Example sentences of "[pron] believes [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nobody believes this cock and bull story about the sacking incident . |
| 2 | Maybe by saying that , I 'm falling into the same trap ; but this book deserves to be read by anyone who believes that education , and mathematics , are essential to our culture . |
| 3 | It 's run by Herr Huter , a jolly chap who believes all guests deserve big breakfasts , hugh evening meals and the occasional culinary surprise ! |
| 4 | But — other than if one is a Christian theologian of a rather fundamentalist variety who believes this text to be the inspired word of God — why should one be struggling with it ? |
| 5 | But who believes this data anyway ? |
| 6 | She believes good communication is without doubt the number one way to maintain a healthy sex life . |
| 7 | Now Diana wants to give them the sort of holiday she believes young boys should have … not shut up in old castles . ’ |
| 8 | She has never hired anyone with a business-school education , because she believes such people are too rigid in their outlook . |
| 9 | She believes Scottish schools do take their responsibilities seriously , but that all outdoor activities carry an element of risk , depending on the nature of the activity . |
| 10 | She believes some people will vote Labour to shake up the Conservatives and make them reconsider their policies . |
| 11 | She believes British Rail Engineering could have done more to protect her father from the danger of asbestos . |
| 12 | Therefore if a firm plays Cournot , it believes rival firms will not change output in response to a change in hence , the slope of the inverse demand function . |
| 13 | For the distinctions a conception draws between legal rights and other forms of rights and between legal arguments and other forms of argument , signal the character and limits of the justification it believes political decisions provide for state coercion . |
| 14 | On February 24 , company borrowings under the credit agreement totalled $4.3m and the chip designer says that as a result of getting this new credit agreement , restructuring of key equipment leases , and the company 's return to profitability in the first fiscal quarter to December 31 , it believes substantial progress has been made toward killing doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern . |
| 15 | It believes that audit committees and the obligatory rotation of audit partners may not go far enough to convince the public of their independence , and suggests that shareholders should be more involved in appointing auditors , determining the scope of the audit , and in the decision to obtain other services from the auditing firm . |
| 16 | This completes the description of player B t 's beliefs or assessments , if it believes that player A follows the linear strategy . |
| 17 | Trying to stay ahead of the game now that Unix System Labs is soon to have the weight of Novell Inc behind it , Santa Cruz Operation Inc — in conjunction with its IXI Ltd division — says it will begin to offer a fully integrated Common Open Software Environment platform as soon as possible , something it believes few outfits have the resources to do . |
| 18 | Trying to stay ahead of the game now that Unix System Laboratories Inc is soon to have the weight of Novell Inc behind it , Santa Cruz Operation Inc — in conjunction with its IXI division — says it will begin to offer a fully integrated Common Open Software Environment system as soon as possible , something it believes few outfits have the resources to do . |
| 19 | For example , s. 59 FSA 1986 permits the SIB , if it believes any individual is not a fit and proper person , to direct that he should not be employed in connection with investment business by any authorised or exempted person . |
| 20 | Conservation charity Plantlife estimates the trade in British wild bulbs is worth £1 million a year ; it believes wild bulbs are exported in bulk to the Netherlands , centre of the international trade , and re-exported for retail sale in the UK . |
| 21 | IBM Corp has made no secret that it believes super-fast communications will be essential to the medium-term success of machines like the RS/6000 , and the company has turned to one of the pioneers , San Jose , California-based Ultra Network Technologies Inc . |
| 22 | The party has to emphasise that , in contrast to the Tories , it believes public spending should rise in line with growth in output , but that it will pursue responsible fiscal policies . |
| 23 | DEC says it wo n't shy from promoting and advertising the add-on to potential customers , as it believes large corporates and telecommunications firms , some which specify SVR4 in any case , are already interested in the personality . |
| 24 | ‘ Humanism is a positive philosophy — it believes human beings have a moral responsibility to care for each other . ’ |
| 25 | Not that anyone believes that man . ’ |
| 26 | If there are two elections this year — which all the pollsters are naturally hoping for — he believes political polls may account for up to 15 p.c. , with market research accounting for the rest . |
| 27 | But a senior social worker says he believes young offenders who are sent to court for first offences are far more likely to commit new crimes . |
| 28 | He believes young drivers should take every chance to learn more about safe driving |
| 29 | He believes such innovations as ‘ distance working ’ , which will enable people to operate from home ‘ instead of having to converge on places in order to work ’ , will offer all kinds of promise for improving some of the less agreeable aspects of a business career . |
| 30 | By way of contrast , he writes disparagingly of the multinational company that concentrates on idiosyncratic consumer preferences , and gives two reasons why he believes such organisations will lose the long-term commercial battle . |