Example sentences of "they [verb] believe that " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are polytheistic in that they seem to believe that many gods exist , but monotheistic in that they command obedience to only one of these many gods . |
| 2 | For some reason they seem to believe that you will obey them this time . |
| 3 | Lord Merlyn-Rees — Home Secretary from 1976-79 — told the programme : ‘ I do believe as time goes on , watching the great influence of television on children , that they begin to believe that the normal life they lead is not normal , that what they see on the television and on the film is something they ought to emulate . ’ |
| 4 | They happen to believe that they , too , make a pretty pertinent and effective contribution to the Territorial Army from Scotland . |
| 5 | They know little about what they are being asked to invest in , but they do believe that the Government 's determination to make the privatisation succeed will ensure that the water authorities are presented as a steal . |
| 6 | They preferred to believe that the universe had existed and would exist forever . |
| 7 | People who think they 're being persecuted always think people are paying them a great deal of attention so they come to believe that they must in a sense be very important people , ’ he said . |
| 8 | In some instances , management have done this because they have believed that de-skilling is a counter-productive strategy in that it lowers morale , commitment , motivation , and optimum use of human resources . |
| 9 | They have believed that the whole purpose of the EEC is to build protective barriers which should only be reduced in return for a high price to be paid by ‘ the other side ’ . |
| 10 | They have to believe that there will be an advantage commensurate with or greater than the sacrifice that they are going to make . |
| 11 | They never really thought nomes existed , he thought , but they wanted to believe that we did . |