Example sentences of "they believe that [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They believed that mental illness was substantially underfunded in their region . |
| 2 | This trend was welcomed by articulate working class women 's groups such as the Women 's Cooperative Guild , because of poor working class housing conditions and because they believed that working class wives needed a respite from the cares of managing a household . |
| 3 | In the Far East , they believed that Chinese Communist subversion would create increasing instability and prevent any reduction of force levels East of Suez . |
| 4 | They believed that high levels of government spending were pre-empting resources that could have been used more productively in the private sector , that high taxes were stifling private enterprise , and that the abolition of the complex system of government regulations , interventions , and subsidies would unleash a new wave of private initiative and energy . |
| 5 | Their Lordships also upheld the trial judge 's refusal to allow the defendants to put any evidence before the jury about why they believed that nuclear weapons , rather than their own actions , were ‘ prejudicial to the safety … of the State ’ . |
| 6 | They believe that personal ‘ gaffer-to-man ’ contact has been responsible for removing much of the industrial conflict which they regard as plaguing the remainder of British industry . |
| 7 | They believe that certain extremist Christian movements encourage workers in the social services to look everywhere for evidence of satanism . |
| 8 | Friedman points out that in this economy , workers are suffering from money illusion : they believe that real wages are rising when in fact both money wages and prices are rising , leaving real wages unchanged . |
| 9 | They believe that international satellites that photograph the surface of the Earth mean that any sudden infestation of locusts can be nipped in the bud using modern pesticides . |
| 10 | Some critics are scathing about the vogue for ‘ child-centred ’ schemes that fail ( allegedly ) to provide young people with even the rudiments of human culture ; they believe that contemporary views of childhood and childcare are unequal to the task of producing in children such socially desirable qualities as competence , co-operation , responsibility , social sensitivity and moral awareness . |
| 11 | Assume that they believe that sufficient liquidity will be achieved if 10 per cent of their assets are held as balances with the Bank of England . |
| 12 | I always get the impression that they believe that double jacquard is just like single-bed Fair Isle but without the floats . |
| 13 | They believe that creative thought is only for clever people . |
| 14 | Consequently , they believe that domestic services are a good thing and a necessary part of everyday life and that by encouraging the growth of urban centres they are making a positive contribution to ‘ community life ’ . |