Example sentences of "believe [conj] [adj] is " in BNC.
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| 1 | erm now the strongest reason , I think , for believing that that is not the case is that it does n't come from the fossil record , it comes simply from looking at organisms today . |
| 2 | I have seen people deteriorate quickly when they give up a routine , believing that this is the right thing to do . |
| 3 | The UK , in particular , is fundamentally opposed to the idea of compulsory employee participation , believing that this is an area best left to individual company policy and fearing that giving in on the issue in this context could lead to similar measures becoming a compulsory feature of EC company law . |
| 4 | There are two reasons for believing that this is n't true . |
| 5 | Let us hope then that England produce a performance of such mind-bending awfulness in order to succumb to this dodgy outfit , who probably ca n't believe that they are still in with a shout , and may thus fool themselves into believing that this is their year … at least until they hear the result from Turkey . |
| 6 | Does he believe that that is possible in Northern Ireland , when some sections of the security services are colluding with terrorists , when they are using terrorists as agents while they are involved in terrorist activity and when some members of the security services are handing out confidential security documents as though they were pen-pal photographs ? |
| 7 | We do not believe that that is correct . |
| 8 | However , my Committee does not believe that that is the best way to deal with legislation . |
| 9 | Erm I go along with the brigadier on this , I do n't approve of any of the things I 've heard this evening , and I do n't believe that that is the normal course of action in the Army . |
| 10 | " I do n't believe that this is the time for us to profit from each other 's misery so I hereby cancel all sales of food which have taken place this afternoon . |
| 11 | I have to consider is that evidence correct as far as they are concerned , in other words do they believe that this is what Mr. Winterbone was like ? |
| 12 | I can hardly believe that this is the same company that produced the excellent Ami Pro manuals . |
| 13 | I do not believe that this is a nationalist issue . |
| 14 | The low morbidity and excellent functional results of pouch construction with ablation of all colonic disease and the anal mucosa among patients with familial adenomatous polyposis make us believe that this is the operation of choice in most patients for this disease . |
| 15 | At a time when the need to reduce the size of the public sector is paramount , we do not believe that this is a justifiable way to spend the money of taxpayers and ratepayers . |
| 16 | There is still quite a lot of opposition , so I do n't think it 's , it 's a certainty , but I would certainly very much hope and believe that this is the will of God for the Church and that , that it will happen . |
| 17 | By the close of that decade even writers like Thackeray , who are content to believe that all is well in the other nation , are none the less keenly aware of the divide — though he sees no reason to cross it — between a gentleman and his servants , ‘ who live with us all our days and are strangers to us : so strong custom is , and so pitiless the distinction between class and class ’ . |
| 18 | It is too easy to project all the evil outwards into that desert and then to believe that all is well in our own garden . |
| 19 | Even the Leader of the Opposition is on record as saying that the rating system is the unfairest of taxes , yet we are led to believe that that is what the Labour party proposes . |
| 20 | Thus , when we are told that everything is ‘ OK ’ we prefer to believe that this is so , although what people say can often contain far deeper and more subtle feelings and personal emotions . |
| 21 | What is important is that the individual understands why someone feels strong enough to say ‘ Go to hell ’ , and not merely to believe that this is an accurate statement of what that person desires . |
| 22 | As time goes by children will respond to the consistency of the lesson and come to believe that this is right for them ; the lesson is internalised . |
| 23 | ‘ I have every reason to believe that this is a first rate study ’ , says , AIDS director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases ( NIAID ) . |
| 24 | When you have seen an egg broken into a frying pan of hot fat so that it turns from a clear fluid into a rubbery opaque solid , you are inclined to believe that this is quite a good way to cook an egg . |
| 25 | Even when presented with photographs showing obvious emaciation from starvation , the sufferer from anorexia may comply with forced feeding through intravenous or naso-gastric infusion in hospital but still continue to believe that this is all a lot of fuss and that other people are the ones who really have problems . |
| 26 | They believe that all is one . |
| 27 | And the lairds believe that that is all . |
| 28 | We believe that that is of supreme importance to Europe and we want to extend the benefits wider through agreements with the European Free Trade Association . |
| 29 | We believe that that is a square deal for the housing movement . |
| 30 | I believe that that is quite adequate . |