Example sentences of "[noun] believe that [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | First , Engels believed that his source , the writers Fison and Howitt , provided independent evidence of group marriage , while in fact they too were enthusiastic supporters of Morgan 's theories . |
| 2 | Journalists believed that their message could reach even the lower orders . |
| 3 | Kahn believed that his work spoke for itself . |
| 4 | Kylie believed that her image — the sound , the clothes the carefully constructed ‘ look ’ that millions around the world copied — belonged exclusively to her . |
| 5 | Conservative strategists believe that his backing for the Prime Minister could persuade up to 500,000 wavering voters to support the Tories , and could be crucial in a number of closely-fought seats . |
| 6 | Empire may strengthen the hand of prudence , because international humiliations tempt subjects to believe that their Emperor has no clothes . |
| 7 | Art market sources aware of Mnuchin 's track record in the stock market and the potentially enormous purchasing power of C&M Arts believe that his fund could comfortably approach $100 million . |
| 8 | Jimmy Knapp , left-wing leader of the National union of Railwaymen believes that his members had a ‘ genuine ’ interest in the miners ' strike because pit closures would mean fewer coal trains . |
| 9 | Most village cattle were undernourished and unhealthy , and many contemporaries believed that their condition was getting worse . |
| 10 | He was reckoned one of the islands ' best fishing guides , a man who could name his own price to the rich northerners who came to the blue waters to kill gamefish , but Bonefish believed that his family might stray from the path of righteousness if he spent too much time away from home so he restricted his guide work to just a few weeks of the year . |
| 11 | For example , Simon believed that his salary would suffer if there were unions at his place of work : he worked in the sales department of a small company manufacturing aluminium products . |
| 12 | Few American businessmen believe that their economy has fared as well as Germany 's , but it has . |
| 13 | The Lithuanians believe that their history will soon be made in it . |
| 14 | British Telecom believes that its target customers for the service will be more interested in line quality than in multiplicity of lines . |
| 15 | Erm the County Council believes that its position is i is more or less correct in terms of the balances that |
| 16 | But at least as far as the church is concerned , a conservative believes that what place a woman should hold was made known in the past and stands for all time . |
| 17 | Jane believes that her mother was often stressed to the point of despair at this time , ‘ … that she suffered all the torments and tribulations of every working mother without anything in her background , education or make-up having prepared her for such an emotional wrenching . ’ |
| 18 | While Bob Payton was the creative genius that brought the My Kinda Town style to Europe , Peter Webber believes that his contribution has been to maintain it . |
| 19 | ‘ There was some resistance in the early days , ’ says Mr Bristow , ‘ with booksellers believing that their jobs would be eroded . |
| 20 | According to press reports Karami believed that his government had been penalized by the West for its close links with Syria and for its strong commitment at the Middle East peace talks to an Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon . |
| 21 | Speculation about whether the Assassin troops believed that their experiences in the Alamut gardens fitted out as Paradise were really a dream , or whether the gardens ' compliant slaves were all too real in the flesh is thus academic . |
| 22 | Lord Cullen believed that his remit did not allow him to move too far into the question of labour relations , and said so in paragraph 21.83 of his report . |
| 23 | Elinor believed that her novels provided her readers with excitement , helped them to escape from insecurity and anxiety , frustration and drudgery , misery and sorrow , and of course , the boring daily routine of a life in which nothing was likely to change . |
| 24 | Helen believed that their acquaintance would ripen into a warm friendship , equalling her affection for Jane Aldis , but did not believe that she and Edward could ever fall in love , so convinced was she of her own ‘ ordinariness ’ . |
| 25 | Exposure to hostile action by host governments might be substantially increased if the host governments believed that their nationals could run the plants . |
| 26 | Observers believed that his release was an attempt by the government to appease sections of the white community angered by the release of McBride . |
| 27 | Though hard evidence linking any such programme to decreased AIDS transmission is difficult to pin down , Tacoma 's health officials believe that their system has cut ‘ unsafe ’ injections by half . |
| 28 | Or consider rhetorical questions like ( 36 ) : ( 36 ) Was Mussolini going to be moderate ? which if the participants believe that whatever Mussolini was , he was not moderate , is likely to convey ( 37 ) : ( 37 ) Mussolini was definitely not going to be moderate Here , by overtly violating the sincerity of a question , once again an implicature is generated by a flouting of the maxim of Quality . |
| 29 | Osteopaths and chiropractors believe that their methods are also therapeutic for a variety of disorders besides back pain . |
| 30 | As I had grown some six inches since he had last seen me , I did n't for a moment believe that his recognition was unprompted . |