Example sentences of "believe that [det] [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I agree with him that they have an important role to play in a fully integrated service for mentally ill people , but the House would mislead itself if it believed that those mentally ill people who find themselves on the streets are drawn from those patients who have been discharged from long-term care in hospitals . |
| 2 | Gradually it dawned on Peter that Molland wanted more than confirmation of his decisions and to demonstrate his own honesty : he honestly believed that this numbingly tedious attention to detail was doing Peter a favour by distracting him from his grief . |
| 3 | Dewey saw that there was a potential conflict between the ideal of education as an instrument and that of education as self-development , but he could not believe that such equally desirable ideals could ultimately be in contradiction one to the other . |
| 4 | He could n't believe that this normally timid creature could be capable of such aggression . |
| 5 | It was hard to believe that this generously smiling woman was the same predatory creature she 'd been watching just a moment ago — but the image she had seen was seared in her brain , and suddenly she knew there was no way in the world that she could allow this woman to be a mother to Kirsty . |
| 6 | " They believe that these very loud explosions will frighten away all evil spirits and make sure they have good fortune for the coming twelve months . " |