Example sentences of "i be a [adj] believer " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am a firm believer in extending higher education and in preserving the humanities , by all possible means , against technologico-Benthamite attacks . |
| 2 | ‘ It is a relatively new technique and a lot of people have been sceptical about it but I am a firm believer in the method , ’ he said . |
| 3 | ‘ I am a great believer in the egos of company chairmen , ’ he says , adding hastily ‘ and their concern for the good of the country . ’ |
| 4 | On the second question , I am a great believer in the common sense and balance of all the people of Ulster . |
| 5 | I am a great believer in TV giving people what they want . ’ |
| 6 | That is not a relativist 's position , and it displays the sense in which I am a convinced believer in scientific progress . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm a firm believer in the old hanging tree ’ — Stuart Huffman , Sheriff of Johnson County |
| 8 | The first few lessons are crucial and I 'm a firm believer that there are so few good British riders because our initial training is so often overlooked . |
| 9 | I 'm a firm believer in trusting your initial response to something . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm a firm believer in breastfeeding and intend to feed Jake until he 's at least a year old but he has a bottle of formula milk when I 'm out in the evening and drinks from a spouted cup at mealtimes — usually pure juice because there 's no added sugar . ’ |
| 11 | I 'm a great believer in putting house plants out in the garden for a ‘ summer holiday ’ but this does provide something of an open invitation to the vine weevils to lay their eggs in the pots . |
| 12 | As you know , I have been wildly opposed to PEPs since their introduction , in part because I 'm a great believer in removing tax breaks rather than distorting the investment climate by introducing new ones . |
| 13 | ‘ Well , I 'm a great believer in learning to walk before you can run , ’ said Shaun , wisely , ‘ but I 'm not ruling out expansion . |
| 14 | Ruth Hyson , a Labour councillor and a member of that committee , said : ‘ I 'm a great believer in a family unit . |
| 15 | I 'm a great believer in it , I , I park my car close to that and find it a most convenient way of travelling around . |
| 16 | I 'm a great I 'm a great believer in the fact that everybody should hear the gospel in their own tongue . |
| 17 | And I 'm a great believer in everybody should be accountable right ? |
| 18 | So er , kind words to us , thank you very much , but there are bodies which are working very effectively to spread the net , er , my view , by the way , is of course erm , I 'm a great believer in , er pressures being exercised by every mechanism . |
| 19 | ‘ Stan 's just what the doctor ordered , a man with personality and I 'm a great believer in personality , ’ says Mr Evans , leaning against his walking frame at Caerphilly 's Abbeyfield Home . |
| 20 | but um I 'm a great believer that it 's rather nice to have that going on while the event is going on you know you sit and munch a corned beef butty as you dribble your coffee down the front of your shirt |
| 21 | His character continually emerges : ‘ I 'm a big believer in positive thought . |
| 22 | It was probably the idea of having to hang on for no more than two months that convinced me of the value of these silly prophesies , but I was a true believer . |