Example sentences of "[noun pl] believed that [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sorcerers believed that that would weaken the strong kinship that would exist between you . ’ |
| 2 | Reformers believed that one way of preventing these marriages was to provide clubs with attractive and organized recreational facilities in the hope that ‘ the girl who has her clubs will not need the idle companionship of lads ’ . |
| 3 | Mindful of recent events in Dakar , these officials believed that Allied interests would best be served by maintaining a working relationship with Vichy administrators . |
| 4 | Many officials believed that these disturbances were prompted by needless interference with traditional society . |
| 5 | A few leading officials believed that free speech , human rights and other concepts embraced by the term ‘ democracy ’ were honourable in themselves , but mostly it appeared that support for democracy was based on promoting economic progress . |
| 6 | Until then the Greeks believed that recent events were unimportant compared with the exploits of the heroes in Trojan times . |
| 7 | Both the official and non-official élites believed that many charges were not true , but there was no agreement about the proportion of false cases , or about the number of crimes which were never reported . |
| 8 | The principal obstacle was Jackson ; as in Tokyo , Americans believed that Australian representatives were too radical in their political sympathies and that they worked against American policies . |
| 9 | Surprisingly , the respondents believed that independent R&D efforts were the most effective means of learning about rival firms ' technology ( although licensing was also regarded as an effective learning mechanism ) . |
| 10 | The Soviets believed that similar principles might be possible in a German peace treaty . |
| 11 | The defeatists felt that the power of the torturers was too great to try to combat ; the purists were too busy discussing semantics to take up the real problems ; the perfectionists thought that the data on human rights was too imprecise to be used for high quality research ; the paradigm thinkers believed that massive political and social changes would be necessary before torture could be stopped ; many other concerned persons were involved in other cases , such as environment , ecology , animal rights , etc . |
| 12 | From that moment , all the island children believed that social workers could come and lift children from anywhere at any time . |
| 13 | Many women believed that these reforms involved transforming the whole tenor of English public life and creating an ethical and moral climate founded on the teachings of religion . |
| 14 | His public standing rose by 18 points in public opinion polls immediately after Guzmán 's capture , and analysts believed that government-sponsored candidates now stood a good chance of commanding a majority in the Democratic Constituent Congress ( CCD ) to be elected on Nov. 22 [ see p. 39048 ] . |