Example sentences of "believe that the [adj] [noun] was " in BNC.
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| 1 | The villagers close to it believed that the Dark Ireland was about to ride into the world , but only Medoc rode out , astride a coal-black horse , with Maeve thrown across the saddle before him . |
| 2 | At the time , most observers believed that the real reason was that the BBC had been unable to persuade the newly-elected Conservative government to contribute towards the cost of setting up ( about £3million at 1977 prices ) or running a dedicated traffic service . |
| 3 | Indeed , one school of thought believed that the female brain was biologically different from that of the male . |
| 4 | He believed that the central problem was that of helping the existing aged poor who had suffered from the bad industrial conditions of the past , and that younger generations should be induced to save . |
| 5 | Rather than regarding an Anglo-French Union as a core of European unity , Churchill believed that the essential beginning was reconciliation between France and Germany . |
| 6 | In the late 1960s most economic commentators believed that the long boom was permanent . |
| 7 | Not so many years ago , this would have been a non-question : Christians believed that the Star was one of God 's miracles , while scientists , by and large , believed that the whole story was a myth . |
| 8 | Here there was an additional complication in that Euric and his people were arian Christians , who believed that the Holy Trinity was a hierarchy , in which the Father , Son and Holy Ghost were not equal , while the majority of the Gallo-Romans , including Sidonius , were catholics , and insisted on the equality of the three persons in the Godhead . |
| 9 | Some heads of department believed that the self-appraisal report was the product of departmental discussion , but that it was discussion which had taken place over the last few years rather than during the time specifically set aside for the self-appraisal . |
| 10 | If he ended up with a taste for feudalism and aristocracy it was because he believed that the old paternalism was better than the inhuman gulf between ‘ classes ’ — ‘ One would wish to see the rich mingle with the poor as much as may be upon a footing of fraternal equality . ’ |
| 11 | And John of Salisbury was not alone in believing that the administrative class was in dire need of instruction , lest it subvert the common good in its own or its master 's interests . |
| 12 | In Tameside the minister had sound administrative reasons for believing that the local authority was acting unreasonably but it was held that merely to have such reasons was insufficient . |
| 13 | In view of what occurred later , one may believe that the young man was intoxicated . |
| 14 | Truman and most those advising him had come to believe that the Soviet Union was aiming to spread the Communist system whenever and wherever it could : to Poland , Bulgaria , Rumania , Hungary . |
| 15 | Researchers believe that the ecological balance was upset by the decision to introduce the Nile perch into the lake in 1960 . |
| 16 | I believe that the real problem was that , before 1988 , magistrates were under pressure from the Home Office not to award custodial sentences . |
| 17 | I believe that the old chapel was predominately a wayside chapel serving both the few local people and travellers , also being used by sheep drovers who used the lane to drive sheep from Meopham and Luddesdown , down to the meadows beside the river . |
| 18 | It was believed that the principal rumour-monger was poor George Brown . |
| 19 | Originally it was believed that the preferred hand was a reliable indicator of the speech-dominant hemisphere . |
| 20 | Nate could n't possibly have believed that the Turkish problem was more important than the European Plan . |
| 21 | By the 1840s there was some knowledge of the rhythm method of birth control from discussions by French physicians Pouchet and Raciborski on women 's ovulation cycle , though for a while it was believed that the safe period was immediately after menstruation . |
| 22 | It is believed that the last trip was run on April 16th , and eventually the Ministry of Defence advertised the track and other materials for sale by tender , the closing date being 4th October 1966 . |
| 23 | This house believes that the British Govt. was solely responsible for the improvements in the quality of life of the British working class in the 19th Century . |
| 24 | One prominent scholar of Italian paintings believes that the National Gallery was ill served by the loan which seems to have been a rather persuasive pre-sale exhibition for the benefit of Lady Cook . |