Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] believe [adj] " 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 It would not take a lot of imagination to believe some of these old tales in such conditions .
3 Friends of Oyston believe this would involve the transfer of his controlling stake in Blackpool to his wife Vicky .
4 But Mrs Standing said : ‘ This is yet another example of people believing all the bad publicity about the estate .
5 A growing number of people believe this may be more than a fantasy .
6 But it is quite clear that a large number of people believe these three , who have now been in prison for 13 years , to be innocent of the crime for which they stand convicted .
7 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 . ’
8 People like Bragad believe this .
9 Most rugby people in Ireland believe this a retrograde step and it was taken against the expressed wishes of a sizeable majority of the clubs .
10 People in Walton believe that was just a ruse by the youths .
11 However , this is much less widespread than it used to be and two surgeons from Guys Hospital in London and Withington Hospital in Manchester believe this is a mistake .
12 ‘ No captain could go to sea believing that . ’
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