Example sentences of "belief [that] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | They simply share the belief that it is not going to be possible to explain behaviour adequately if mental processes are identified with the contents of conscious awareness . |
| 2 | John Howell , for Anthony Hazell , the district auditor , said on the second day of a hearing into the legality of the council 's £6bn deals on the market : ‘ The council sold 49 gilt options on the mistaken belief that it was reducing its exposure . |
| 3 | I am going to attempt such a classification not with the belief that it is either scientific — this University has a Department of Criminology , and I am sure that my attempts would be regarded as very crude in those august circles — nor with the idea that the classification will be exhaustive , but by way of illustration of my essential point that different criminal phenomena , or anti-law-and-order phenomena , require different types of reaction on the part of the rest of society and imply different prognoses . |
| 4 | FISA has been invited to design its F1 circuit within the complex and it is Pook 's belief that it will provide a permanent home ‘ for one of the grands prix in the US ’ . |
| 5 | Open field sites in the vicinity of London were taken over for the construction of studios in the belief that it was heaps of brick and iron rather than organizational flair that explained the success of Louis B. Mayer or Samuel Goldwyn . |
| 6 | Mr Wilson now finds himself declaring his belief that it was ‘ the conduct of Sir Johannes and his cronies ’ which discredited the honours system , not the granting of the original accolade . |
| 7 | The Conservatives handed out the Greens ' fairly innocuous version of the 1989 Queen 's Speech gratis , too , in the belief that it was time the public had their eyes opened to what the party was really about . |
| 8 | The authors of Blueprint for a Green Economy express the belief that it is possible to put a money value on the benefit of preserving the rare Californian condor , so why not on chalk-hill blue butterflies ? |
| 9 | In this small inward-looking world , the intrusion of death could be dreadfully destructive ; the damage could be limited partly by sharing the loss and partly by belief that it would be made good in the afterlife . |
| 10 | He fails to spot that the core element of consent is action in the belief that it changes the normative situation , and that the justification of the binding force of valid consents is the desirability of enabling people purposefully to change the normative situation in certain circumstances . |
| 11 | It need not , therefore , be related to any act performed in the belief that it has normative consequences . |
| 12 | They also reflected a growing belief that it was in the general interest for the old to stop working : a fundamental change in attitude . |
| 13 | In one article Whitty declared that , ‘ There is … a fair amount of prima facie evidence that the success of the political education movement in mobilising support from politicians is associated with their belief that it could assist in preserving the status quo and in bolstering respect for it . ’ |
| 14 | Since most of those involved in organising these commemorations were also involved in NICRA , and both were initiated by the Wolfe Tone Societies , the events illustrate how deep-rooted was their belief that it was possible to bring about unity between workers in both communities in Northern Ireland , provided the right political formula could be found . |
| 15 | Some limited laboratory and clinical tests undertaken at Bayer led to the belief that it was slightly too toxic to be acceptable . |
| 16 | In the belief that it is better to abuse himself than others , he gets his kicks from watching his own videotaped interviews with women about their sexual preferences . |
| 17 | From this primitive idea sprang the belief that it was important to celebrate Easter at the correct date , since this was the crucial time of combat between God ( or Christ ) and the Devil , and God required the support of his worshippers to defeat the Devil . |
| 18 | It imposes on us the belief that it is wrong to steal or to commit murder — and that has to be a good thing . |
| 19 | In their infinite wisdom , the SFA had arranged for a Scotland Under 23 side to travel with the senior squad , in the admirable but ultimately naive belief that it would be a learning experience for the young stars of the future . |
| 20 | The real interview may run a very different course from the one you anticipated , and you do not want to develop the subconscious belief that it can only go one way . |
| 21 | The legend enshrines a popular belief that it was Dom Pérignon who created sparkling wine and invented Champagne as we know it today . |
| 22 | How he heard of verre anglais is unclear , but it is not beyond belief that it stemmed from rumours that effervescing Champagne had become a popular drink in England . |
| 23 | Moore is also the man who holds fixedly to the belief that it is solely because he lives in a Labour borough that his pavements have broken and cracked paving-stones . |
| 24 | The judges ' decision to prevent Touvier from coming to trial reflects the long-held belief that it is unwise for France to dwell on this part of her history . |
| 25 | There is a very pervasive belief that it is research in theoretical and applied linguistics which provides the solutions . |
| 26 | Chairmen rely on the old boy network in the belief that it is hard to find appropriately qualified NEDs , adds PRONED managing director Colin St Johnston . |
| 27 | In this survey , I have elected to concentrate on English presses , in the belief that it is they that will be largely sought by English collectors ; but I am much aware of the many fine examples in other countries , not least in America , where such names as Bruce Rogers of the Riverside Press , Cambridge , Mass. , Frederic Goudy of the Village Press , Park Ridge , Illinois ( and later Marlborough , New York ) and Daniel Berkeley Updike , who set up the Merrymount Press , will always be honoured . |
| 28 | His belief that it was fusion was due primarily to the heat , but he also told Bullough that since October there was some evidence in Utah that neutrons were being produced too . |
| 29 | Such elders may be stoically enduring remediable suffering , have internalised an ageist view that old folks should not have many desires ‘ at their time of life ’ , or hold a belief that it is wrong to want things , or to be assertive . |
| 30 | It is my firm belief that it is an ideal place to do all three . ’ |