Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] believe that [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it is wishful thinking to believe that these complementary methods could instantly and completely replace the use of animals . |
| 2 | This institute believes that some form of National Statistics Council has a role to play but with the following provisos : 1 . |
| 3 | She had received a note that morning while breakfasting at ‘ Mon Repos ’ from Sir Charles Webb-Bowen no less , telling her that she would be called upon to speak third in favour of the motion : ‘ That this Conference believes that better public and press relations would enable Government and Party to get its message across to the public more effectively . ’ |
| 4 | Does not the right hon. Gentleman believe that that is too high a price to ask the people of Britain to pay in order that he may put the divisions of the Conservative party before this country 's long-term prosperity ? |
| 5 | In a King George 's Jubilee Trust report , The Needs of Youth ( 1939 ) , A. E. Morgan was another who brooded over ‘ a growing contempt by the young person for the procedures of juvenile courts ’ and the ‘ grave reason to believe that parental control is slackening ’ . |
| 6 | It may make for easier government and public convenience to restrict the tradition of marching and assembling for protest , but it would be a dangerous and a foolish idea to believe that public protest can somehow be laid aside as belonging to a bygone age . |
| 7 | Many people on the other side of the English channel believe that that may become an important institution for the future development of Europe . |
| 8 | The old regime believed that such accountability and planning ran counter to the culture of academic autonomy . |
| 9 | One chief executive believed that such thinking was so important to his organization 's success in a high-tech field that he staged a highly imaginative top management meeting . |
| 10 | with intent to cause that person to believe that immediate unlawful violence would be used against him or another by a person or |
| 11 | ‘ with intent to cause that person to believe that immediate unlawful violence would be used against him or another by any person ’ This means a deliberate frame of mind on the part of the offender to cause a certain belief on the part of the victim . |
| 12 | ‘ with intent to cause that person to believe that immediate unlawful violence would be used against him or another by any person ’ This point , if used , can be proved by the officer in the case questioning the offender , e.g. ‘ Did you want that Notown Football Club supporter to believe that you and your friends were going to hit him ? ’ |
| 13 | ‘ ( 1 ) A person is guilty of an offence if he — ( a ) uses towards another person threatening , abusive or insulting words or behaviour , or ( b ) distributes or displays to another person any writing , sign or other visible representation which is threatening , abusive or insulting , with intent to cause that person to believe that immediate unlawful violence will be used against him or another by any person , or to provoke the immediate use of unlawful violence by that person or another , or whereby that person is likely to believe that such violence will be used or it is likely that such violence will be provoked . ’ |
| 14 | In the 1980s , among an entire group of paediatric anaesthetists , a substantial fraction believed that newborn children did not feel pain and therefore they did not give analgesics to newborn babies . |
| 15 | A major defence by many of those prosecuted was that the enclosures had taken place before the practice had been made an offence , and although the practice continued after this date there is good reason to believe that this was often the case . |
| 16 | There is good reason to believe that these attacks were well justified , because after the defeat of the rising and Cade 's death , a commission , sent into Kent to investigate extortions there , held inquests in various parts of the shire between late August and late October 1450 . |
| 17 | Almost all Japanese believed that colonial rule in Korea should be extended for a very lengthy period , if not permanently . |
| 18 | Although Resolution 242 affirmed the need for a just settlement of the refugee problem , few in the international arena believe that this will mean a return of refugees to the part of Palestine that became Israel . |
| 19 | After 40 years of ‘ chasing mosquitoes ’ and trying to control the malaria they transmit , an eminent entomologist believes that recent policy changes by the World Health Organisation and the intervention of environmentalists have baulked the malariologists from their ultimate goal |
| 20 | Over half the female nurses in a study presented at the meeting said members of the general public believed that male nurses were gay . |
| 21 | There is little reason to believe that this will not be the pattern in the future too . |
| 22 | And yet … do I in any sense believe that poor old Eddy shall put on immortality ? |
| 23 | All the other Judaean coins of the Persian period have non-Jewish symbols ; there is no particular reason to believe that this coin bears a Jewish symbol . |
| 24 | There is no particular reason to believe that this was caused merely by the newer properties being of higher value . |
| 25 | Have you any reason to believe that either set of parents might make demands on either partner which would make ‘ leaving ’ difficult ? |
| 26 | The Conservative Party believes that these are minor qualifications that do not seriously challenge the case for a free market economy . |
| 27 | The Green Party believes that local people have the right to decide how their communities are run . |
| 28 | Even engineers who are familiar with binaural stereo believe that Zuccarelli recordings sound better . |
| 29 | Had the above account been a linguistic account , an explanation of the meaning of ‘ legitimate authority ’ , it would have followed that anyone who believes of a person that he has legitimate authority believes that that person satisfies the condition set by the justification thesis . |
| 30 | It could , however , be assumed that those who argue that the third age is a time of fun , opportunity and new learning believe that all this stops when you become more frail . |