Example sentences of "they believe that [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Above all they believe that that must be said of Christ which is to be said of no other human being . |
| 2 | ‘ I do n't see how you can expect people to follow your lead , to trust you , to commit themselves to the business unless they believe that all of these things are dear to your heart . ’ |
| 3 | They believe that all is one . |
| 4 | I think they believe that all they have to do is to turn up and they 'll beat the rest of us . |
| 5 | They believe that all social groups benefit if their society runs smoothly and prospers . |
| 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 | They believe that each armour plate is formed from a ring of 20 to 30 single chalk crystals , with each adjacent crystal growing in alternate directions . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | They believe that one of the most common cancers , liver cancer , could be largely prevented by a vaccine . |
| 12 | Some philosophers deny the possibility of any fundamental conflict between justice and fairness because they believe that one of these virtues in the end derives from the other : Some say that justice has no meaning apart from fairness , that in politics , as in roulette , whatever happens through fair procedures is just . |
| 13 | They believe that such a move could provoke Labour into accepting their terms for a partnership government as its anxiety to hold office mounted . |
| 14 | This is an unacceptable to most of them as they believe that such service furthers military aims . |
| 15 | The offer is there and is open to senior police officers if they believe that such batons would be of advantage to their forces . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Patricia Whitaker-Dowling , David Wilcox , Christopher Widnell and Julius Youngner at Pittsburgh University have shown that interferon can prevent viruses from getting inside animal cells , and they believe that this might be the first line of defence set up by the interferon system in response to viral attack ( Proceedings of the U.S . |
| 18 | Wholeness of body , mind and soul should be the prior concern of all Christians and they believe that this wholeness can be found through faith . |
| 19 | It is possible that although the politicians and administrators most closely involved know that the appearance of immense progressivity is a sham , they believe that this appearance will deceive others into thinking that such objectives are being achieved . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | I always get the impression that they believe that double jacquard is just like single-bed Fair Isle but without the floats . |
| 22 | If things are as bad as the hon. Gentleman says , will my right hon. Friend ask the business men why the west midlands has managed to attract so much investment in manufacturing from abroad , why foreign countries have chosen to locate in the United Kingdom and whether they believe that those people would stay if they had to experience the burden of heavy taxation , job losses and days lost in strikes that would occur with the return of a Labour Government ? |
| 23 | They believe that any newcomer would take months to come to grips with what has gone wrong at Ferranti and would as a consequence be worse placed to negotiate a rescue for the group . |
| 24 | " They believe that these very loud explosions will frighten away all evil spirits and make sure they have good fortune for the coming twelve months . " |
| 25 | They have taken this position not because they are resistant to change , but because they believe that these proposals will politicise the British Police Service and they are in my view entirely right to have that view . |
| 26 | They believe that creative thought is only for clever people . |
| 27 | 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 ’ . |
| 28 | Although they accept that these numbers include practising Christians unable — or unwilling — to pay the tax , they believe that most are people who have long drifted away from the church . |