Example sentences of "[noun] believed 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 | Until then the Greeks believed that recent events were unimportant compared with the exploits of the heroes in Trojan times . |
| 5 | Marx believed that capitalist values were completely determined by considerations of productivity . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The Government believed that postal ballots were essential for the nation 's industrial recovery and regeneration , Mr Galbraith said . |
| 9 | Over half the female nurses in a study presented at the meeting said members of the general public believed that male nurses were gay . |