Example sentences of "believe [pers pn] [vb -s] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only now , after fully a year in charge , does Stainrod believe he has a settled side . |
| 2 | I believe she has a firm alibi for the whole of yesterday evening , but as she 's a senior scientist she ( bas asked to stay . |
| 3 | I saw enough of ex-Millfield boy David Hemp , in that extraordinary finish at Southampton when the teams played as long as they could in the twilight and Glamorgan were agonisingly close to victory , to believe he has a genuine future as a county player . |
| 4 | If such a change occurs at your hotel , you will only be notified if we believe it involves a significant change in facilities or standards . |
| 5 | Curiously , the far-from-Victorian Duchess believes she has a personal affinity with the grand Queen . |
| 6 | Alright , so his friends call him ‘ Borrie ’ and he believes he has a God-given right to opine on any subject and be published , or to criticise any work and be broadcast . |
| 7 | By s.2(1) the accused is not dishonest if he : ( a ) believes he has a legal right to deprive the victim of the property ; ( b ) believes that the victim would have consented to the appropriation of the property , if he had known of the circumstances ; ( c ) finds property , when the owner can not reasonably be found . |
| 8 | Sexton , the security man at Gate 2 , will perform effectively if he believes he has a unique contribution to make . |
| 9 | Every day a compromise is effected on the ground that the party making it has a fair chance of succeeding in it , and if he bona fide believes he has a fair chance of success he has a reasonable ground for suing , and his forbearance to sue will constitute a good consideration . |
| 10 | A Service department may take the risk of including an important project in its list , not because it believes it has a low priority , but because it knows it would be politically awkward for the party in power to consider cutting it . |
| 11 | He is speaking for a Government which has been in power so long that it believes it has a God-given right to govern and denies anyone the right to criticise . |
| 12 | Although it believes it has a technological lead of around a year in the RISC notebook market , Gilkes does n't expect Tadpole to have the ground all to itself for much longer . |