Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] believe [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although I believe that hysteria , as classically defined , can provide only a part of the answer to the problem of anorexia nervosa , it is a starting-point and , in the light of Szasz 's observation that ‘ hysterical conversion is best regarded as a process of translation , ’ I propose to translate the history of my own symptoms back into the language in which they were intended to be expressed . |
| 2 | Er , a particular concern at the time of writing the report was the position concerning the long outstanding proposals to develop to redevelop the two sites in Harlow erm to date we have no information from the county , er , there was scheduled to be erm , the meeting due to take place on the twenty second of September but the county er cancelled that meeting so it 's impossible at this stage to give any further comment on that erm although I believe that matter 's being taken up . |
| 3 | She was hurt , more than she believed possible , to know that Roman regarded her work so lightly that he could throw an elephant-sized spanner in her path without even thinking . |
| 4 | Now , if the Liaison Office had got the same number from Maxim , then the embassy gossip vine had to be more security-minded than she believed possible for it not to come to one conclusion . |
| 5 | We have received no formal approaches of this sort although we believe some organisations may have expressed some informal interest to DTI . |
| 6 | I would be exceedingly naive if I believed that . |
| 7 | If you believe all the tourist literature , Charlie , had he come to power , would have made it compulsory to live in rock fissures . |
| 8 | It is heading for a thumping loss of more than FF700m ( about £85m ) this year and if you believe all the doomsters and gloomsters , the vultures are already circling over the lovable animated characters created by the legendary Walt Disney . |
| 9 | ‘ You talk as if you believe that rubbish ! ’ said Maisie . |
| 10 | Well , if you believe that , I think you 'll believe anything . |
| 11 | If you believe certain software houses , the C64 wo n't carry on much longer . |
| 12 | If you believe classical music to be just the sound of margarine and cigar ads , get ready to have your preconceptions rumbled . |
| 13 | It does n't require us to believe that anything can and will happen if we believe big enough and hard enough . |
| 14 | If we believe this , I think it makes the challenge of bringing up adopted children an easier task . |
| 15 | If one believes this , then the attraction of a fixed-rate mortgage in 1992 could easily prove fool 's gold . |
| 16 | It need not be if the authorities do not acknowledge a responsibility for control of inflation or if they believe that exchange rates ( just like changes in wage rates , or indirect taxes ) do not influence inflation but rather have their effect on relative prices . |
| 17 | In the final analysis , they may recommend specific courses of action including destroying all your credit cards and even your cheque book , if they believe this to be necessary . |
| 18 | In the final analysis , they may recommend specific courses of action , including destroying all your credit cards and even your cheque book , if they believe this to be necessary . |
| 19 | Thus , in deciding , for example , whether to close down an unprofitable factory and make those working in it redundant , the directors are required to consider the effect of closure on the employees , but they are nevertheless under a duty to shut the factory if they believe this to be in the interests of the shareholders . |
| 20 | This completes the description of player B t 's beliefs or assessments , if it believes that player A follows the linear strategy . |
| 21 | For example , s. 59 FSA 1986 permits the SIB , if it believes any individual is not a fit and proper person , to direct that he should not be employed in connection with investment business by any authorised or exempted person . |
| 22 | If he believes all that he says he does , surely he has nothing to fear from offering the Scottish people a multi-option referendum . |
| 23 | The Office of Fair Trading director general Sir Gordon Borrie has warned brewers he will use powers available through the Competition Act and Fair Trading Act if he believes long-term supply agreements are being used to frustrate the loosening of the tie . |
| 24 | But if he believes this a matter for regret , if he believes the decisions that established that " right " were either unjust or inefficient or both , he sees no reason why he should extend the principle underlying these decisions any further than other judges already have . |
| 25 | This is self-defeating unless you believe that being constantly quashed by the talk tactics of others means that you 'll go to heaven . |
| 26 | Yes , because I believe European makers must be encouraged to provide competition and technological challenge to all Pacific Basin car companies . |
| 27 | Personally , I 'd love to see us support it to the hilt , because I believe that , you know , the community theatre , above all else in Ottery , really does give it a good name . |
| 28 | I think one can put forward fairly persuasive arguments that there are no life forms a good deal more advanced than ourselves in our galaxy , simply because I believe that social and environmental and sort of curiosity value factors would have led them to reveal their presence in various ways . |
| 29 | They are like , and I 've come here to maybe to help get them in a , a better position , because I believe that , only through him , what he 's told me about the club ; that it 's a nice club , a nice base for me to start off my career , because that 's what I 'm really am doing . |
| 30 | And therefore it is only because I believe this particular phrase is quite literally to do with the very crux , the very cross , of our Christian understanding that I bring it before the general assembly . |