Example sentences of "he believe [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As to the teaching profession , he said that he could have wished me to have obtained a less demanding post , if I wanted to write , because his experience at Highgate School had led him to believe that teaching , if conscientiously undertaken , was one of the most exhausting of occupations ; and , though I do not regret the experience , I was to discover that regarding its rigours he was right . |
| 2 | A Ford spokesman said he believed industrial action was a long way off . |
| 3 | Ford personnel director John Hougham said he believed industrial action was still a long way off . |
| 4 | He believed that rationality , as distinct from rationalism , required fidelity to the knowledge we have acquired of how to conduct specific activities . |
| 5 | It was also important for him because he believed that matriliny , the reckoning of group membership in terms of who one 's mother was , was associated with a high status for women . |
| 6 | He believed that evolution worked by orthogenesis , in which rigidly predetermined trends drove variation in a particular direction whatever the needs of the organism . |
| 7 | Mr Lamont , who sees the Budget as his attempt at political rehabilitation , was boastful , saying he believed last year 's Budget had contributed to the Tory victory at the election and this one would also prove a winner in the next election in 1996 ‘ or whenever the election comes ’ . |
| 8 | He told the Guardian that he believed senior management took deliberate steps to hush up the dangers . |
| 9 | He turned down a job in a famous public school and wrote to Aunt Lilian , a long , very high-flown letter , saying that he believed social segregation in education to be totally wrong and that he could have no part in perpetuating it . |
| 10 | He believed some movement in the case would be made by the end of this month . |
| 11 | So does he believe this TV story ? |
| 12 | Does he believe this stricture should also apply to lawyers , doctors and dentists ? |
| 13 | He believes that practice in , for instance , mirror exercises , would over a period of time develop these personal traits , so often neglected by a traditional curriculum . |
| 14 | He believes perinatal trauma to be a likely contributing factor , because this in theory could produce damage to the right hemisphere . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | But with the media increasingly eager to report environmental affairs , he believes public awareness is widening . |
| 17 | he believes cumulative stress which builds up over time , should be classified as an industrial injury for which people can claim compensation . |
| 18 | He believes local taxation should reflect a person 's ability to pay . |
| 19 | He believes any merger with Darlington could have a devastating effect on health provision for Bishop Auckland . |
| 20 | He believes this conflict is responsible for the ‘ crisis ’ in film , television and pop , pointing out that the Sixties saw not only the easing of censorship but also a massive decline in cinema attendances . |