Example sentences of "[n mass] believe that [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Respondents felt that safeguards should be introduced where exemptions were granted : 67% thought that only wholly owner managed companies should be exempted , 85% believed that minority shareholders should have the right to require an audit , 76% wanted a compilation report prepared by a qualified accountant , and 86% wanted a statement by the directors acknowledging responsibility for the accounts . |
| 2 | ‘ Once upon a time , ’ I said , ‘ people believed that horse-hair grew into eels . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ People believed that information was being withheld because , for a short period in 1940 , newspapers were required to refer to Liverpool only as ‘ a North West town ’ . |
| 4 | People believe that behaviour is best left to natural , spontaneous expression . |
| 5 | Many local people believe that development will profit them , and those concerned about the environment have been threatened as a result . |
| 6 | ‘ Many people believe that depression is something that the sufferer brings on themselves and all they have to do is pull themselves together , ’ explained Sean O'Reilly of Aware . |
| 7 | Many people believe that alcohol is a stimulant because most drinkers seem to become more outgoing and friendly in social settings . |
| 8 | Few people believe that insubordination is an important offence for street-sweepers and should be punished by incarceration or even death . |
| 9 | Some people believe that gossip should not be indulged in or listened to . |
| 10 | Many people believe that abortion on the grounds of mental handicap is particularly unjust . |
| 11 | However , 35% believed that nation and state were inseparable , and so , logically enough , 31% of workers — 39% among those under 40 years — concluded that the German Democratic Republic now formed a different nation , because it was a different state . |