Example sentences of "[noun] believe [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Officials believe one explanation may be the heavy overnight rain in the area prevented the tar from bonding . |
| 2 | Council officers believe 300,000 people could use the leisure pool during its first year . |
| 3 | LABOUR MP Dennis Skinner believes three things will bring down the Royal Family and turn Britain into a republic — tax , television and history . |
| 4 | Experts believe two types of chlorine were mistakenly mixed , causing a violent reaction which produced nitrogen oxide and cyanide gases ’ . |
| 5 | The Shanghai Sex Sociological Research Centre , after questioning 23,000 people in 15 provinces , has concluded that 86% of Chinese approve of sex before marriage , 69% approve of extra-marital affairs , and more than 70% believe one purpose of sex is pleasure — not just , as Maoist traditionalists would have it , procreation and the dreary fulfilment of conjugal duty . |
| 6 | Police believe four men may have taken part in the grudge attack though they have been told there may have been as many as 10 . |
| 7 | CPRW believes one outcome of the review must be a reduction in this type of coaling through tougher planning controls . |