Example sentences of "believe [adj] power " in BNC.
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| 1 | Liberalism is hostile to the existence of centres of unbridled power , believing that power unless limited and controlled may threaten the liberty and the equality of the individual which are the two fundamental tenets of liberalism itself . |
| 2 | Spokesman Simon Boxer said : ‘ It was dreamed up 20 years ago when scientists believed nuclear power would save the world and feared we would soon run out of uranium . |
| 3 | Wealth used for production ( for example shares ) is of particular interest to Marxist sociologists as they believe that power largely derives from ownership of the means of production . |
| 4 | Well we 're all , I think , federalists and believe that power should cascade from the top to that level of decision making best able to take the decision . |
| 5 | Chandler , however , ( 1988a , p. 186 ) provides a timely reminder when he concludes that it ‘ is a frequent but pathetic fallacy in political analysis to believe that power necessarily accrues to those who habitually walk with the great ’ . |
| 6 | Zande thus believe this power to be sex-linked and consider that it increases with age : children may be capable of bewitching , but the power is weakly developed in them ; in mature adults it is more strongly realized . |
| 7 | To drain the works in the soles of Fleming 's Level , a pumping and winding sump was put down at the intersection with the cross-cut and it is believed that power for this was by hand . |