Example sentences of "believe [be] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The government also tried to secure the removal from Punjab of four senior civil servants and police officers who it believed were strong supporters of Sharif . |
| 2 | These would be aimed at reaching agreement over what he believed were essential changes to the constitution if the refugee influx was to be curbed . |
| 3 | In Chic Fashions v. Jones ( C.A. , 1968 ) Lord Denning said that the police could seize , not only the items specified in the warrant , but also anything which they reasonably believed was that item , anything which would lead to the identification of the item , any other goods stolen from the victim of the offence being investigated and anything else stolen by the suspect . |
| 4 | He did n't affect his upper-class accent that a lot of people believed was natural Williams speak . |
| 5 | Some half-way point would have to be found , Wright said , which Berle believed was British policy all along . |
| 6 | It is a so it 's a complex set of interrelationships we 're looking at er on a sub-regional basis , I do believe that there is capacity , some capacity around the inner area of York , and to what extent the greenbelt enquiry er inspector will retain what I and others and certainly York City Council would believe is sufficient capacity remains to be seen , and though similar pleas were made at that enquiry I think they have to be restated here . |
| 7 | FOUR ex-servicemen have been booted out of a British Legion social club after going to war over what they believe are missing funds of up to £250,000 . |
| 8 | While this is not conceptually difficult many trainees are reluctant to give up labels that they believe are common sense shorthand . |
| 9 | The Americans were angered by what they believe is excessive protection for French farmers . |
| 10 | But he had gone out of the front door , banging it , leaving his shoes on the table which she 'd always believed was bad luck . |
| 11 | The main categories of non-private customer are : ( 1 ) Ordinary business investors ( see page 36 below ) ; ( 2 ) Individuals who are acting in the course of carrying on investment business ; ( 3 ) Expert private customers ( whether individuals or small business investors ) who have agreed to be treated as non-private customers ( see page 37 below ) ; ( 4 ) Small business investors who : ( a ) are acting in the course of carrying on investment business , or ( b ) the firm reasonably believes are ordinary business investors ; or ( c ) are trade customers ( see page 38 below ) in relation to the transaction concerned ( who are technically treated as ordinary business investors ) . |
| 12 | What Mr Hurd had done ‘ is not to work out what he believes are essential categories and decide to legislate on those categories . |
| 13 | Overseas Bechtel Inc , a Bechtel subsidiary , will be selling a Kanji version of O2 Technology SA 's O2 object-oriented data base in Japan which the company believes is strategic ground for its product . |