Example sentences of "[noun prp] believed that [adj] [noun] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Aristotle believed that strict determinism must be rejected because it destroys the natural basis for distinguishing between voluntary and involuntary actions . |
| 2 | Whereas Herodotus transformed ‘ history ’ ( historia ) from a general enquiry about the world into an enquiry about past events , Thucydides believed that serious history could be concerned only with the present , or the immediate past . |
| 3 | They must have talked long and hard about their future , and from now on Helen believed that other people would probably regard them as being ‘ engaged ’ — a term she hated because of the overtones of male dominance and female sexual ignorance that went with it . |
| 4 | Unlike Eisenhower ( who had argued in 1959 , that if the Soviets really intended to make trouble they could be deterred only with the threat of nuclear war ) , Kennedy believed that Western diplomacy should be backed up by increased conventional forces on the continent . |
| 5 | Marx believed that this contradiction would be highlighted by a second : the contradiction between social production and individual ownership . |
| 6 | Rachel believed that mechanistic science could explain all phenomena , even those of the heart and soul ; Rachel would never have forgiven her , the last place of safety and affection would have been taken away . |