Example sentences of "[pron] believe that [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If someone believed that tables were better than chairs , we would think they were talking nonsense . |
| 2 | That may seem perverse , given what we have just said about the current scene , especially since we do not ourselves believe that states are the only important actors in international relations . |
| 3 | Erm , that is why I I b , that is why I 'm against the amendment , I believe that decisions have been made . |
| 4 | I believe that scientists would warmly welcome the development of new strategies that would address many of the problems that are in danger of causing major damage to the scientific base in Ireland . |
| 5 | AS A MEMBER of the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway 's Publicity Department I believe that members of the general public are treated in a friendly and courteous manner when they visit our line . |
| 6 | Much has been done in recent months to draw those matters to the attention of the Department and , as I said , I believe that Ministers have been listening . |
| 7 | I believe that music-lovers are deluded when they claim to find artistic pleasure in any but a fraction of this music . |
| 8 | I believe that artists can be part of society , and I am deeply involved in the Anglesey community . |
| 9 | In deciding where the company ideally would like to be , I believe that businesses should operate both from a bottom-up and a top-down view . |
| 10 | Personally , I believe that zoos are a good thing . |
| 11 | I believe that campaigns should be at least 70 per cent positive for your side and no more than 30 per cent knocking your opponents . |
| 12 | I believe that doctors and patients can have a friendly relationship . |
| 13 | I believe that students with disabilities need to be valued as people , and any establishment that implies this on paper needs to put policy into practice . |
| 14 | So , I have to say , that er , I believe that companies which erm , find it easy to change , are of course , changing . |
| 15 | I believe that contracts between generators and regional electricity companies are commercially confidential , and there is no reason why they should not be — |
| 16 | And when he wrote ‘ Tho ’ my errors and wrecks lie about me' , I believe that cantos like 107 and 108 were those that he had in mind ; and that he was right to judge them thus harshly . |
| 17 | I believe that councils have an important role to play . |
| 18 | Indeed , I believe that inklings of this understanding , ‘ Intimations of the Infinite ’ , are experienced by many of us at least once in a lifetime and are available to all if we can simply open our hearts to the inward life which is calling us , but is obscured by the continuous dazzle and activity of our own superficial minds and senses . |
| 19 | I believe that bees , butterflies and other insects will visit the screen , and " choose " by bumping into a particular spot on the screen . |
| 20 | Jerry Evans , of NatWest Securities , said : ‘ I believe that analysts can have a good record , and a better record than throwing darts at the FT . |
| 21 | ‘ I believe that babies and children are hard done by where food and cookery is concerned because not enough books are published with them in mind . |
| 22 | I believe that truths which were there from the beginning in the Christian faith can lie dormant until the social and psychological conditions are right for them to be perceived . |
| 23 | I believe that pensioners have had a raw deal and I fully support the petition which states : |
| 24 | I believe that GPs , whether fund holders or not , recognise , like everyone else in the NHS , that Labour 's plans to turn all the reforms upside down and to throw away all the gains that have been made in the past three years are the last thing that the service needs . |
| 25 | Fifteen years later , when everyone believed that computers were designed for advanced scientific work , business unexpectedly showed an interest in a machine that could do payroll . |
| 26 | There was the clear economic argument which believed that countries outside the EEC , particularly Britain with its preferential Commonwealth arrangements , would be in too advantageous a position . |
| 27 | The Christian Council on Ageing ( CCoA ) is a national voluntary and inter-denominational organisation , inaugurated in 1982 , which believes that churches should give greater attention to the particular needs — and potential — of older people . |
| 28 | This had already happened to many birds of prey and there were still farmers around who believed that eagles took live lambs , though the evidence was very slight . |
| 29 | As it happens , of course , this conclusion conforms to the observations of Freud , who believed that women had less sense of justice than men and are more often influenced in their judgements by feelings of affection or hostility . |
| 30 | Very few took the position of Ada Nield Chew , who saw clearly how the position of working wives was complicated by their reproductive function , and who believed that women 's sole responsibility for home and children represented the chief impediment to self-fulfilment . |