Example sentences of "believe that [adj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was a reductionist who believed that all the relationships he investigated could be explained in materialistic terms . |
| 2 | Aristotle believed that all the matter in the universe was made up of four basic elements , earth , air , fire , and water . |
| 3 | He was supported in this view by Mountbatten , who , with his experience as Supreme Commander South-East Asia and Viceroy of India , believed that such a course was desirable for efficiency 's sake and was practicable . |
| 4 | He ‘ believed that such a commonplace action expressed a careless insouciance , whereas it really betrayed his fretting nervousness . |
| 5 | The statement added that ministers " believed that such a medium-term strategy was the best way of reducing potential risks and uncertainties in the current outlook " . |
| 6 | He believed that such an event would lead to a loss of belief in the will of the USA to maintain her commitments throughout the area . |
| 7 | It is further urged upon me that the justices , having found as a fact that the parents had been in continuous contact with each other , and the justices being satisfied that there were grounds for believing that both the children were likely to suffer significant harm , which was a specific finding that they made , they were plainly wrong in refusing to make an interim order in that they first of all failed to have regard to the fact that the parents had colluded over the cause of D. 's injuries , and there was evidence to that effect ; secondly , that the mother had lied to social services , Dr. Barnardo 's and the guardian about having had at the relevant times no contact with the father — and that is indeed what the mother has done , she has lied ; and , thirdly , that the father had been in breach of a term of the bail conditions which had been imposed upon him , not only on 23 December 1991 but ever since his release in as much as he had visited and contacted the mother . |
| 8 | No limitations were written into the English and Welsh legislation , and I do not believe that such a limitation is appropriate in this case . |
| 9 | Carrington did not believe that such a thing could happen , or would . |
| 10 | I do not believe that such a case will ever be found . |
| 11 | Do we really believe that such an instinct is to be found encoded only into molecular and electromagnetic patterns within the brain ? |
| 12 | As with the comments of Heald , Shawcross and others after my documentary on the police , I do not believe that such an interview would attract that sort of attention today . |
| 13 | I could not believe that such an outburst of violence could happen in Fontanellato , where everybody , including those who belonged to the party , seemed to be more or less on good terms with one another , but when I arrived home I begged my father to be careful and to avoid discussions with anybody except the doctor . |
| 14 | How extraordinary that people her own age should believe such grotesque , non-scientific ideas as that a man could be resurrected from the dead after , and a horrible thought it was , after being crucified ; and how fantastic that they should believe that all the dead would rise from their graves — all of them , those countless millions , millions upon millions , rising from the clay into which they had , long since , dissolved … . |
| 15 | Do you believe that that the language then is not a big issue in our fellowship . |
| 16 | It is difficult to believe that such a mechanism could have predicted the success of a full size lift . |
| 17 | I find it hard to believe that such a plain omission was not deliberate , but here maybe is a matter for consideration by Lautro , S.I.B . |
| 18 | Looking back afterwards , Florrie found it hard to believe that such a tragedy could have arisen from such trivial , everyday circumstances . |
| 19 | She found it hard to believe that such a thing had happened , and tears came to her eyes . |
| 20 | None of us , however , is naive enough to believe that such a buy-out will necessarily succeed in every case . |
| 21 | But the fact that we should now have come to believe that such a society might be both possible and desirable is certainly interesting . |
| 22 | The damaged vegetation grew back very quickly in the following months , and by the end of 1992 it was difficult to believe that such a wide swathe had originally been bulldozed . |
| 23 | I sincerely hope that it has been picked up by accident and that I will be re-united with it soon , as I find it hard to believe that such an incident could lead to its deliberate theft . |
| 24 | In the letter it said , ‘ I still find it hard to believe that such an order could be processed at such rate and standard . |
| 25 | It is difficult to believe that all the paraphernalia of sex is needed merely to ensure that males are not confused with females or males of another species : that could be achieved much more quickly and less colourfully . |
| 26 | Now it 's hard to believe that half a century ago piped water , sewerage and bathrooms complete with toilet and bath were luxuries many did n't have . |
| 27 | They believe that such a move could provoke Labour into accepting their terms for a partnership government as its anxiety to hold office mounted . |
| 28 | Many Serbs believe that such a concession would soon lead to a demand for secession . |
| 29 | Revolutions occur from time to time in nearly every field of science , and I believe that such a revolution is occurring in medicine — largely through the impact of complementary medicine . |
| 30 | I believe that such a Home Rule settlement remains the most credible and practicable goal for Labour in Scotland to aim at . |