Example sentences of "believed that the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is believed that the galleries themselves are strongly influenced by the Nordic tradition . |
| 2 | And just as nobody at first believed that the Germans slaughtered Jews , nobody wanted to believe that young American soldiers could kill women and babies . |
| 3 | The owners evidently believed that the union was exaggerating the seriousness of the Liverpool situation in order to extract the best possible terms . |
| 4 | Bagehot ( 1965/1867 ) may have believed that the monarchy , with its pomp and evocations of antiquity , was a ‘ disguise ’ of real politics , necessary for retaining the loyalty of the uneducated masses ( p. 97 ) . |
| 5 | But then again , I 've always believed that the players have to show that character out there on the pitch , they have n't , they learnt their lesson , losing four two against Swindon , that match will never be forgotten by the supporters , it does n't matter if they win the Cup , it 'll never be forgotten . |
| 6 | There then followed a frenzied round of negotiations during which it was believed that the Renamo leader was encouraged to sign the accord by the South African government and by Roland " Tiny " Rowland , the chief executive of the UK-based multinational Lonrho who had played a key role in the negotiations process [ see p. 39039 ] . |
| 7 | 8.1.4 any other act or thing by which but for this provision the Guarantor would have been released [ other than a variation of the terms of this Lease agreed between the parties that is prejudicial to the Guarantor ] Until the case of P & A Swift Investments v Combined English Stores Group plc it was believed that the benefit of a guarantor 's covenants could only be enforced by a successor in title to the landlord 's reversion , where there had been an express assignment to it . |
| 8 | It was widely believed that the Conservatives ' heavy defeat in the Vale of Glamorgan by-election in May 1989 was partly due to the campaign of local general practitioners against the government 's health plans . |
| 9 | It is believed that the campaign was abandoned after direct intervention from ministers , possibly to prevent an embarrassing resurrection of nuclear issues just prior to a general election . |
| 10 | I think the reason must be this : most of us have never believed that the ladies saw ghosts , and yet few of us have doubted their perfect good faith . |
| 11 | There is a carved cupboard here dated 1687 , though it is believed that the cottage is older . |
| 12 | One Cornish historian at least believed that the name of the tenement Car Hurles , by Castle Dore , is a link with the ancient castle of Gorlais , the Celtic prince wedded to Igraine . |
| 13 | I blamed my sites , my machine , and myself for this , but never really believed that the areas I was working had been totally worked-out . |
| 14 | It is therefore believed that the unconformity does not correspond exactly to the base of the Westphalian D but falls within the Westphalian C. This is supported by regional stratigraphic relationships ( Ramsbottom et al . |
| 15 | To make matters worse it was generally believed that the spirit of the child would remain in the body of the mother , and so for three days after the actual birth the mother had to sit by a wood and bamboo fire and sweat out the child 's spirit so that the child should be completed and the mother freed from what was now an alien spirit inside her . |
| 16 | It is widely believed that the case presented by the police to the prosecutor and , through him , to court , consists purely of facts or evidence . |
| 17 | It 's believed that the life force , energy and soul of a plant is to be found within its essential oils . |
| 18 | It is generally believed that the law of real property in Malaysia is totally devoid of Islamic content … |
| 19 | The International M & A Network should be used where it is believed that the opportunity has international attractions . |
| 20 | It is widely believed that the mines also produced gold which was used in the crowns of Scotland 's kings . |
| 21 | It is believed that the Ungud serpent was the totem of the Wandjina . |
| 22 | The Commissioners still believed that the Act applied and referred the statutory declaration , a certificate and counter-statement setting out their views on the taxpayer 's statutory declaration , to a tribunal which would decide whether there was a prima facie case for proceeding . |
| 23 | In testimony and published accounts he had insisted that he had argued against the proposition of selling arms to Iran and had believed that the idea had been abandoned . |
| 24 | It is believed that the Philip 's farm referred to in this poem is in fact Stockwith watermill , one of his favourite haunts , just a mile or so from his home . |
| 25 | The DES also believed that the colleges of education should seek validation from the universities before turning to the CNAA . |
| 26 | Earlier , however , Mr Maan had said he personally believed that the CRE investigation could damage the CRC 's relationship with the region , and he opposed the decision to start the inquiry . |
| 27 | Secondly , in the co-ordination of this strategy , it is believed that the NRC gives policing orders to local forces , thereby overruling the operational discretion of these local forces . |
| 28 | It was believed that the Soviets already had superiority in conventional armies and weapons . |
| 29 | Although it is widely believed that the Spanish encountered an almost pristine landscape in AD 1521 ( refs 1–3 ) , some archival and palaeolimnological studies have suggested that extensive land clearance began before European contact , during the Preclassic to Postclassic periods . |
| 30 | Since Pareto , elite theorists have believed that the degree of social mobility in liberal democracy is a good surrogate index of political stability . |