Example sentences of "[Wh pn] believe that [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were still those among the Shah 's military who believed that a coup against Khomeini was possible . |
| 2 | These difficulties were the source of much of the conflict among philanthropists , between those who preferred to give thorough-going help to a few and those who believed that the scale of destitution was such that wholesale relief was necessary at least in times of high unemployment , to palliate serious destitution and to prevent social disorder . |
| 3 | If the chain of being had been taken over by the materialists , those naturalists who believed that the order of Nature revealed the existence of a rational plan of creation preferred to invoke more complex patterns . |
| 4 | These were , first of all , those who believed that the purpose of legislation was to force people to be moral . |
| 5 | Unfortunately this play was overshadowed by the opening production and Crawford was the only leading actor not to merit a mention from Eric Shorter in the Daily Telegraph , who believed that the key to performing this wittiest of farces was in the technique . |
| 6 | This was founded in 1938 by George MacLeod ( now the 95-year-old Very Reverend Lord MacLeod of Fuinary ) , a Church of Scotland minister who believed that the root of community life was shared work . |
| 7 | Even extremists of the 1960s , who believed that the task of a school was to ensure that children enjoyed themselves while they were pupils , must have had in mind , as well , some further outcome , some advantage that would flow in the long run to the children who had been encouraged , under that regime , to ‘ grow ’ and ‘ blossom ’ and ‘ flourish ’ in the ‘ learning situation ’ provided by the class-room . |
| 8 | Indeed that is something that bears closer examination because there are many people who believe that the relationship between a client and an auditor can be too close and that there ought to be a respectable distance between them . |
| 9 | The shorter estimate comes from one or two ‘ optimists ’ within the electricity supply industry who believe that the opponents to the plans to build the Sizewell PWR will prove less persistent than they were at the inquiry into the plans to expand the nuclear fuel plant at Windscale in Cumbria . |
| 10 | More rigorous liability rules are , however , opposed by market theorists , who believe that the operation of markets imposes a discipline which is sufficient to secure an acceptable level of managerial efficiency , without giving rise to the costs that flow from reliance on a liability regime . |
| 11 | The poll is not analysed , but it is striking that countries where pollution from cars has become a major problem have the highest percentages of people who believe that the state of the environment requires urgent action : 85 per cent in Italy ( at the top of the list ) , where Milan , one of the world 's smoggiest cities , now has car-free days and the capital Rome also suffers severely from vehicle congestion and pollution ; 84 per cent in Greece , where restrictions on cars in Athens are imposed to save the citizens ' lungs and their ancient monuments ; 80 per cent in the most vehicle emission-conscious country in Europe , West Germany , whose dead trees have become the symbol of pollution . |
| 12 | The first would be moderate conservatives of placid and unreflective temperament who are happily engaged with their research and their teaching , and who believe that the discipline of English is in good heart , with lots of interesting books coming out and buoyant student demand . |
| 13 | For better or worse , he also was instrumental in promoting the blockbuster exhibition , notably the infamous ‘ Treasures of Tutankhamun ’ extravaganza of 1978 that attracted the public in droves but made tranquil enjoyment of a work of art an impossibility ( those who believe that the age of the rib-crushing blockbusters has ended , thanks in part to increased insurance costs , are herewith directed to the Museum of Modern Art 's current Matisse show — provided you have a ticket ) . |
| 14 | There are some people who believe that the future of books and magazines for recording information is bleak and suggest that he computer will make the book obsolete as a way of preserving intelligence for succeeding generations . |
| 15 | Those who believe that the growth of planned economy brings with it the possibility ( on the narrow basis of the dying out of the law of value ) of acting just as one pleases , do not understand the ABC of economic science . |
| 16 | There are those who believe that the crime of rape should reflect this . |
| 17 | The membership of the Research Defence Society includes scientists , clinicians , dentists , veterinary surgeons and also members of the public , who believe that the pressure from the antivivisection movement to stop all animal experiments presents a fundamental threat to progress in biomedical and biological research and in the development of new treatments for diseases . |