Example sentences of "[Wh pn] believe that the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Hostility to the talks had led to divisions within the military itself , between those who supported moves towards national reconciliation and those who believed that the URNG should be denied a political platform . |
| 3 | Someone who says there is not actual entity separate from the world called beauty could still be a chap who believed that the word beautiful had a vivid and important use . |
| 4 | Someone who says there is no actual entity separate from the world called beauty could still be a chap who believed that the word ‘ beautiful ’ had a vivid and important use . |
| 5 | In the eyes of those who believed that the Masai were decorative but unproductive idlers sitting on land that could be put to better use , the unco-operative attitude of district officials was mere romantic obstructionism , proof positive that they had been bewitched by the Masai . |
| 6 | The most distinguished among them was Alfred Einstein , editor of the third edition of the Kochel catalogue , who believed that the dots were simply strokes shrunken due to haste . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | But critics who believed that the West was over-reacting were strengthened when Aneurin Bevan resigned from the British cabinet on 21 May accompanied by two other ministers . |
| 9 | In this I had the enthusiastic support of the Prime Minister who believed that the state scheme should be replaced by individual private pension provision with a minimum compulsory requirement . |
| 10 | Baker 's announcement was greeted with satisfaction by many Arab representatives who believed that the settlements issue was the major obstruction to progress on the peace process . |
| 11 | These were , first of all , those who believed that the purpose of legislation was to force people to be moral . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Dr Sasaki , who believed that the enemy had hit only the building he was in , got bandages and began to bind the wounds of those inside the hospital ; while outside , all over Hiroshima , maimed and dying citizens turned their unsteady steps toward the Red Cross Hospital to begin an invasion that was to make Dr Sasaki forget his own private nightmares for a long , long time … . |
| 14 | Parliamentarians who believed that the machinery they had established would end the barristers ’ monopoly are entitled to feel let down . |
| 15 | Figure 9.10 now tells a pretty clear story ; the proportion of people who believed that the economy had deteriorated in the previous year climbed from around 40 per cent at the beginning of 1984 to a peak of 67 per cent in February 1985 , but declined thereafter . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | The preferences of those who believed that one candidate was going to win would be compared with those who believed that the rival was going to win ; the hypothesis would be that the former would be more sympathetic to the candidate than the latter . |
| 19 | This brought Britain into conflict with Islamic fundamentalists , who believed that the Dar al-Islam , the world where Islam ruled , should be peopled with slaves from Dar al-Harb , the lands of the infidel . |
| 20 | Eurotunnel 's advertising campaign has been highly successful in overcoming initial scepticism among those who believed that the project would meet the same fate as its predecessors . |
| 21 | There are many who believe that the NHS , by providing care free at the point of use , is facing an impossible task in which demand can never be satisfied . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Colleagues , do n't be fooled by the anti-Europe brigade who believe that the Treaty is about and hopelessness which feeds the Front Nationale in making the existing institutions more democratic . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | " Nevertheless , " put in Sir Gregory 's youngest son Amyas , tapping the tips of his slender fingers lightly together , " there are many who believe that the day will come when the prophecy of Regiomontanus will be fulfilled . " |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | There are still some people who believe that the word began as an acronym : in the Middle Ages , when a couple were convicted of fornication , the bailiff would enter in his book — ‘ For unlawful carnal knowledge ’ , which , as business as brisk and prosecutions plenty , was usually abbreviated to F.u.c.k . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Not surprisingly , a counter-attack has come from those who believe that the state is still the dominant actor in international relations . |
| 30 | Well Madam Speaker , we 'll start making progress when members opposite realise that jobs come from companies being competitive , from private enterprise being able to sell goods and services competitively and it is members opposite who believe that the state can provide employment on this of the house we believe that government agencies can assist the market to operate effectively and real jobs will come from free enterprise which members opposite stand against . |