Example sentences of "believe they [vb base] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Doctors believe they 've made a significant breakthrough in the fight against one of Britain 's fastest growing illnesses . |
| 2 | Now scientists working at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford believe they 've made a significant discovery in how asthma is passed down the family tree . |
| 3 | The homœopathic Pharmacopoeias officially advocate ten succussions as the number to use when preparing C potencies , but I believe they have missed a small point when interpreting Hahnemann 's reasons for change . |
| 4 | Irish police believe they have foiled a major IRA kidnap attempt led by Patrick Sheehy , who is wanted for questioning in connection with the discovery in December of bomb-making materials in Clapham , south London . |
| 5 | They believe they have found a cheap , practical means of preventing dolphins entangling themselves in monofilament drift fishing nets — the ‘ walls of death ’ believed to be responsible for killing large numbers of dolphins off Cornwall this year . |
| 6 | Tory rebels believe they have found a legal way of spoking the wheels of the bill 's passage by calling for a judicial review of the constitutional implications of the European Communities ( Amendment ) Bill , which today enters its 18th day in the Commons . |