Example sentences of "believe [conj] his [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The minister Nicholas Breton , for example , noted in 1603 that his parishioners ‘ came to service more for fashion than devotion ’ , while the preacher John Angier of Denton in Lancashire believed that his parishioners came ‘ for no other purpose but to sleep , as if the sabbath were made only to recover that sleep they have lost in the week ’ . |
| 2 | According to press reports Karami believed that his government had been penalized by the West for its close links with Syria and for its strong commitment at the Middle East peace talks to an Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon . |
| 3 | Dr Bach himself believed that his flower remedies helped to bring the physical , emotional and mental planes of the individual more into harmony with the spiritual plane and said that there could be ‘ no true healing unless there is a change in outlook , peace of mind and inner happiness ’ . |
| 4 | Lord Cullen believed that his remit did not allow him to move too far into the question of labour relations , and said so in paragraph 21.83 of his report . |
| 5 | Observers believed that his release was an attempt by the government to appease sections of the white community angered by the release of McBride . |
| 6 | He believed that his views alone provided a safeguard against Antinomianism . |
| 7 | Kahn believed that his work spoke for itself . |
| 8 | But at er , Helen er fervently believed that his spirit would saved . |
| 9 | He believed that his survey would be of use , but privately thought of it as his escape . |
| 10 | For example , Simon believed that his salary would suffer if there were unions at his place of work : he worked in the sales department of a small company manufacturing aluminium products . |
| 11 | The Commander-in-Chief of Bomber Command , Air Marshal Arthur Harris , believed that his men were going to win the war , if necessary by themselves . |
| 12 | These are judges who accept ‘ no grovelling on the part of prisoners ’ , even those who play on having a relative in the RUC ( and we did come across a policeman who believed that his brother had been treated leniently in court as a result of this connection with the force ) . |
| 13 | The leather trade was one which did not take a great deal of effort to run successfully but then Craig believed that his brother had a hand in the unprofitable deals Uncle Thomas had made and had profited from them . |
| 14 | He was reckoned one of the islands ' best fishing guides , a man who could name his own price to the rich northerners who came to the blue waters to kill gamefish , but Bonefish believed that his family might stray from the path of righteousness if he spent too much time away from home so he restricted his guide work to just a few weeks of the year . |
| 15 | He believed that his body was a good guide to his character and he punished it and indulged it by turns . |
| 16 | In May 1940 , he believed that his replacement by Churchill was wholly desirable . |
| 17 | Although Clinton now appeared certain to win the nomination — he had amassed 947 delegates compared with the 129 won by Brown — many senior Democrats believed that his candidacy could be beset , and possibly destroyed , by further personal scandals . |
| 18 | First , Engels believed that his source , the writers Fison and Howitt , provided independent evidence of group marriage , while in fact they too were enthusiastic supporters of Morgan 's theories . |
| 19 | The Protestant marriage did n't reconcile his father , who believed that his son had been caught and was marrying because he had some misplaced sense of honour . |
| 20 | West believed that his mother had murdered his father ; the idea preyed upon him and is thought to have been contributory to his early death . |
| 21 | It is true that his criticisms further antagonized the American administration , but de Gaulle willingly took the gamble , believing that his survival now depended more on the French people than on Roosevelt . |
| 22 | Then comes the expected , ‘ unless the custody officer has reasonable grounds for believing that his detention without being charged is necessary to secure or preserve evidence relating to an offence for which he is under arrest or to obtain such evidence by questioning him ’ [ emphasis added ] . |
| 23 | Half believing that his leg was broken , he stooped and tried to fend the object off with his hands . |
| 24 | Leith felt sick to her stomach when Mr Ardis , either not believing that his son had just pounced unencouraged on her , or perhaps covering up for his son 's weaknesses , told her that a month 's severance pay would be sent to her , and dismissed her on the spot . |
| 25 | He thrust into her ripe fig , obviously believing that his penis had the magic power to make her his slave forever . |
| 26 | We question , however , Schröder 's implication that effective treatment exists , believing that his assertion that ‘ radiotherapy and radical prostatectomy are effective in treating locally confined prostatic cancer ’ is particularly misleading . |
| 27 | An employee might believe that his promotion prospects hung on the extent of his activity in pushing for trade union recognition or safety provision . |
| 28 | It required but a single coincidence , whereby an apparent answer to a prayer arrived at the appropriate time , to make him believe that his objects of supplication had powers beyond himself , and had brought him relief . |
| 29 | Bernice could see him tapping his umbrella on the floor , pretending to study the walls , and glancing back impatiently as if he could n't believe that his companions were still unable to follow him . |
| 30 | Rostov knew that he did not believe that his failure to resolve matters with Alexei was due to karma , or fate , any more than Yuan did . |