Example sentences of "[pron] believe that [noun] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 And first for the Combers , we will bring them down From eight groats a score unto half a crown , If at all they murmur , and say t is too small , We bid them choose whether they will work at all ; We 'll make them believe that trading is bad ; We care not a pin , though they are ne'er so sad .
3 Harry had told her very little about his discussion with Sir Gregory : all she knew was that Tristram had been caught trespassing and that Jennifer had been caught going to meet him ; but although each had sworn that nothing untoward had happened , and their reserve and good behaviour seemed to confirm their innocence , Ann could not forget the scandal they had caused ten years before , nor could she believe that Tristram would have scaled the Roscarrock wall simply to sit with his cousin and talk .
4 Can you believe that pallister missed his first game in 70 matches on saturday ? ?
5 When you gave up painting , did you believe that painting was dead ?
6 Do you believe that life is full of suffering ?
7 Do you believe that women feel more empowered or less empowered now than they did last year ?
8 Do you believe that man can levitate ? ’
9 Whichever it is , do you believe that God answers your prayers ?
10 Do you believe that anger is destructive ?
11 Erm if you look at the next speech he makes , he says , do you believe that people learn nothing from history ?
12 But how could we believe that health and education could be the main players in achieving these targets ?
13 Nor does he believe that abstinence makes the heart grow stronger .
14 Bearing in mind the urgency of the matter now , after so many years , when does he believe that action will be taken ?
15 And in this sense it must be said that the Resistance experience , by making us believe that politics is a relationship between man and man or between consciousnesses , fostered our illusions of 1939 and masked the truth of the incredible power of history which the Occupation taught us in another connection .
16 ‘ The body switch was intended to make us believe that John and Angela were dead .
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