Example sentences of "[noun] believe [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE VAST majority of Scots believe moral values and the behaviour of young people have deteriorated in the last decade . |
| 2 | Some pundits believe British designers may be forced to take their talents abroad in order to survive . |
| 3 | The reformers believe these problems could be solved through reform of campaign finance laws . |
| 4 | Parents believe bouncy castles are a good idea if they 're run properly : |
| 5 | But few miners believe these figures ( given by the metallurgy minister ) ; if they were true , more than the 19 steel mills closed so far would have been affected . |
| 6 | Supporters of random breath testing believe these figures would fall dramatically if it was introduced . |
| 7 | It says vice-chancellors believe this Government , any government , will not fund expansion . |
| 8 | Officials believe one explanation may be the heavy overnight rain in the area prevented the tar from bonding . |
| 9 | The airlines believe environmental standards should be agreed through an international framework , such as the International Civil Aviation Organisation . |
| 10 | Crash investigators believe fractured pins may have been responsible for the El Al cargo jet crash . |
| 11 | As the following discussion points out , not all observers believe these roles have been consistently applied to the Urban Programme . |
| 12 | Council officers believe 300,000 people could use the leisure pool during its first year . |
| 13 | One wonders how many firms believe this requirement has actually operated , for no urban initiative has ever been the subject of so much formal and informal evaluation . |
| 14 | Some researchers believe that alcohol , whether consumed in the form of beer , wine or spirits , increases the level of high density lipoproteins ( HDL ) in the bloodstream , which in turn reduces the harmful cholesterol levels associated with heart disease ** . |
| 15 | However , the Lions believe British Isles rugby to be on the way up after their win in Australia and at least feel they have something to prove . |
| 16 | Experts believe two types of chlorine were mistakenly mixed , causing a violent reaction which produced nitrogen oxide and cyanide gases ’ . |
| 17 | In 1990 , 11 per cent of female homicide victims were not known to their attackers , and experts believe these figures will increase . |
| 18 | We do n't condone arson or violence , but many young people believe such actions are justified . |
| 19 | Many people believe additional research is needed to look at this earlier part of the process . |
| 20 | Those who argue for participatory democracy believe active citizenship can not be established within the limitations set by the existing liberal-democratic framework . |
| 21 | 70% believe poor discipline is a significant factor and 66% believe violence on TV is also important . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Yet a number of head teachers believe that reluctance on the part of some LEAs at present to prosecute parents for the poor school attendance of their children is contributing significantly to high levels of truancy . |
| 24 | Doctors believe life-saving oxygen administered at birth when she weighed just over 1lb 8oz led to abnormal development of the retina . |
| 25 | If you then try to ask them WHY they believe that ‘ it 's all made up ’ they wo n't have the foggiest idea and may get a bit abusive and say things like , ‘ Only wallies believe that load of junk . ’ |
| 26 | Scientists believe human laughter has an evolutionary origin and is linked with monkeys who grin and display the same shoulder-shaking signs . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Police believe some residents of Blackbird Leys are shielding the culprits and they 've organised a confidential phone line which people can ring without giving their names and addresses . |
| 29 | Police believe organized groups of teenagers are behind a spate of thefts from shoppers at Long Eaton . |
| 30 | Police believe British spy Ian Spiro cold-bloodedly walked from bedroom to bedroom and murdered them . |