Example sentences of "believe [conj] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He believed that with such experience she would not have resisted the orders of her assailant . |
| 2 | I believed that with that double victory I had now achieved more than most in British athletics , with the exceptions of course , of Coe , Cram and Ovett . |
| 3 | A retired administrator who as a young man had single-handedly turned the tide of mutiny in his district in the North-West Provinces , he believed that since those Homeric days British administration had become dangerously out of touch with the people . |
| 4 | At first I was totally humiliated , and then I suppose in my heart , I truly believed that in that one week that he was mine , I could teach him to love me and to forget that Rachel even existed . |
| 5 | His political aims were unclear , and his closest allies believed that in 1845 he was about to betray the company , which was in a state of virtual collapse at the time of Somes 's death . |
| 6 | The average income elasticity of demand for imports was of the order of 1.5 to 2.0 between the late 1950s and the early 1970s , but this obscures quite wide variations between goods and there are strong grounds for believing that in expansionary phases the ratio rose to as high as 5.0 or 6.0 ; and even the average for manufactured goods was just over 3.0 [ Eltis , 1979 ] . |
| 7 | All I can say is that the yes of God 's love is stronger than the no of his judgment and that I do believe that despite all the shadows and elements of chaos in the world , in the universe and in life , God 's love is stronger and he is a God of love . |
| 8 | I do n't believe that with any union this company would have been cracked any quicker . |
| 9 | I do not believe that at any time , and certainly not at any time when I knew them , was there any emotional relationship between Harold Wilson and Marcia Williams . |
| 10 | ‘ Do not believe that for one second , ’ he grated . |
| 11 | ‘ At this stage it is too early ti give an accurate figure for the likely return to depositors , however I do believe that in due course it should be substantial . |
| 12 | And , from my experience , I can only believe that in some measure , the courts are guilty of supporting the police in this attitude , for the sake of maintaining a status quo . |
| 13 | However , there is reason to believe that with scientific explanations , the optimal approach would involve discussions between groups of children , so long as the children start with differing but partially relevant ideas . |
| 14 | They it 's simple , it 's nice , it 's elegant and it 's not an item at all unless you have a further premise that the world itself is simple , nice and elegant and you have no reason to believe that at all , but since that applies across all sides , I think linguistics is in no worse shape . |
| 15 | Yet looking at many young people today , the targets of communication channels unknown to their grandparents , it is hard to believe that for all his showmanship McLuhan was entirely wrong . |
| 16 | ( 3 ) A requirement under this section to provide a specimen of blood or urine can only be made at a police station or at a hospital ; and it can not be made at a police station unless — ( a ) the constable making the requirement has reasonable cause to believe that for medical reasons a specimen of breath can not be provided or should not be required , or ( b ) at the time the requirement is made a device or a reliable device of the type mentioned in subsection ( 1 ) ( a ) above is not available at the police station or it is then for any other reason not practicable to use such a device there , or ( c ) the suspected offence is one under section 4 of this Act and the constable making the requirement has been advised by a medical practitioner that the condition of the person required to provide the specimen might be due to some drug ; but may then be made notwithstanding that the person required to provide the specimen has already provided or been required to provide two specimens of breath . |
| 17 | It is however impossible to believe that among these — bearing in mind that each applicant had to be sponsored by some reputable person — there were , as some claimed , barbers , man-milliners , tailors , shoemakers , mercers , mutton pie men , rat catchers , razor-strop makers , razor grinders , a druggist 's porter , insolvent debtors , and in general , the out-at-elbow fraternity . |
| 18 | We should also note that there are at least two different factors which may lead us to feel that some notion deserves emphasis ; one of course is contrast with another property that might have been expressed ; the second is salience of the notion within the particular situation envisaged ; this would presumably be true for : ( 16 ) Geraldine told us a long story about bee-keepers With these points in mind , we should now compare ( 15 ) with ( 17 ) and ask ourselves how much emphasis of either kind is present in ( 17 ) , provided that it is not " read in " in order to support the hypothesis : ( 17 ) the ideas discussed will be put to our colonel topics suitable could include divorce and bankruptcy buildings adjacent will be closed for three days Since there is no doubt that these sentences might be used in situations where the property of the adjective would not be contrastive , the only candidate which may have any plausibility is the " salient on this occasion " variety , though there does not seem to be very strong reason to believe that in all cases where these sentences could be used the adjective property will be salient ; we return to this later . |
| 19 | There is therefore no reason to believe that in such a system these two relatives are equally my mother 's husband or that they both have similar sexual rights over my mother . |
| 20 | It seems somehow presumptuous to believe that in 1989 Europe has emerged into a cloudless world in which such things are now no longer possible . |
| 21 | ‘ I ask you to believe that in normal circumstances he would not behave like that , but he is still not quite himself … the death of his friend , you know … ’ |
| 22 | As Larry Lytle , the main spokesman for USL puts it : ‘ USL understands that it is naive to believe that in any merger nothing changes . |
| 23 | This view could be called cynical , but my experience leads me to believe that in most situations we are preoccupied with ourselves and our own agendas . |
| 24 | It is tempting to believe that in this story Poe may have had in mind a case of premature burial , in which the principal figure was the mother of his patron , John L. O'Sullivan . |
| 25 | Analysts believe that at best , Sock Shop will show profits of £1million in the 12 months to next February — less than half the level seen in the previous two years . |
| 26 | I believe that at one time he was the Prime Minister 's press officer and , indeed , worked in his office . |
| 27 | But er I believe that at one time people from the islands settled in some of the farms for the East Mainland whether there 's a similarity in the matter of table or heard and all these sort of things . |
| 28 | I believe that at this time St. Martin 's Boys School offered a good education within the financial limits available . |
| 29 | This also blends well with the ethos of Napier University and I believe that with continued effort Napier will gain the reputation for the development of students who can demonstrate enterprising skills . |
| 30 | They believe that with this unity a Labour Government becomes directly into view as the next stage on the road to working class power . |