Example sentences of "he believed that [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 He believed that religious ideas had an independent historical influence , and that the realm of politics was usually the crucial controlling force in social change .
2 He believed that Soviet leaders in retrospect probably recognised that a genuinely non-aligned Afghanistan pursuing non-radical policies was a better guardian of Soviet security interests .
3 And as the first US Ambassador to the Communist regime in Beijing , he believed that secret emissaries to his old Chinese contacts was the way to launch his personal brand of presidential diplomacy .
4 He believed that human beings were born sociable , cooperative , altruistic , nice , civilized and that if , in later life , they showed anti-social selfish , criminal erm , egoistic tendencies , it was because of what happened to them after they were born .
5 He believed that abrupt changes on the earth 's surface were responsible for killing off all the species over a wide area .
6 He believed that sensible policies for extracting timber would allow a balance to be maintained , permitting humankind to harvest a permanently renewable resource .
7 He believed that clinical descriptions of neuroses do not take into account the inner experiences of the patient which may be valid and even illuminating .
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