Example sentences of "[noun prp] believe [conj] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ken believed that Orton was the man to whom to go when he was down . |
| 2 | Rebecca believed that Lissa could bring about her downfall , and she was almost bound to try to do something about it . |
| 3 | The Shias believe that Ali 's descendants — the Imams — are the lawful successors of Mohamed . |
| 4 | Goldman Sachs partner Alan Gillespie believes that London ‘ still will be the place where cross-border deals are done ’ . |
| 5 | Penny believes that Diana has always been aware of her own destiny . |
| 6 | Penny believes that Diana will survive all these crises — because she is a born survivor . |
| 7 | If he does n't win , Montgomerie believes that US Masters champion Bernhard Langer , Nick Faldo or Payne Stewart are the men to beat . |
| 8 | Genscher told a news conference that Germany believed that Albania should be accepted into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization ( NATO ) and the Council of Europe and should receive aid from the Group of 24 . |
| 9 | Churchill believed that Britain needed a minister of Cabinet rank to carry out properly the forthcoming negotiations . |
| 10 | Sarah believed that Tess and Rob were so devoted to George that they would be close to him , no matter where he was . |
| 11 | She was later to discover that a certain J. Olivier believed that Vincent Van Gogh 's self-mutilation in Arles was an aspect of some bull-ritual . |
| 12 | King believed that Kandyans regarded it as ‘ an act of daring , largely partaking the character of a dangerous field sport ’ . |
| 13 | Birbeck believed that Branson had played the joke as ‘ revenge ’ for a Music Week reporter feeding stories disparaging Branson to the satirical magazine Private Eye — and he was partly right . |
| 14 | Prof Griffith-Edwards believes that Paul became addicted to hacking . |
| 15 | Stenton believed that Offa dominated Kent down to 776 but that the Mercians were defeated at Otford and Mercian authority not re-established in Kent until 785 when Offa again granted land in Kent in his own name ( CS 247 : S 123 ) . |
| 16 | Not surprisingly , therefore , Sir Frank Stenton believed that Offa was able ‘ to deal on equal terms ’ with Charlemagne . |
| 17 | None of the Khans believed that Artai was so incapable of controlling the violence of his temperament , Alexei thought , or they would not have elected him . |
| 18 | Dudley Ford had his suspicions and the police seemed to have been doing a pretty thorough job on him … but Doug Wilson believed that Shergold lacked the nerve and she was inclined to agree with him . |
| 19 | The DSS believes that NICs are due on such payments ( the Faculty has set out the reasons why it does not agree ) , but comments that it is possible to deal with matters rather differently by the so-called ‘ statutory method ’ . |
| 20 | In addition , vice captain Simon Quinn is a former Holywood player and Hiles believes that Stephen Brown will also play a key role in his team 's midfield . |
| 21 | ICL Plc and Investment Intelligence Systems Corp of Delaware , have jointly acquired the assets of Forex Advisory Services Ltd , based in Chelmsford , Essex : the deal gives the two control of intellectual property rights , control of BankWide Unix-based system and the Interactive Dealing Support System ; ICL is keen to market BankWide in what it describes as ‘ emerging economies ’ while IISC believes that IDSS will be of special interest to banks and brokers across Europe . |
| 22 | Mr Tanner believes that AEI is probably at the forefront of its particular industry in trading electronically with both its customers and the airlines . |
| 23 | Yeats recalls receiving a letter from Lionel Johnson ‘ denouncing Wilde with great bitterness ’ ; Johnson believed that Wilde got a ‘ ‘ sense of triumph and power , at every dinner-table he dominated , from the knowledge that he was guilty of that sin which , more than any other possible to man , would turn all those people against him if they but knew'' ’ ( Yeats , Autobiographies , 285 ) . |
| 24 | The point is not new : Samuel Johnson believed that Shakespeare 's comedies reveal a profounder instinct than his tragedies : ‘ his tragedy seems to be skill , his comedy to be instinct ’ . |
| 25 | Henderson believes that Robinson was ‘ wrapped in all the dreams and aspirations not only of negro people but of all Americans of whatever colour who knew that segregation was wrong ’ ( 1970 , p.69 ) . |
| 26 | Summing up , Nick Carey believes that ICI has been innovative in its approach towards the rationalization of its petrochemicals business — necessary because production capacity in europe was far too high . |
| 27 | Looking ahead , Worswick believes that LGC 's commercial success lies in repackaging its services in a form that suits the customer , as well as developing new services and rationalising old ones . |
| 28 | Mr Outcalt believes that Nordstrom 's shoppers — typically bright , successful types who seem to spend nearly every waking hour with cellular telephones , laptop computers and videos — will accept Nordstrom-style television shopping as readily as they now use bank debit cards to buy their groceries . |
| 29 | Mr Fisher believes that Mr Forsyth 's vocal support of the union can only help the nationalists , but his real target is the Labour vote . |
| 30 | Whereas Jones believed that Pons was pleased with the offer , Pons reportedly said ‘ We never needed Jones ’ spectrometer , never wanted it . |