Example sentences of "believe this [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was hoping for the best , never believing this sort of thing could happen to my own little horse . |
| 2 | I ca n't believe this second of June 's so cold . |
| 3 | So severe does Naylor believe this question of interdependency to be that he devotes the whole of his 1986 study to an attempt to develop an alternative to the portfolio matrix . |
| 4 | This young woman , however , did not believe this course of action would solve anything . |
| 5 | Well I do n't believe this sort of thing goes on and suggest that Jon Ronson made it all up after reading a dodgy magazine . |
| 6 | Who would believe this flight by night . |
| 7 | Do n't believe this crap about them being police . |
| 8 | Proponents of this view tend to see the idea of parental possession as one that is still protected and upheld by the law and by social agencies ; and they believe this state of affairs to be damaging to children , given that parents ' and children 's interests sometimes conflict . |
| 9 | We believe this level to be sustainable . ’ |
| 10 | We believe this level to be sustainable . ’ |
| 11 | And we believe this selection from one of our leading publishers is an excellent introduction both to his skill — and to a lifetime 's love of books . |
| 12 | I believe this discussion about academic freedom has helped to resolve the puzzle . |
| 13 | I believe this approach to be ethically incoherent . |
| 14 | ‘ I believe this visit of yours is a very important one , ’ said Mr Deng during a meeting in the Great Hall of the People . |
| 15 | Not only so , but I believe this statement to be deeply theologically inadequate and that various points to be at variance both with scripture and with the Westminster confession of faith the standard and the principle subordinate standard of this church . |
| 16 | Zande thus believe this power to be sex-linked and consider that it increases with age : children may be capable of bewitching , but the power is weakly developed in them ; in mature adults it is more strongly realized . |
| 17 | They believe this meeting with Jesus can happen in many ways : through the love of friends or family ; through other human relationships ; through the Church ; through the scriptures — to name but some of the ways . |
| 18 | I believe this sort of thing does happen in the United States and some other countries where one of the pieces of information put before the judge at the stage of sentencing is a victim-impact statement . ’ |
| 19 | For the police may apply to a magistrates ' court which can issue a ‘ warrant of further detention ’ if it reasonably believes this course of action to be justified . |
| 20 | But — other than if one is a Christian theologian of a rather fundamentalist variety who believes this text to be the inspired word of God — why should one be struggling with it ? |