Example sentences of "[adv] believed that [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some people , he explained , still wrongly believed that bodies were removed from coffins before being cremated and that ashes were eventually taken from a communal pile . |
| 2 | He had long believed that France 's duty was to do everything possible to favour this evolution . |
| 3 | It was long believed that remarriage and the prospects of remarriage must be taken into account when considering a widower 's claim but this must be in some doubt following the wide interpretation given to s4 of the Act in Stanley v Siddique [ 1992 ] 1 QB 1 : see Kemp & Kemp ( Sweet & Maxwell ) 22 – 004 et seq . |
| 4 | The conspirators apparently believed that Edward II was still alive , for Rent had been arrested after visiting Corfe Castle where the deposed king was supposed to be hiding . |
| 5 | It is generally believed that persecution by man was the main reason for the extinction of this magnificent bird as a breeding species in Shetland . |
| 6 | It is generally believed that garlic and tea-tree essences are the most powerful anti-viral oils . |
| 7 | Although he lacked the impeccable conservative credentials of Sununu , it was generally believed that Skinner would be acceptable to the right wing of the Republican Party . |
| 8 | He was opposed by Corazon Aquino ( the widow of the country 's most prominent opponent of the Marcos regime until his murder in 1983 — see pp. 32517-18 ) , and although Marcos claimed victory it was generally believed that Aquino had secured a greater number of votes . |
| 9 | Although Marcos claimed victory it was generally believed that Aquino had secured a greater number of votes . |
| 10 | It is also generally believed that people with cancer should not be massaged because cancer cells may start to spread to the rest of the body via the lymphatic system . |
| 11 | Business people no longer believed that gunboats and garrisons were vital for the protection and promotion of their activities . |
| 12 | Mr Major then angrily turned on Labour leader John Smith : ‘ There was a time when the leader of the Opposition once said that he had always believed that Britain 's future lay in Europe , and we must take a confident and leading role in the Community . |
| 13 | We have always believed that South Africa can only realise its true potential if it becomes a prosperous , non-racial , multi-party democracy . |
| 14 | I had always believed that survival lay in the mind but now I knew there were things one could n't survive . |
| 15 | I had always believed that housewives must be different from you and me . |
| 16 | I have always believed that discounting is only one item in the armoury of promotional activity . |
| 17 | ‘ I 've been an engineer for a long time , and I 've always believed that ethics and integrity were every bit as important as theorems and formulas , and never once has anything happened to change my beliefs . |
| 18 | I 've always believed that risk and danger are important in terms of art . |
| 19 | He 'd always believed that humans were quite intelligent . |
| 20 | You know I 've always believed that people from different backgrounds should n't mix , it 's not fair on the children . |
| 21 | ‘ We have always believed that Abu-Baker was assassinated and that it was not an ordinary robbery , ’ he said . |
| 22 | Managers have known for a long time that demographics matter , but they have always believed that population statistics change slowly . |
| 23 | At that time it was still believed that Mercury did keep the same face to the Sun , and therefore this temperature was used to support the idea that Mercury had an atmosphere , because such an atmosphere would transport heat around from the Sun-facing side , thus raising the night-side temperature . |
| 24 | For a time she had even innocently believed that Luke 's father 's recent death had been responsible for the anger she had sensed in him , until she gradually grew aware that it was something personal , directed at her , his dealings with most of the station 's personnel characterised by charm , his impatience with any inadequacies purely professional . |
| 25 | It is no coincidence that Rousseau also believed that women were incapable of the development and education required for citizenship and ‘ must be trained to bear the yoke from the first … and to submit themselves to the will of others . ’ |
| 26 | It is also believed that activity in the alpha band of the EEG signifies a low level of cerebral activation . |
| 27 | It was also believed that Menelik visited his father Solomon , and on his departure contrived to substitute a copy of the Ark of the Covenant that his father had given him for the original , which he then carried off to Aksum . |
| 28 | By the time they had reached Morocco , the Shah and the Queen both believed that Giscard had betrayed them personally at Guadeloupe . |
| 29 | ‘ Diana clearly believed that Fergie should hear the news from her own lips rather than read about it . |
| 30 | ‘ From these organisations have come community leaders who often were never involved in anything prior to this experience , people who too often believed that others knew better and could make better decisions . |