Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] believe that " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I am to believe that they dare to send you on an assignment without discussing it with you , señorita ? |
| 2 | But if I am to believe that , when the Minister replies to the debate she will have to commit herself to two very simple propositions : first , that the Government will institute a full review of student financial support as a matter of urgency ; secondly , that they will commit themselves to restoring to all students the housing benefit and income support that the Government have taken away from them . |
| 3 | Chris Young , Chelmsford : ‘ If you were to believe that people buy a record by The Smiths because they wish to change something , even if it is only the music industry , then you are being very naïve about things . |
| 4 | Second , it seems on this criterion that we shall never have more than the slenderest of reasons to believe that we know something ; for in believing this we are believing that when all the truths are in , our justification will remain , and it looks as if much more is required to support that belief than is required to support an ordinary claim to know . |
| 5 | Whatever we are supposed to understand by a ‘ person ’ we are to believe that educating him will not be directly related to the roles and tasks he has to perform after his education is over . |
| 6 | A problem with this idea is of course that most dreams are not remembered , so that even if solutions to problems are achieved during dreams they can not be regarded as adaptive , unless we are to believe that these solutions are somehow incorporated unconsciously . |
| 7 | He immediately set off and arrived that night at Lesnes Abbey in Erith , with his household , and if we are to believe that he walked the whole way , it was a goodly walk for a bishop . |
| 8 | Moin , nightwatchman , was beaten for pace on the pull-shot , but no declaration came at lunch ( 480 for 5 ) , nor after a rain interruption during which 12 overs were lost , it being believed that the runs were best scored in the first innings , and England would probably have been offered the light soon after their innings commenced . |
| 9 | It 's believed that stress can actually depress the immune system , leaving us pretty to every cold and bout of flu , and also to more serious complaints . |
| 10 | It 's believed that the life force , energy and soul of a plant is to be found within its essential oils . |
| 11 | It 's believed that pollution can form substances in our body known as free radicals which speed up ageing . |
| 12 | It 's believed that up to fifty Britons could be involved in the siege involving a heavily armed religious group in Texas . |
| 13 | It 's believed that over the past year tens of thousands of pounds worth of equipment has been charged to the council and then sold privately by some of its staff . |
| 14 | It is believed that Knighton has also had talks with Midani , at which he offered him control of the club , with Knighton himself staying on as vice-chairman . |
| 15 | But it is believed that between 50,000 and 100,000 people in this country , who are free of symptoms are likely to be carrying the virus . |
| 16 | But it is believed that a takeover of Paribas by a foreign entity seems politically improbable . |
| 17 | It is believed that the report will criticise successive corporate affairs ministers at the department of Trade and Industry , despite a claim last year by Lord Young , the former Trade and Industry Secretary , that an internal investigation concluded his department could not be held responsible , and could even throw the spotlight on the role of Lord Young . |
| 18 | It is believed that the Maltese shop owner , who recalled selling a bundle of assorted clothing which was in the bomb-carrying suitcase , has inspected the bags . |
| 19 | It is believed that these clothes have been taken to Malta for comparison with items purchased there which were found in the suitcase containing the bomb . |
| 20 | Nonetheless it remains true that the most common explanation of large numbers of unrecovered hoards is warfare , though in some instances it is believed that economic factors also played a part ; in the latter cases a currency or political reform is thought to have rendered the coins worthless and hence the owners would not have bothered to recover them . |
| 21 | But it is believed that several dozen members of the last Parliament are still members . |
| 22 | It is believed that the Investment Management Regulatory Organisation has also launched an investigation into another subsidiary , Waverley Unit Trust Management . |
| 23 | It is believed that over six million men , women and children died in concentration camps under Nazi domination . |
| 24 | Before the dropping of the atomic bombs , the Americans had feared that the Russians would not honour their pledge to join the war against the Japanese , and it is believed that the Allied forces were held back in Europe , so that the Russian troops could advance through the eastern part of Europe into Czechoslovakia . |
| 25 | It is believed that the extremes of the original Gallic town were Piazza del Duomo and Via Andegari , which lies close to the Poldi-Pezzoli Museum some 600 metres to the north . |
| 26 | They modernised the mill and it is believed that it became the first in Britain to make paper from wood , ie : the first Natron-cellulose pulp mill in Europe . |
| 27 | It is believed that the discharging system used for grain removal is unique and involves removing the grain and transporting it to the mill without having to remove the boat 's hatch covers . |
| 28 | It is believed that organisms soon adapt to microgravity and establish a new biological steady state . |
| 29 | It is believed that the galleries themselves are strongly influenced by the Nordic tradition . |
| 30 | There is a carved cupboard here dated 1687 , though it is believed that the cottage is older . |