Example sentences of "belief that [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The belief that technics must replace politics makes technocrats sceptical about and even hostile towards politicians and political institutions . |
| 2 | Until the mid or even the late 1950s these comparisons were made mainly in a discrete way in the belief that advantages shifted from time to time between one country and another [ Postan , 1967 ] . |
| 3 | The popular press echoes the belief that royalty ought to earn its way , if not from being royal , then at least from other activities : ‘ Face it Charles , you need a job ! ’ declared the front page of the tabloid Star in a message to the Prince of Wales ( 6.5.1987 ) . |
| 4 | The belief that sport was character forming was adopted from the public schools and achievement in sport became one of the most important sources of status in elementary school life … |
| 5 | CONSUMER inflation in America jumped an unexpected 1/2 p.c. last month , but economists said the figure was an aberration and did not shake their belief that inflation is moderating . |
| 6 | Linked with this idea of ritual is the belief that Silbury Hill with its moat is shaped to represent the Earth Mother goddess . |
| 7 | Nevertheless there was a fear of greater reprisals , and many hostages were shot in Europe , sometimes in the mistaken belief that commando actions were the work of local resistance fighters . |
| 8 | But contrary to the popular belief that mink have been wiping out waterfowl and outcompeting the native otter , detailed studies have shown that over much of Britain the animal was either sharing abundant food resources with other predators or exploiting a niche which was previously unoccupied . |
| 9 | But she stressed her belief that Britain is winning allies for opposing what was only ‘ a blueprint ’ . |
| 10 | He made no secret of his belief that Britain would NEVER go back into the Exchange Rate Mechanism . |
| 11 | Intermixed with this division were differences which stemmed from strong commitments to domestic policies of social welfare on the one hand and the belief that Britain should pursue a world role on the other . |
| 12 | Sir Keith Joseph offers a flexi-time history according to which , in the same speech where he entertained the spectacular belief that Britain 's streets had been plunged into insecurity ‘ for the first time in a century and a half ’ , he also conjured with a more modest timescale whereby ‘ such words as good and evil , such stress on self-discipline and standards have been out of favour since the war ’ . |
| 13 | Not even American hostility to the British Empire as then constituted — and so resolutely defended by him — seriously disturbed his belief that Britain would find her main security in a transatlantic relationship . |
| 14 | Notwithstanding his own desire to deflate or remove Nasser , and his belief that Britain and France might with reason fear Nasser as a major long-term threat , this did not justify precipitate and premature action . |
| 15 | Politicians fueled rather than played down the belief that Britain should become , in the words of one politician , " a land fit for heroes " once " the war to end all wars " was won — in other words , that provision should be made for those who had fought for King and Country . |
| 16 | They were were usually built with donations from private individuals , many prompted by charitable feelings , others by the belief that education was an antidote to revolution . |
| 17 | The first is a belief that education consists of the transmission of ‘ male ’ knowledge ; that is , that what is taught in schools is simply an account of male experience presented as though it were everybody 's experience . |
| 18 | This conception of law as thesis is therefore a product of constructivist rationalism : it is born of the belief that law is the result of human design ; that order in society is founded on the conception of law as taxis ; and that the political authority is capable of acquiring all the knowledge it needs in order to exercise its absolutist powers wisely . |
| 19 | A second misconception is the belief that law is solely about criminal trials . |
| 20 | In a joint statement the EPRDF and the OLF recognized the need for the creation of an atmosphere conducive to free and fair elections , and declared their mutual belief that problems should be resolved in a peaceful manner . |
| 21 | Ideal candidates will be graduate pharmacists or physical chemists with at least two years ' experience in developing formulations , a real interest in dosage form innovation and a firm belief that projects can be completed quicker ( and probably better ) . |
| 22 | The essence of Buchanan 's position was the belief that US conservatism was isolationist by nature , and that this stance had been abandoned after 1945 only in order to combat the menace of international communism . |
| 23 | The action demonstrated the belief that Korea was ready for independence and was intended to forestall a lengthy American occupation or the Americans advancing Koreans of their own choice . |
| 24 | The widespread belief that Ross had declared the Interfor Report ‘ not credible ’ was , perhaps , of greater value to their case than anything Aviv might have sworn to . ) |
| 25 | Unix System Laboratories Inc still harbours the belief that COSE will eventually result in agreement on the kernel , namely System V.4 or its descendent . |
| 26 | Unix System Labs still harbours the belief that COSE will eventually result in agreement on the kernel , namely SVR4 or its descendent . |
| 27 | Hewlett-Packard Co , the company which has an evangelizing belief that COSE is the key to its future Unix strategy , is now confident enough to admit that it is unlikely to incorporate any of the Open Software Foundation 's current operating system technology into its own HP-UX Unix system software . |
| 28 | Conservative loyalists said Mr Tebbit had made a blunder , but he showed no sign of backing off from ‘ one of the things that brought me into politics — the belief that immigration should be reduced ’ . |
| 29 | For example in the theoretical or epistemological sphere , foundationalism would entail the belief that concepts or statements somehow correspond to the real world ; in ethics , foundationalists might propound the belief in an unconditional ethics . |
| 30 | Even the widespread belief that decisions on industrial location are ( or were before the introduction of the uniform business rate ) heavily influenced by the level of local taxation has been undermined by a series of research reports ( including Crawford , Fothergill and Monk ( 1985 ) which was commissioned by the Department of the Environment ) . |