Example sentences of "[n mass] believed that [noun] " 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 | In addition few people believed that FDP officers could easily relinquish their former role . |
| 3 | ‘ Once upon a time , ’ I said , ‘ people believed that horse-hair grew into eels . ’ |
| 4 | People believed that Edward , as an ardent nature conservationist , must be similarly passionate about all environmental matters . |
| 5 | ‘ 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 ’ . |
| 6 | 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 . |