Example sentences of "believe [that] [adj] a [noun sg] [modal v] " in BNC.

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1 I do not believe that such a case will ever be found .
2 Carrington did not believe that such a thing could happen , or would .
3 None of us , however , is naive enough to believe that such a buy-out will necessarily succeed in every case .
4 But the fact that we should now have come to believe that such a society might be both possible and desirable is certainly interesting .
5 It is difficult to believe that such a mechanism could have predicted the success of a full size lift .
6 Looking back afterwards , Florrie found it hard to believe that such a tragedy could have arisen from such trivial , everyday circumstances .
7 I believe that such a sharing will lead to each school establishing its own targets : not narrow targets like those listed by well-intentioned politicians but much broader-based priorities .
8 Many Serbs believe that such a concession would soon lead to a demand for secession .
9 They believe that such a move could provoke Labour into accepting their terms for a partnership government as its anxiety to hold office mounted .
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