Example sentences of "believe that [pron] [be] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Morgan and Engels believed that there were several peoples who still practices group marriage .
2 How far " out " , were the Greeks in believing that there were 360 days in a year ?
3 Britain had been equally emphatic about the EDC , believing that there were simpler ways of achieving West German rearmament .
4 and erm I do n't believe that there are many christians there .
5 Looking at the particular issue of derelict areas erm within this area , er Hambledon does n't erm believe that there are any areas which could be reclaimed or enhanced by a new settlement .
6 Unfortunately , there are other reasons to make us believe that there are alternate universes .
7 ‘ I do believe that there are some signs that consumer spending is beginning to pick up . ’
8 It is interesting that Golgi himself , who got the Nobel Prize in part for this work , did n't believe that there were individual neurons within the brain , preferring to think of it as a continuous network of fibres , and he persisted with this mistake despite the evidence of his own staining technique .
9 I did not believe that there were large savings to be made simply from reducing the size of the rail network .
10 We are led to believe that there are administrative problems .
11 In their study of a sample of divorcees , Thornes and Collard ( 1979 ) found that wives tended to believe that there were marital problems much earlier on in the marriage .
12 Suave and sophisticated at 60 , it 's hard to believe that it 's 23 years since he first wooed a generation with Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head .
13 Devaluation , monetary control and inflation are important issues , but some people believe that they are absolute rights which should be enshrined in a treaty .
14 For example , individuals brought up in a truly Marxist society would presumably not regard themselves as the subjects of history , whereas those in bourgeois society believe that they are intentional agents .
15 Some young men believe that they are safe drivers even when they are not , the research finds .
16 We believe that there are strong arguments in favour of unitary authorities .
17 The Pentagon and the National Security Council are openly sceptical of Mr Gorbachev 's chances , and of his ambitions , while the Secretary of State , Mr Jim Baker , and probably Mr Bush , believe that there are trustworthy deals to be done .
18 I believe that there are many examples of people having to pay large sums to solicitors who are not experienced in immigration matters to deal with such matters .
19 Lilliputians believe that there are two sides to the law .
20 LAWRENSON : ‘ No but I honestly believe that there are certain members of the Press that are delighted to have a go at Liverpool because of the success that they 've had .
21 ‘ Conflict theories ’ differ from functionalism in that they believe that there are fundamental differences of interest between social groups .
22 Later this year we will be publishing a more comprehensive paper on this topic outlining what we feel needs to be done to ensure the integrity of official statistics , but in general we believe that there are three principles : 1 .
23 Shiites believe that there were eleven Imams after Ali and that the twelfth Imam disappeared from human view around then ninth century but still exists in spirit .
24 I have always believed that there are sensible explanations for everything .
25 Havelock Ellis , who deplored the tendency of earlier Victorian scientific research to belittle women 's intellectual capacities , nevertheless believed that there were essential advantages to women remaining in their ‘ proper sphere ’ .
26 Similarly , though he insisted on doctrine which he considered essential to the Anglican faith , he did not require conformity on non-essentials , and also believed that there were divine mysteries on which it was idle to speculate .
27 I was lucky enough not to be on his list , but it was widely believed that there were more arrests to come .
28 Whilst agreeing with the Commission about the desirability of reducing the number of crown court cases which are prepared for trial but where the defendant unexpectedly pleads guilty at the last moment , it believes that there are other ways of tackling this problem which do not pose a threat to the interests of justice .
29 Jonathan Bodlender FHCIMA , chairman , believes that there are clear indications that this summer will see a lot of American visitors to the UK ‘ albeit at very competitive rates ’ .
30 We could call the former a realist position ; the realist believes that there are evidence-transcendent truths , truths whose obtaining lies beyond our powers of recognition .
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