Example sentences of "[adj] belief that [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is a popular belief that Russian science is unoriginal and years behind . |
| 2 | Guar bread appears to be the answer to the baker 's prayer ; it counters the popular belief that all bread is fattening and that white bread is too refined to be healthy . |
| 3 | Challenging the popular belief that northern Protestants have formed a monolithic bloc , all holding the same political , social and religious views , The Dissenting Voice quarries the historical record to expose the complex truth . |
| 4 | The term homing pigeon gives foundation to the popular belief that these birds have a natural ability to find their way back to their loft no matter what the distance . |
| 5 | Tradesmen presenting inflated bills have no interest in countering the popular belief that slow payers tend to end up in the Hudson River wearing cement slippers . |
| 6 | The demands of party competition mean that alternative political leaderships will sustain the popular belief that full leadership control is feasible , even while impugning the current incumbents ' realization of this potential . |
| 7 | Whether this flows from a suspicion of private undertakings which lurks in every large bureaucracy , or whether it is out of a deeper political distaste for what Britain has done , or from a misguided belief that state-owned organisations are cleaner and safer than private ones , is unclear . |
| 8 | This may be compared with an NCB estimate of 113 to 142 million tonnes a year and the NUM 's stated belief that appropriate policies could raise demand to 170 million tonnes per annum . |
| 9 | Underlying any such proactive initiatives must be a real belief that electronic media in general and multimedia in particular , represent major new retailing opportunities . |
| 10 | Thus , while there does seem to be a widespread belief that primary school closure threatens the way of life of rural communities , this belief rests on assumption and common consensus rather than careful study of the question . |
| 11 | Despite these dangers , there is a widespread belief that Japanese society differs from Western societies because of the greater willingness of the Japanese to conform and defer to group consensus . |
| 12 | All was underpinned by the widespread belief that local councillors were not likely to take a progressive view on educational policy , such matters as the arts or the preservation of historic buildings , and that local authority officials were less competent than their counterparts in Whitehall . |
| 13 | Even the most casual observer of the Second and Third Worlds , and even some non-hegemon members of the First World , can not but be struck by the widespread belief that indigenous practices are often unfavourably compared with foreign practices . |
| 14 | The findings led to a widespread belief that psychological tests were situation specific and therefore limited in their usefulness for personnel selection . |
| 15 | Certainly the historical evidence as a whole gives little support for the quite widespread belief that older people in the past enjoyed a much more secure and respected position than they do in the present . |
| 16 | Affirmative assessment starts from a basic belief that human beings are purposeful beings who have intentions which guide their behaviour . |
| 17 | Pupils in most schools spend a considerable amount of time practising the manipulation of fractions , perhaps because of the mistaken belief that such skills are useful . |
| 18 | It presupposes a reasonable belief in the existence of some other reasons for which consent is valid in some circumstances and the misled person 's mistaken belief that these reasons apply to his case . |
| 19 | We should not pursue better conditions for prisoners in the mistaken belief that improved conditions will alone produce more orderly prisons . |
| 20 | There is an undocumented belief that these patients have a very high stricture recurrence rate because of extensive oesophageal damage and fibrosis . |
| 21 | Quite frequently therefore a soldier might be appointed to head a mission in Berlin or St Petersburg in the justified belief that military men were especially welcome there and likely to be effective representatives . |
| 22 | Some , like Deutsche Bank and Crédit Lyonnais , are piecing together hugely expensive pan-European bank networks in the firm belief that retail banking can be moved across borders . |
| 23 | He demonstrated bacterial variability and adaptability and formulated his lifelong belief that disease-producing organisms had evolved from non-pathogenic ancestors . |
| 24 | They have this extraordinary belief that all women want is hope and promise . |
| 25 | In thirty outings during the season , Proby 's vicious streak , and obsessive belief that all referees were illegitimate , led to him receiving his marching orders no less than eighteen times ! |
| 26 | Not many developing countries would now see the activities of TNCs as impinging on their sovereignty … there are clear indications of a new pragmatic approach which comes from the growing belief that developing countries can negotiate agreements with TNCs in which the benefits of foreign investments are not necessarily outweighed by the cost ’ ( UNCTC , 1988a : p. 314 ) . |
| 27 | Second , the growing belief that two people must have been involved in things , quite certainly in the murder . |
| 28 | In a more positive way , by raising public expectations , social services may , for better or for worse , reinforce the general belief that economic growth is and must remain the paramount objective of any government . |
| 29 | In 1296 it was seized by King Edward I of England in the apparent belief that mere possession of the stone validated his claim to be King of Scots . |
| 30 | For many people in Britain , ethnic relations means immigration and the apparent belief that large numbers of people are pouring into the country and making it overcrowded . |