Example sentences of "[noun] believe that [adj] [noun pl] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Watkins believed that natural markers were used to set out the ley system . |
| 3 | Many officials believed that these disturbances were prompted by needless interference with traditional society . |
| 4 | Some economists believe that most exporters are unprofitable at an exchange rate with the dollar of ¥115 or higher . |
| 5 | Until then the Greeks believed that recent events were unimportant compared with the exploits of the heroes in Trojan times . |
| 6 | However , some experts believe that technical solutions are dealing only with the symptoms , not the causes of piracy . |
| 7 | Marx believed that capitalist values were completely determined by considerations of productivity . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The Government believed that postal ballots were essential for the nation 's industrial recovery and regeneration , Mr Galbraith said . |
| 11 | We do not know yet what causes a cell to become cancerous but scientists believe that most causes are linked with our environments and how we live . |
| 12 | Cairns-Smith believes that organic molecules were prominent among non-replicating ‘ tools ’ of his inorganic crystalline replicators . |
| 13 | All this encouraged many Burmese to believe that British interests were behind the assassinations . |
| 14 | In the US , the Cohen Commission 's influential report suggested that : ‘ There is no reason to believe that independent auditors are more likely to predict whether a company will liquidate than they are able to predict the outcome of any other uncertainties … |
| 15 | There is good reason to believe that these attacks were well justified , because after the defeat of the rising and Cade 's death , a commission , sent into Kent to investigate extortions there , held inquests in various parts of the shire between late August and late October 1450 . |
| 16 | Quite apart from the fact that managers do not dominate the board of directors in many firms , there is every reason to believe that corporate managers are under intense pressure ( from the markets , and from the need to deliver profits ) to behave capitalistically . |
| 17 | Others maintained that , even if he knew nothing of these crimes , he was morally responsible in that he had contributed substantially to the general climate which allowed members of his organization to believe that such acts were justified in order to destabilize the government of Terence O'Neill . |
| 18 | Over half the female nurses in a study presented at the meeting said members of the general public believed that male nurses were gay . |
| 19 | The Edgsons believe that all houses are in a constant state of change , as they reflect the lives of their occupants . |
| 20 | However , it can be argued that prescribing of psychotropic drugs when marital and social difficulties are pre-eminent might encourage the patient to believe that such problems are due to ‘ illness ’ and therefore not surmountable by his own efforts . |
| 21 | Dr Tysoe believes that social attitudes are changing . |
| 22 | The organisers of the pools believe that huge jackpots are their best weapon in fighting the threat posed by a national lottery . |
| 23 | The Labour Party believes that these qualifications are so serious that they remove any presumption that the government can rely on a free market economy . |