Example sentences of "[noun] believe [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Freud believed the ancient theory that dreams are symbolic was true . |
| 2 | The great Australian tribe of Aranda Aborigines believed a complex tale of Creation . |
| 3 | Colonel Bonesteel believed the 38th parallel was the most satisfactory line in dividing Soviet and American spheres that could be arrived at-this would place Seoul , the Korean capital , in the American sphere . |
| 4 | MacArthur believed the Soviet Union and China would gain from a peace settlement , since the alternative was that the occupation would continue and Japan would more obviously become an American satellite . |
| 5 | Gregory believes the new toolkit , which is also scalable , is a technical breakthrough because it can assume the available processing power and memory resource on the target . |
| 6 | The professor believes the potential damage is so great there is a temptation for suspects to plea bargain . |
| 7 | Mick Hayes believes the only way to get to the bottom of whether living next to power cables can damage your health is a full-scale Government inquiry . |
| 8 | The College believes a public hearing is necessary to ensure the full facts surrounding the tragedy are uncovered . |
| 9 | In an article in Corriere della Sera , an Italian newspaper , Mr Monti praised Mr Fazio 's personal qualities , but pointed out that in 1984 Mr Fazio believed the central bank would be wrong to resist government pressure to finance its deficit . |
| 10 | This time Marko believed the mysterious child ; he went to the king and asked for three hundred barrels of wine and three hundred barrels of brandy , and for oxen to drag them up the mountain and men to dam up the lake . |
| 11 | His parents believe the intensive programme of treatment the clinic offers may open the door on a new life . |
| 12 | His parents believe the intensive programme of treatment the clinic offers may open the door on a new life . |
| 13 | Clarke is now tournament professional at the K-Club , Straffan , County Kildare — he has just switched from the equally fashionable Mount Julliet , County Kilkenny — and manager Andrew Chandler believes a European victory is definitely on the cards for Ulster 's emerging star . |
| 14 | Nevertheless , Mr Rees believes the Financial Statement to be a helpful tool which saves creditors , advisers and debtors much time , and helps the debtors to sort themselves out . |
| 15 | Kim believes the new drug gun would be a great benefit . |
| 16 | Dr Hall believes the only way to crack down on the problem is to tighten up entry requirements . |
| 17 | But Sir Leon believed an early agreement was needed to boost economic growth in eastern Europe and secure energy supplies for the West . |
| 18 | British officials believed the indefinite prolongation of the occupation to be dangerous , particularly because of the restlessness provoked thereby in Japan . |
| 19 | Indeed , the implication of his resignation letter was that for five years there had been conflict at the very heart of the government that had precipitated the earlier resignations of Heseltine , Lawson and , in July 1990 , Nicholas Ridley , the Trade and industry Secretary ( the last after he had expressed intemperate views about Britain 's European partners that many observers believed the Prime Minister herself shared ) . |
| 20 | In Hong Kong , expectations of violence in the camps did not materialise but aid workers believed the initial passivity would probably not last . |
| 21 | British officials believe the key summit issues are solving Danish doubts over the Maastricht Treaty , and agreeing on EC finances for the rest of the decade . |
| 22 | The French President and some other EC governments believe the new system should be ready for operation by the end of 1992 when the single barrier and frontier free European market is due to be completed . |
| 23 | Offering considerable financial benefits to freight forwarding companies in the Province , Sealink believe the new fare structure will prove very popular . |
| 24 | Economists believe a sizeable narrowing from the £2bn current account shortfall for August would shore up sterling and ensure that interest rates rise no higher . |
| 25 | A report in the Italian journal La Stampa says sources close to the Mani Pulite investigators believe the Ivrea-based computer company paid a total of approximately $13m . |
| 26 | The election result has made fund managers ‘ much more confident ’ about the outlook for the equity market : all but a handful believe the economic situation will ‘ get a lot or a little better ’ over the next year . |
| 27 | Bookmakers in Yorkshire believe the off-course coup produced winnings of nearly £100,000 . |
| 28 | Psychologists believe a new-born infant learns to combine what it picks up through its various senses as it lies wriggling in its pram . |
| 29 | None of this may be objectively true — alternative , better , jobs simply may not exist even when there is not a high level of unemployment — but to the extent that individual workers believe the dominant achievement ideology in society then they will not wish to ‘ confess failure ’ by admitting that they do not enjoy an adequate level of job satisfaction . |
| 30 | Prof Mayer believes a similar mechanism kills nerve cells in degenerative diseases such as Gerstmann-Straussler syndrome and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease , the human equivalent of mad cow . |