Example sentences of "believe that one [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The preferences of those who believed that one candidate was going to win would be compared with those who believed that the rival was going to win ; the hypothesis would be that the former would be more sympathetic to the candidate than the latter . |
| 2 | Reformers believed that one way of preventing these marriages was to provide clubs with attractive and organized recreational facilities in the hope that ‘ the girl who has her clubs will not need the idle companionship of lads ’ . |
| 3 | Recognising that man can not escape , it leaves him to cope with the paradox and frustration , content to walk by faith , not by sight , believing that one day all things will become new and be reconciled in Christ . |
| 4 | But I do believe that one act of violence seeds another . ’ |
| 5 | It is hard to believe that one architect created all three : the dour , round-arched entrance front , the blandly conventional west front and the garden front serenely composed about its canted bay with female heads , heraldic complexities and subtle drapes of rustication . |
| 6 | Watching Laura , it is hard to believe that one year ago this chubby child from Manchester with the tangle of blonde curls was a jaundiced , wasted waif , waiting to die . |
| 7 | ‘ You encourage your readers to believe that one day their prince will come . ’ |
| 8 | I believe that one day Manchester United will again win the league title . |
| 9 | I firmly believe that one day the features built into the houses at West Moor will become standard in all new homes , ’ says Wimpey Homes technical manager , Ken Maynard . |
| 10 | I still believe that one day humanity will bow down before the altars of God and be crowned triumphant over war and bloodshed , and non-violent redemptive goodwill will proclaim the rule of the land . |
| 11 | The hardest lesson learned from such an exercise is that the emergency services from Oxfordshire , Gloucestershire and Warwickshire believe that one day they will combione again , to deal with the real thing … what emergency planners call the nightmare scenario . |
| 12 | I believe that one firm is at present training one male monotype operator , who is being taught by a woman , It is true that this evidence comes from the opposing side so to speak , but nowhere is a counter-assertion put forward by the union that men had applied to learn and been turned away . |
| 13 | But what is it that we believe when we believe that one thing caused another , that the second was the effect of the first ? |
| 14 | He believes that one day he will prove to be the stronger , and for that reason , if for no other , he will never resist when I call to him . |