Example sentences of "[noun prp] believe that [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The NEC believed that there had to be changes and had already begun wide-ranging consultations . |
| 2 | Muhammad believed that he had to reform the old pagan religion of al-Llah , the High God of the Arabs . |
| 3 | First , Engels believed that his source , the writers Fison and Howitt , provided independent evidence of group marriage , while in fact they too were enthusiastic supporters of Morgan 's theories . |
| 4 | Morgan and Engels believed that there were several peoples who still practices group marriage . |
| 5 | Sinfield believed that they were often irredeemably tainted by ideology , at best to be read only in historical terms , or subject to symptomatic readings , seeking the fractures and fissures in the mystified surface of the text that showed the ‘ true ’ ideological conditions in which it was produced . |
| 6 | Kahn believed that his work spoke for itself . |
| 7 | Herbert Spencer believed that there was a cosmic metaphysical er life force , if you like , and that evolution to higher , more complex and more integrated entities was a fundamental aspect of physics , biology and sociology . |
| 8 | Buxton believed that it had lost the confidence and interest of the country because of its practice of negotiating secretly with ministers instead of acting in the open . |
| 9 | They wo n't accept with Charles Wychwood that ‘ everything is copied ’ , and wo n't accept his opinion of Chatterton : ‘ Thomas Chatterton believed that he could explain the entire material and spiritual world in terms of imitation and forgery , and so sure was he of his own genius that he allowed it to flourish under other names . ’ |
| 10 | Later in life Ramsey believed that he learnt a lot from his short time at Liverpool . |
| 11 | Maj. Botha believed that it was of " cardinal importance " that the rally should prove a success and that a " donation " should be made to Inkatha to finance it . |
| 12 | Kylie believed that her image — the sound , the clothes the carefully constructed ‘ look ’ that millions around the world copied — belonged exclusively to her . |
| 13 | Although his plans for political and economic reform had yet to be clarified , supporters of Ben Bella believed that he was the only politician capable of ending the social polarization caused by FLN economic policies and the growing appeal of Islamic fundamentalism , as demonstrated in June municipal elections [ see pp. 37549-50 ] . |
| 14 | So if what 's in the pot is honey , its taste will cause Pooh to believe that it 's honey . |
| 15 | And if it is n't honey , the absence of that taste will cause Pooh to believe that it is n't honey . |
| 16 | But Mr Aimetti believes that it is easy enough to get them to work together successfully if they share a common technical language , in accounting , for example . |
| 17 | And as an experienced tellee himself , he knows that Pooh will only believe what he says if Pooh believes that he believes it too . |
| 18 | LASMO believes that it is important to maintain a strong international portfolio of exploration opportunities . |
| 19 | Rather than censure the dictatorship of President Saddam Hussein , Mr Marlow believes that its poor image is partly the fault of the British press . |
| 20 | It was as though Morse believed that he , Lewis , was on some perpetual expense-account . |
| 21 | Along with many others , Nyerere believed that it was possible , but he emphasized that this should not involve the rejection of outside influences : |
| 22 | Wheatstone 's work in telegraphy seemed to show that electricity travelled about as fast as light , and Faraday believed that it must go just as fast ; he also believed that gravity must be analogous to other attractive forces , and take time for its propagation , though there was no evidence for this . |
| 23 | As for the philosophers , Plato thought that all progress consisted in trying to approximate to a pre-existing model in the timeless world of transcendental forms and Aristotle believed that it was the realization of a form which was already present potentially . |
| 24 | Trent believed that they were less than two miles from the river mouth . |
| 25 | By forcing MPs to give up their seats if they joined the Cabinet , the NPKA believed that it could eliminate vote-buying and other corrupt practices . |
| 26 | He was reckoned one of the islands ' best fishing guides , a man who could name his own price to the rich northerners who came to the blue waters to kill gamefish , but Bonefish believed that his family might stray from the path of righteousness if he spent too much time away from home so he restricted his guide work to just a few weeks of the year . |
| 27 | For example , Simon believed that his salary would suffer if there were unions at his place of work : he worked in the sales department of a small company manufacturing aluminium products . |
| 28 | The idea that it was a foreign plot seems to be the least likely of the possibilities , because although Stalin believed that they wanted to crush Russia I do n't see how killing Kirov this would help a foreign power in any way to crush Stalin 's Russia . |
| 29 | However , the teacher had not initially understood the request completely and the acquiescence with regard to going outdoors had led Sherman to believe that he could also go see the gorillas . |
| 30 | Moreover , Don Juan 's sympathies lay with the Allies , which contributed to making his followers in Spain believe that they could look to the Western democracies in general , and to Great Britain in particular , for support . |