sources believe that Diana may even eventually move into St James 's Palace . |
| 9 | This court believes that discovery does not take place within [ a state 's ] borders merely because documents to be produced somewhere else are located there . |
| 10 | of foreign firms believed that Britain 's industrial relations improved significantly in the 1980s . |
| 11 | Some people believe that Adam Smith 's ‘ hidden hand ’ is at work in society , bringing about the most favourable productive outcome from the economy . |
| 12 | Some people believe that gossip should not be indulged in or listened to . |
| 13 | One in five British GPs believes that homeopathy is better than Western medicine . |
| 14 | On the contrary , many in the popular movement believe that Fatah has more interest , as one activist put it , in hospitals than in mobile health clinics , in bureaucracy than in local control , and in co-operation with the economic and political notables than with grass-roots movements . |
| 15 | In addition few people believed that FDP officers could easily relinquish their former role . |
| 16 | The truth is , few people believe that revelations are going to be made to them in dreams — and even on the rare occasions that an individual really felt a dream was of overwhelming " significance " , the so-called dream-books could only taken in the most gullible . |
| 17 | Few people believe that insubordination is an important offence for street-sweepers and should be punished by incarceration or even death . |
| 18 | Christians I have suggested , if they are rightly to be named Christians , must in some sense believe that God was in a unique way related to Christ , so that he becomes particular for them , and they are ( as I am not ) in their religion related to history . |
| 19 | Some microbiologists believe that Agrobacterium 's chromosome is identical to that of the friendly Rhizobium , and that the two microbes differ solely in their plasmid complement . |
| 20 | Some naturalists believe that tigers will mate at any time of year . |
| 21 | Some scholars believe that Matthew is making a play on words and that the original word was Nezer . |
| 22 | Some theorists believe that hydrogen becomes a metallic solid where its electrons freely flow when compressed by two or three million atmospheres pressure ; there have been speculations that metallic hydrogen could be useful as a fusion fuel . |
| 23 | Again , like egalitarian feminists , woman-centred feminists believe that subjectivity is an important part of gender relations . |
| 24 | The business-inclined Whigs believed that victory in Europe would automatically secure our overseas interests : the land-owning Tories , with their traditional dislike of the high taxation needed to pay for a standing army , sought to achieve the same ends with peripheral maritime operations , carried out by the Navy , which could largely pay for themselves by taking other powers ' colonies and trading posts . |
| 25 | What led this school to believe that labour availability was less important than other factors in both the 1960s and the early '70s ? |
| 26 | They had been long debated , but it should be emphasized how few individuals at this time believed that poverty could actually be eliminated , except perhaps in the very long run . |
| 27 | Some analysts believe that Deutsche Bank could be one of Paribas 's suitors . |
| 28 | It would be some comfort to believe that Luke had turned to his old mistress only as second-best … |
| 29 | Four out of 10 shoppers believe that supermarkets selling " environment-friendly " products do so to exploit the market and not out of a genuine concern to protect the earth , according to Mintel. 10 per cent of respondents in the Mintel survey believed that companies were hiding behind a green " front " , and those who went out of their way to buy green products did so " in spite of corporate public relations efforts " . |
| 30 | If Roman Catholics believe that abortion is always wrong and contrary to God 's law , there is no compromise they can be offered , or which they can accept , which will satisfy their principles . |