Example sentences of "who believe that [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The decision is part of a much wider shift in government thinking , in which Mr Patten has clearly been given Cabinet permission to distance his own policy from that of predecessors , such as Michael Heseltine , and , to a lesser extent , Mr Ridley , now Trade and Industry Secretary , who believed that economic success depended on getting the planner off the backs of business and citizen alike . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | It is a conclusion that need not worry supporters of inequality but which should cause concern to those who believed that social services could and would create a more equal society . |
| 4 | Cus D'Amato , the famed trainer who shaped Tyson 's career , was dismissive of teachers who believe that tall boxers were made to jab and move , relying mostly on their reach and mobility . |
| 5 | Those who believe that such insistence would ‘ infringe civil liberties ’ should appreciate that this liberty is valueless if wise judgment is so impaired by lack of insight that sufferers from the underlying illness can use this liberty only to their detriment . |
| 6 | The use of such tests is a controversial issue , with on the one hand , anti-abortion lobbies arguing that life begins at conception and that therefore all abortion is wrong , through to womens ' groups who believe that such tests should be available to all pregnant women of all ages , so that those who do not wish to take the risk of giving birth to a mentally handicapped child may take the appropriate actions to prevent it . |
| 7 | But , in general , clubs seem incapable of grasping an elementary fact that cynicism is rife among an ever-increasing number of people who believe that many players are overpaid , overrated and out of touch . |
| 8 | The one , posed by those who believe that new technologies do not , in the long run , have any effect on the overall level of employment , is along the lines of ‘ What happened to all the agricultural workers who left the land as new technology got applied to farming ? ’ |
| 9 | Most , perhaps all , functionalists are thorough-going materialists who believe that mental phenomena are genuine physical phenomena seen at a particular level of abstraction . |
| 10 | They say that social workers who attend seminars and lectures on the subject do not realise that these ideas are being promoted by Christian Fundamentalist extremists who believe that all abuse is demonic in origin . |
| 11 | Some of the notable protagonists in the debate are John and Nuala Scarisbrook , of the ‘ Life ’ organisation , who believe that all abortion is wrong because life begins at conception . |
| 12 | The guillotine motion after 10 o'clock tonight will attempt to preclude sensible contributions , attempt to preclude people from dealing with the difficulties and technicalities in the Bill , and pose a real problem for those of us who believe that local government is not a political football to be kicked about at whim , but an essential part of our democracy for the provision of essential services . |
| 13 | On the other hand , there are those who believe that human rights violations are the work of Communist terrorists , based on information they receive from heavily censored press reports and the Armed Forces Press Commission . |
| 14 | His departure now is seen as the result of a power struggle between those who believe that some wildlife can be privately owned and managed for profit , and those who think all wildlife should belong to the state . |
| 15 | It is favoured by all those who believe that institutional practices can be changed by persistence and goodwill , and by those who understand that the best way to defeat feminism is to co-opt its radical and rebellious potential . |
| 16 | Transformation is preferred over transaction by those who believe that participative decision-making is crucial , but most managers — and the Earley and Fletcher-Campbell study underlines this — prefer to operate in both styles according to the nature of the task and the attitudes of those with whom they work . |
| 17 | The less simple translation is that the battle continues between economic reformists and those hardliners , led politically by the prime minister , Li Peng , and ideologically by the 86-year-old Chen Yun , who believe that quick reform leads only too quickly to bourgeois liberalisation and peaceful evolution — witness the student democrats in 1989 in Beijing 's Tiananmen Square and the collapse of communism in the countries of Eastern Europe . |
| 18 | Despite these occasional reservations , Norris writes as a disciple , who believes that other disciples , as well as Derrida 's enemies , have got him wrong . |
| 19 | I am not one who believes that extra resources necessarily solve problems or necessarily smooth the way to their solution . |
| 20 | 16.2 The Lead Organization shall be notified in writing by any other Party who believes that any objective set out in the Proposal can not be met completely . |
| 21 | He quotes approvingly an anonymous ‘ youth ’ who believes that gay men have given up the battle between men : ‘ they 've submitted to men … . |