Example sentences of "believe [that] this [noun] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He believed that this recording was one of the essential means to feed the imagination of children and so promote further creative work in a variety of fields . |
| 2 | As it will have become clear , I do not believe that this vehicle is tenable . |
| 3 | She stood staring down at the fresh earth of the new grave , at the wooden cross bearing her mother 's name and she could not believe that this nightmare was real . |
| 4 | Environmentalists do not believe that this phase-out is fast enough . |
| 5 | We observe a set of events , and decide that they have one explanation which is vastly more probable than all others ; so we come to believe that this explanation is correct , and we use it to make predictions in future . |
| 6 | Her hearers found it difficult to believe that this screaming was involuntary ; some thought she was drunk , or ill , or possessed by an evil spirit , but most of them just wanted her out of the way : ‘ some wished she was on the sea in a bottomless boat ’ . |
| 7 | We believe that this weakness is one of the reasons which explains the failure of left parties and the trade unions to develop coherent socialist housing policies . |
| 8 | He believes that this policy was easier to pursue in smaller than larger units , and where the colliery manager and senior staff ( i.e. those at the head of the local socio-economic hierarchy ) also lived in the village , albeit in superior , segregated accommodation . |