Example sentences of "[noun] believe [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It says vice-chancellors believe this Government , any government , will not fund expansion . |
| 2 | Officials believe one explanation may be the heavy overnight rain in the area prevented the tar from bonding . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 ** . |
| 5 | Many people believe additional research is needed to look at this earlier part of the process . |
| 6 | Those who argue for participatory democracy believe active citizenship can not be established within the limitations set by the existing liberal-democratic framework . |
| 7 | 70% believe poor discipline is a significant factor and 66% believe violence on TV is also important . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Doctors believe life-saving oxygen administered at birth when she weighed just over 1lb 8oz led to abnormal development of the retina . |
| 11 | 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 . ’ |
| 12 | Scientists believe human laughter has an evolutionary origin and is linked with monkeys who grin and display the same shoulder-shaking signs . |
| 13 | Police believe British spy Ian Spiro cold-bloodedly walked from bedroom to bedroom and murdered them . |
| 14 | That inquiry led to an arrest for four sex offences but police believe another man is responsioble for the rape of the schoolgirl , four indecent assaults , as well as robberies and the latest attack . |
| 15 | Clothing designers from the ‘ cutting edge ’ of their profession believe that slavery to fashion will all but disappear in the Nineties . |
| 16 | Time Out publisher Tony Elliott , who is chairman of the TV Listings Campaign lobby group , says : ‘ We ended with a decision which was very favourable to us — about £1,000 a year for Time Out — and we know it 's unrealistic for us to complain , although a large number of publishers believe this information should be completely free . ’ |
| 17 | Detectives believe this attack was carried out by the same man who raped a student from Somerville college two months ago in public toilets in the city centre . |
| 18 | Many dieters believe this myth . |
| 19 | The panel believe lower interest rates are needed to boost flagging demand . |
| 20 | Some would say they do , but others believe another interpretation is better . |
| 21 | Epidemiologists believe that BSE results from cattle food infected with the agent which causes scrapie , a disease of sheep very similar to BSE . |
| 22 | Ultimately , oppression will go too far and the whole artificial fabric of the familiar world order — which Muslims believe this war is designed to — will be threatened . |