Example sentences of "believe that [art] [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many believed that the Liberal Labour alliance was a threat to a system of government built up over centuries and they were not prepared to see this done without at least a clear decision by the electorate . |
| 2 | There were indeed many influential soldiers and civilians who believed that the victorious New Model Army should now seek to export its religious revolution , and who in their more ecstatic moods talked of marching on Rome and of setting Cromwell 's chaplain , Hugh Peter , upon the throne of St Peter . |
| 3 | Blum , on the other hand , was looking to a more distant future when the French might have to withdraw entirely and in order to maintain the position of influence in the future he believed that the only firm foundation was a break with the past . |
| 4 | Morgan believed that the only true descent groups were matrilineal , and that matrilineal descent groups — gens — were fundamentally different in organization from systems where descent was reckoned in the male line . |
| 5 | The talks at Akkerman had apparently cleared up disagreements with the Turks , but the Shah , and particularly his son , believed that the Russian domestic crisis of December 1825 had created enough uncertainty in St Petersburg to justify a challenge to the Russo-Persian treaty of 1813 . |
| 6 | Hobhouse believed that the desirable spiritual regeneration of all classes in Britain required state prevention of the accumulation of excessive wealth and of exploitation , through redistributive measures , and would be assisted by the encouragement of self-help organizations such as trade unions . |
| 7 | And anyway , even those inside tennis circles who admired his talent , believed that the little known Czech was squandering it and on a one-way trip to Reggie Perrin 's Obscuresville , Arizona . |
| 8 | The second is to increase the establishment of HMI so that it employs thousands of people , but I do not believe that a centralised civil service approach is desirable . |
| 9 | Can one really believe that the grand unified theory has determined that Sinead O'Connor will be the top of the hit parade this week , or that Madonna will be on the cover of Cosmopolitan ? |
| 10 | The Royal Commission did not believe that the existing local authorities were in a position to meet the challenges they had identified . |
| 11 | Their performance against Rangers was inexplicable and one can not believe that the extraordinary general meeting of shareholders , which lasted eight hours on the day before the match , with bickerings between cabals of directors over the club 's future , had no effect on the players . |
| 12 | I personally do n't believe that the average English citizen is any less proud of their own country than the average American . |
| 13 | Mr Ozal may believe that an established Kurdish group in northern Iraq might help to control the more radical PKK . |
| 14 | It is clear that Robert de Sigillo did not write all the royal writs himself , although there is no reason to believe that a twelfth-century English king needed a permanent staff of more than half a dozen clerks , sometimes perhaps even less . |
| 15 | So far everything had gone our way , but it was hard to believe that the wily old campaigner would not have a few more tricks up his sleeve . |
| 16 | He observed initially that there were people ‘ who believe that a neutral foreign policy would guarantee the security of the Asian peoples , and that it would at first stabilise the situation and then ensure peace and security on the Asian continent ’ . |
| 17 | This can largely be avoided by careful handling , and many connoisseurs believe that a slight structural asymmetry adds to the rug 's overall character . |
| 18 | And I also believe that an elected Second Chamber to replace the Lords would feature people of much lesser ability and stature , who would be unable to speak their minds freely because they would be beholden to the same electorate as the Commons . |
| 19 | I believe that the right hon. Gentleman speaks for all our millions of fellow citizens . |
| 20 | Whichever view is accepted , most historians believe that the new political structure of the inter-war years was largely determined by 1918 , and the unemployment of the inter-war years is not crucial to either explanation of the structural changes which occurred in British politics . |
| 21 | Now you can come in every day , and sit and sort out your bumf , but I always believe that the great British public are out there , so the more time you spend out there , the more profit you 're gon na make , there 's less profit being in the branch . |
| 22 | We believe that the joint working party 's recommendations should include the routine use of such a device for people caring for patients who are known to be positive for HIV or hepatitis B virus and for high risk patients . |
| 23 | But many doctors around the world believe that the Canadian breast-screening programme is inaccurate . |
| 24 | I believe that the major political issue of the 1990s is going to be the Government itself . |
| 25 | His advancement of Gloucester can be criticized only by those who believe that the only good nobleman is an impotent nobleman . |
| 26 | His advancement of Gloucester can be criticized only by those who believe that the only good nobleman is an impotent nobleman . |
| 27 | Tenants … were no longer prepared to accept the appalling housing conditions and would take whatever action was necessary … ‘ finally we believe that the only long-term solution to the social concerns which beset Derry lies in the establishment of workers ’ power and public ownership of all land , banks and industries . |
| 28 | We believe that the final public spending decisions and the Budget should be brought together , so that people can see clearly where the money that is raised will actually be spent . |
| 29 | I believe that the British historical galleries should conclude in the late nineteenth century ( c. 1880 ) , and everything later should be integrated with the international modern collection . |
| 30 | We believe that the macro-economic major help to which my hon. Friend refers should come through the International Monetary Fund and should be the result of a reform process with which the IMF is associated . |