Example sentences of "believe that [adj] [noun] was [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The KPP , clearly influenced by Rosa Luxemburg , believed that national self-determination was impossible under capitalism , since the logic of capitalism led to bigger combinations , bigger markets and bigger conflicts fed and fuelled by ever-increasing military and industrial complexes . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 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 | 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 ’ . |
| 5 | In the provincial press , and especially the local weeklies , it is more difficult to believe that direct influence was rare . |
| 6 | 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 . |