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 | Until then the Greeks believed that recent events were unimportant compared with the exploits of the heroes in Trojan times . |
| 4 | However , some experts believe that technical solutions are dealing only with the symptoms , not the causes of piracy . |
| 5 | Marx believed that capitalist values were completely determined by considerations of productivity . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The Government believed that postal ballots were essential for the nation 's industrial recovery and regeneration , Mr Galbraith said . |
| 8 | Cairns-Smith believes that organic molecules were prominent among non-replicating ‘ tools ’ of his inorganic crystalline replicators . |
| 9 | All this encouraged many Burmese to believe that British interests were behind the assassinations . |
| 10 | 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 … |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Over half the female nurses in a study presented at the meeting said members of the general public believed that male nurses were gay . |
| 13 | Dr Tysoe believes that social attitudes are changing . |
| 14 | The organisers of the pools believe that huge jackpots are their best weapon in fighting the threat posed by a national lottery . |