Example sentences of "believe that [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Whitehouse believed that sex education , and in particular , discussion of sexual issues on television was coming to be dominated by atheists and humanists , with a concomitant decrease in emphasis on the ‘ proper ’ moral context of sexual behaviour . |
| 2 | Einstein fervently believed that quantum mechanics , if not inconsistent , was certainly incomplete . |
| 3 | They were all for nationalization , because they believed that nationalization was the only way to solve the problems of the development the future development of the railways . |
| 4 | In short , comparing individuals in a survey who thought that candidate A would win with those who believed that candidate B would win would not be comparing two groups similar in all possible other respects , unlike the experiment discussed above . |
| 5 | He believed that evolution worked by orthogenesis , in which rigidly predetermined trends drove variation in a particular direction whatever the needs of the organism . |
| 6 | Again , Herbert Spencer believed that evolution was an on and upward process of , of increasing perfection culminating in Victorian man , and Herbert Spencer probably did mean man as opposed to woman . |
| 7 | He believed that rationality , as distinct from rationalism , required fidelity to the knowledge we have acquired of how to conduct specific activities . |
| 8 | The pre-existence of matriliny was important for Engels because he wrongly believed that matriliny , as opposed to patriliny , was associated with communal corporate descent groups . |
| 9 | It was also important for him because he believed that matriliny , the reckoning of group membership in terms of who one 's mother was , was associated with a high status for women . |
| 10 | I never believed that story myself . |
| 11 | Janice believed that misunderstanding or mistreatment in themselves , though undesirable , should not necessarily deflect you from your course . |
| 12 | And if you read the scriptures , you 'll discover those where er he , you know er he was with Paul on one occasion , and er he 'd been eating with Gentiles and er then some Jews came up who believed that eating with er non-Jews even though they were followers of Jesus was wrong . |
| 13 | After all , there was a time when those who believed that abortion — by whatever means — should be legalised , were in a minority . |
| 14 | On Oct. 22 , 1989 , Ogonek published a poll , only 12 per cent of respondents to which believed that perestroika ( " restructuring " ) would lead to significant positive change ; only 23 per cent said that their living standards had improved over the previous two to three years . |
| 15 | He really believed that line of Blake 's : ‘ The path of excess leads to the tower of wisdom ’ , something like that . |
| 16 | Marx Engels , as well as many of their contemporaries , believed that pastoralism predated agriculture . |
| 17 | There 's been talk of seventeen and a half per cent being added to food , to public transport and to books and its now believed that VAT on domestic fuel , which was to have been introduced in stages may come in at the full rate in the spring . |
| 18 | And for too long we 've been misled into believing that manufacturing and industry had become unimportant . |
| 19 | My concern Madam Deputy Speaker is whether we 're all being hoodwinked into believing that deregulation bill is opening a new chapter in our legislative history when in fact it 's no more than perhaps a weasel word describing one thing but er er another thing is happening . |
| 20 | Some of the beauty houses are continuing to advocate the pared-down look for make- up this season , believing that yesteryear 's easy , earthy tones still best complement the white clothes in fashion 's New Age Movement . |
| 21 | For to understand a sentence is to be able to pick out situations which justify us in believing that sentence to be true . |
| 22 | ‘ For de Raimes , for believing that bitch at Gloucester even for a minute , for losing my damnable temper and not giving you a chance to tell me the truth . ’ |
| 23 | Equally unlikely but certainly possible is a situation in which the defendant has sexual intercourse with a woman without her consent , mistakenly believing that woman to be his wife . |
| 24 | The basic theme of this chapter will be that the success of cognitive neuropsychology provides strong grounds for believing that functionalism , or something very close to it , is actually true . |
| 25 | Large numbers of Labour Party activists rejected the ban on political agitation , believing that pressure for a more socialist approach to the war effort was a precondition of victory . |
| 26 | The client must consent in writing to his money being placed in such an account after a proper opportunity to consider that information ; ( 8 ) If the firm has any ground ( other than the absence of an acknowledgement as described above ) for believing that client money held in a particular bank account outside the UK will not be protected as effectively as it would be if held in a free money bank account in the UK ; ( 9 ) If the firm proposes not to pay interest on client money in accordance with the client money regulations . |
| 27 | Liberalism is hostile to the existence of centres of unbridled power , believing that power unless limited and controlled may threaten the liberty and the equality of the individual which are the two fundamental tenets of liberalism itself . |
| 28 | Well , I do n't believe that fur a start . |
| 29 | So on that ground I feel would be very worried by by promoting the right to buy , erm I 've said everything I want to I did n't really want to elongate this this er this debate and I think it 's but I think , I do n't believe that Councillor mentioned the the the er the . |
| 30 | It does not believe that blanket measures to reduce overall consumption , for example higher taxes or restrictions on availability , would lead to a reduction in alcohol misuse . |