Example sentences of "believe [adj] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The good news is that as a result of those measures , and despite the hostile trading environment throughout the world , the Group is in a better position today than many believed possible a year ago . |
| 2 | Earlier Davies , 55 , claimed he was fired because executives feared evidence might be produced that he was an arms dealer even though no-one believed such a thing . |
| 3 | Newsagent John Ellis also said he did not believe such a call would have much influence on Parliament . |
| 4 | Newsagent , John Ellis , said he did not believe such a call would have much influence on Parliament . |
| 5 | Er , sir , at the risk of straying slightly into into two B , you , do forgive me in advance , but you raised the specific point about size , and and erm there was er one or two statements that there is n't a a clear view on size in P P G three , I think it 's important to bear in mind the interrelationship between all P P G s and as Mr Curtis said , the research that that backs them up , and I I I point you to three quotes in the statement that C P R E have put in , erm i i i paragraph four point one seven , an and s the quote that attaches to that is taken from the research that erm er backs up draft revised P P G thirteen , transport , and erm I shall quote from that on this question of size , i it is also evident that smaller settlements , those with populations of less than fifty thousand , but particularly very small settlements are characteristically less transport emissions efficient than larger settlements , I think the the erm essence of of that particular piece of research is not as Mr Davis was implying to achieve totally self contained settlements , I do n't believe such a concept exists , it 's actually erm a planning land use in the long term to reduce C O two emi emissions something that is essential now to government policy , I think perhaps more instructive though is is the quote that I 've in included in paragraph four point one nine and that 's taken from er er this book here which I perhaps should submit the whole chapter in evidence to the panel , I 've only just included one quote , it 's it 's I suggest one of the more interesting reads that you may have as a result of this panel , it 's by Colin Ward , and it 's called New Town , Home Town , it 's undertaken by er , sorry includes some of the work that 's been undertaken by the University of Reading , erm and er David Lock Associates , on erm er new town research , and this this is due to be published by H M S O shortly , it 's unfortunate that it was n't available in time for this E I P , but I think erm , if you 'll bear with me , I will read out the quote that I put in four point one nine , because I feel that it is useful on this question of of size , we concluded that if you are interested in environmental impact , energy conser consumption , and sustainability , new settlements have to reach a certain size to be worthwhile , it 's parallel to the old arguments that used to take place around self containment in new towns , we found that new settlements of much less than five thousand houses , that 's about fourteen thousand people are not really worthwhile because if they are smaller than that you are simply putting a housing estate in the countryside , a phrase that that has already been put round this morning , it appears that the best minimum for a new settlement , the best minimum , is about ten thousand houses , that 's that 's twenty five thousand people , which as it happens is about the size of the original garden cities . |
| 6 | I am a great fan of Monica Seles but I can not believe all the letters about these two players . |
| 7 | Yet at times such as this Charlotte wished she could still believe all the lies she had been told . |
| 8 | Virginia did n't really believe all the tales she heard about the witch of Wardle Wood — or , at least , she tried not to believe them . |
| 9 | Do n't believe all the tales . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ You 're not going to believe half the things I tell you , are you ? ’ |
| 11 | Most rugby people in Ireland believe this a retrograde step and it was taken against the expressed wishes of a sizeable majority of the clubs . |
| 12 | But what he has to say in his tale may represent what we might like to believe such a character 's ribald attitudes towards women , towards his fellow men , and towards conventional morality would predictably be . |
| 13 | I believe such a rapprochement IS possible . |
| 14 | I believe such a system to be inherently unworkable , invidious and divisive , ’ said Mr Kaufman . |
| 15 | But property analysts believe such a move will have little impact until up to 50,000 empty homes are taken off the market . |
| 16 | I believe such a statement would involve an outdated phrenological approach which implied that the brain was a collection of specifically labelled boxes . |
| 17 | Far from being the obligatory rock biography ( I believe such an account would be demeaning to both group and fans ) , this book is an attempt to discover the basis of a communication phenomenon . |
| 18 | We are conditioned to believe all the books we read about what a mother should be . |
| 19 | It is heading for a thumping loss of more than FF700m ( about £85m ) this year and if you believe all the doomsters and gloomsters , the vultures are already circling over the lovable animated characters created by the legendary Walt Disney . |
| 20 | There is however , as always , a number of devoted and sincere people who believe all the teachings and claims of the associated church , and give it complete support , that is , attend the services and other gatherings , provide funds to the limit of their abilities and endeavour to preserve something of that precious atmosphere which pervades all ancient places of worship . |
| 21 | If you believe all the tourist literature , Charlie , had he come to power , would have made it compulsory to live in rock fissures . |
| 22 | Leonora settled down to her breakfast in a better frame of mind than she would have believed possible the day before . |
| 23 | ‘ I would never have believed such a place existed , ’ she continued , glancing round the cave . |
| 24 | But if he believes this a matter for regret , if he believes the decisions that established that " right " were either unjust or inefficient or both , he sees no reason why he should extend the principle underlying these decisions any further than other judges already have . |
| 25 | Mr Wilkinson , whose bill has a good chance of reaching the statute book , believes such a measure is necessary to curb growing surburban problem of overdevelopment through luxury blocks of flats being built by developers on plots previously occupied by a single house . |
| 26 | If the buyer believes such an obligation does not exist , then clearly the bill can be ignored and the matter does not proceed further as far as is concerned here . |
| 27 | CPRW believes such an investigation is desperately needed if we are to stem this slide into anarchy and social dissension . |
| 28 | He believes such an outcome would only irk independent software companies . |
| 29 | He believes such an outcome would only tick off independent software companies . |