Example sentences of "[noun] [noun] believed that [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus , in Wiseman v. Borneman the Inland Revenue Commissioners believed that part of the Finance Act concerning share transactions was applicable to the case before them ; the taxpayer objected and entered a statutory declaration setting out his reasons . |
| 2 | Not surprisingly , therefore , Sir Frank Stenton believed that Offa was able ‘ to deal on equal terms ’ with Charlemagne . |
| 3 | Dudley Ford had his suspicions and the police seemed to have been doing a pretty thorough job on him … but Doug Wilson believed that Shergold lacked the nerve and she was inclined to agree with him . |
| 4 | The point is not new : Samuel Johnson believed that Shakespeare 's comedies reveal a profounder instinct than his tragedies : ‘ his tragedy seems to be skill , his comedy to be instinct ’ . |
| 5 | Most British observers will remember Subotica having a desperate run in the Coronation Cup , but things went his way yesterday although trainer Andre Fabre believed that Pat Eddery 's mount Jolypha would be his No 1 . |
| 6 | She was later to discover that a certain J. Olivier believed that Vincent Van Gogh 's self-mutilation in Arles was an aspect of some bull-ritual . |
| 7 | It has been seen that French wartime planners believed that France could gain from European economic co-operation . |
| 8 | In The Times Higher Education Supplement David Hencke reported that many college and polytechnic directors believed that universities ‘ are relaxing their validation standards to enable former colleges of education to start new arts and science degrees ’ , and quoted Edwin Kerr as being confident that colleges succeeding with CNAA validation would consider it to have been worthwhile . |
| 9 | Until they met yesterday in the quarter-finals of the £275,000 Silk Cut Championships , their first encounter since the semi-finals in Paris , the Soviet No.1 Andrei Chesnokov believed that Chang was more susceptible to power on carpet and cement . |
| 10 | Adam Smith believed that competition among capitalists would give the public the opportunity to compare the quality and prices of goods , so that producers who were inefficient or who charged excessive prices would be put out of business . |
| 11 | According to the Washington Post of Feb. 23 , the US government believed that North Korea was only months away from having nuclear weapons capability . |
| 12 | Society might disapprove of the adulterous relationship flaunted so openly , but Lord John believed that Jane 's beauty excused everything . |
| 13 | However , by July there were signs of more serious trouble and City analysts believed that Eurotunnel might need a further £1bn to pay for a near tripling in the cost of the shuttle fleet and meet the rapidly increasing costs of labour and materials in South East England . |
| 14 | Some panel members believed that decisions taken by the Children 's Panel were not implemented by the Social Work Department , and therefore threatened the independence and integrity of the Panel . |
| 15 | With the polls showing that 46 per cent of Connecticut votes believed that Clinton lacked the honesty and integrity to be president , the candidate acknowledged that Brown 's negative tactics had been effective . |
| 16 | Four out of 10 shoppers believe that supermarkets selling " environment-friendly " products do so to exploit the market and not out of a genuine concern to protect the earth , according to Mintel. 10 per cent of respondents in the Mintel survey believed that companies were hiding behind a green " front " , and those who went out of their way to buy green products did so " in spite of corporate public relations efforts " . |