Example sentences of "believe that [pron] be [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The last of the bedsheets , ripped into ribbons , had been torn away but he believed that they were well north of the Makaa . |
| 2 | The UK joined the USA in declaring from Aug. 13 that it would enforce UN sanctions , believing that there was sufficient legitimacy for this on the basis of a request from the Kuwaiti Emir in exile , but obtaining UN endorsement on Aug. 25 for the use of appropriate " measures " to verify the cargoes and destination of shipping . |
| 3 | Unfortunately , there are other reasons to make us believe that there are alternate universes . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | They yeah we used to call in Tex and he , he could n't believe that there were old people living in Walsall at the time in this country the size of England , and people living in Walsall that had never seen the sea in their lives , and this guy coming from America could n't believe this . |
| 6 | I did not believe that there were large savings to be made simply from reducing the size of the rail network . |
| 7 | It leads people to believe that there is excessive bureaucracy and overlap and the potential for waste . |
| 8 | We are led to believe that there are administrative problems . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The duke and his close associates saw this small office as ‘ some mean to treat those folks who Club together and are disposed to believe that I 'm incompatible wt them ’ . |
| 11 | Devaluation , monetary control and inflation are important issues , but some people believe that they are absolute rights which should be enshrined in a treaty . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Some young men believe that they are safe drivers even when they are not , the research finds . |
| 14 | Some psychologists believe that there is constant activity in the nervous system and that the feedback makes possible a continuous re-adaptation and correction of incorrect practices , even while they are occurring . " |
| 15 | The fact , as one commentator has pointed out , that bidders are prepared to pay substantial premiums over the existing stock market valuation of a company in order to gain control indicates that despite the presence of the take-over threat bidders still believe that there is considerable scope for efficiency gains . |
| 16 | Moreover , Cochrane et al. believe that there is considerable potential for increased productivity as new cultivars are developed that are better suited to the relatively poor soils and if irrigation is extended , especially in Brazil . |
| 17 | We believe that there are strong arguments in favour of unitary authorities . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | ‘ Conflict theories ’ differ from functionalism in that they believe that there are fundamental differences of interest between social groups . |
| 21 | Is the Minsiter aware that most people in north-west England , including the Railway Industry Association , believe that it is economic madness to open the channel tunnel without first providing a proper linkage between the north-west and the channel tunnel ? |
| 22 | I have always believed that there are sensible explanations for everything . |
| 23 | 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 ’ . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 ’ . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | As paragraph 16.1 of Code C makes clear , the police officer is obliged to charge a suspect as soon as he believes that there is sufficient evidence for a prosecution to succeed , but nobody could expect the police simply to cease work on the case and rely at the trial only on the material revealed up to the moment of charging . |