Example sentences of "believe that the [adv] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bliss believed that the most important aspect of a classification scheme was the order of its main classes . |
| 2 | I can not help believing that the most discerning public must be interested in this work . |
| 3 | The leader may believe that the most important role for them to play is that of a co-ordinator . |
| 4 | Do you believe that the most important resource at your disposal is the staff ? |
| 5 | A user might start by looking for a map of London , when he really wants a map of Camden ; he might believe that the more specific subject ( Camden ) will not be covered independently . |
| 6 | Although it is too fanciful to believe that the later Last Tango in Paris could have been influenced by John and Mary , there are nonetheless similarities between the two seemingly worlds-apart movies . |
| 7 | But remember : you have to believe that the seemingly intractable problem can be cracked . |
| 8 | It was difficult to believe that the most careful farmer in the area would lose all his harvest because of a moment 's forgetfulness . |
| 9 | Nonetheless , most of us will continue to believe that the most important goal in the sciences at Stirling is to achieve the correct balance between excellence in teaching and excellence in research , that distinguishes high quality Universities . |
| 10 | Many salespeople believe that the most efficient routing plan involves driving out to the furthest customer and , then zig-zagging back to home base . |
| 11 | Many wave-energy researchers believe that the consistently unfavourable attitude of the EC towards wave power has its origins in unfavourable assessments which were provided for the Community by the British government . |
| 12 | I would respectfully agree with his description , in relation to dishonest actions , of appropriation as involving an act by way of adverse interference with or usurpation of the owner 's rights , but I believe that the less aggressive definition of appropriation which I have put forward fits the word as used in an honest sense in section 2(1) as well as elsewhere in the Act . |
| 13 | In France and Spain , and to a lesser extent in Britain , it was widely believed that the most important function of a fleet was not to seek out and destroy that of the enemy but to protect the colonies and seaborne trade of the State to which it belonged and capture or harass those of its opponents . |
| 14 | Considerable attention has been focused on the distinction between causing grievous bodily harm ( section 18 ) and inflicting grievous bodily harm ( section 20 ) : for many years it was believed that the more restrictive word ‘ inflict ’ meant that section 20 required proof of a sufficiently direct action by D to constitute an assault , but the House of Lords has now decided that there can be an ‘ infliction ’ of GBH without proof of an assault . |
| 15 | She believes that the most efficient way for pupils to learn mathematics is by being told what to do , and preferably by a teacher , rather than a textbook . |
| 16 | Sixty years after Hitler 's Enabling Act of 23 March , 1933 , finally consigned German parliamentary democracy to the dustbin and consolidated the Nazis in power , Sibylle Kaufmann believes that the most important thing she gained from growing up under dictatorship was a heightened sense of spiritual awareness : ‘ Materialistically , everything looked so fine , on the outer side . |