Example sentences of "they believe [conj] [adj] [noun] [modal v] " in BNC.

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1 The offer is there and is open to senior police officers if they believe that such batons would be of advantage to their forces .
2 Wholeness of body , mind and soul should be the prior concern of all Christians and they believe that this wholeness can be found through faith .
3 It is possible that although the politicians and administrators most closely involved know that the appearance of immense progressivity is a sham , they believe that this appearance will deceive others into thinking that such objectives are being achieved .
4 Assume that they believe that sufficient liquidity will be achieved if 10 per cent of their assets are held as balances with the Bank of England .
5 If things are as bad as the hon. Gentleman says , will my right hon. Friend ask the business men why the west midlands has managed to attract so much investment in manufacturing from abroad , why foreign countries have chosen to locate in the United Kingdom and whether they believe that those people would stay if they had to experience the burden of heavy taxation , job losses and days lost in strikes that would occur with the return of a Labour Government ?
6 They believe that any newcomer would take months to come to grips with what has gone wrong at Ferranti and would as a consequence be worse placed to negotiate a rescue for the group .
7 They have taken this position not because they are resistant to change , but because they believe that these proposals will politicise the British Police Service and they are in my view entirely right to have that view .
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