Example sentences of "believe [conj] [noun sg] [conj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Henri van de Velde , the movement 's leading theorist , believed that ornamentation and functional forms should appear so intimate that the ornament seems to have determined the form . |
2 | He believed that machinery and urban life had ruined modern life , and advocated what he termed the ‘ voluntary segregation of the fit ’ to live and breed in a utopian community of farmers and skilled craftsmen . |
3 | In addition to these informal clinical observations , there are several other , more scientific , reasons for believing that schizophrenia and affective psychosis are not as distinct from each other as was once thought . |
4 | It was widely believed that middle and low-level government employees accepted gifts in return for favours . |
5 | It is generally believed that garlic and tea-tree essences are the most powerful anti-viral oils . |
6 | Furthermore , he believes that business and technical managers are polarised in their views — the former see systems engineers as simply interested in technology for technology 's sake , adopting a piecemeal approach to business rather than building systems that will lead to enhanced company profits . |