Example sentences of "[pron] believe that [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | In looking at routes to permanence I have already indicated that I believe that long-term fostering will be the best route for a number , albeit a diminishing number , of children in care . |
2 | It is not practical for her to travel to Alton for the hearing of her case , and I believe that genuine hardship is going to result . ’ |
3 | I believe that total employment in manufacturing on the Chirton Estate is unlikely to exceed 3000 , although there are some jobs in retailing . |
4 | I believe that great progress will be made . |
5 | I believe that real democracy is allowing voters to decide in a general election and not in a referendum , which is a totally different thing , and one that is alien to my concept of democracy . |
6 | I believe that philosophical inquiry is , by its very nature , open and untechnical . |
7 | I believe that monetary union is political union , and that the creation of a single currency is federalism . |
8 | I believe that local democracy was not very responsibly exercised by some people in the years that have just gone by . ’ |
9 | However , I believe that particular gamble is often lost by negative press coverage . |
10 | One might be asked to report upon one 's beliefs to a psychologist or sociologist , interested in current opinion on matters biological , and say ‘ I believe that natural selection does not adequately account for the evolution of animal life ’ . |
11 | Why should I accept even the very small risk of living near a dump site for nuclear waste when I believe that nuclear power is costly , dangerous and unneeded ? |
12 | I believe that steady progress is being made , as my hon. Friend says . |
13 | You believe that artistic expression involves some kind of radical transformation . |
14 | The guillotine motion after 10 o'clock tonight will attempt to preclude sensible contributions , attempt to preclude people from dealing with the difficulties and technicalities in the Bill , and pose a real problem for those of us who believe that local government is not a political football to be kicked about at whim , but an essential part of our democracy for the provision of essential services . |
15 | Transformation is preferred over transaction by those who believe that participative decision-making is crucial , but most managers — and the Earley and Fletcher-Campbell study underlines this — prefer to operate in both styles according to the nature of the task and the attitudes of those with whom they work . |
16 | The less simple translation is that the battle continues between economic reformists and those hardliners , led politically by the prime minister , Li Peng , and ideologically by the 86-year-old Chen Yun , who believe that quick reform leads only too quickly to bourgeois liberalisation and peaceful evolution — witness the student democrats in 1989 in Beijing 's Tiananmen Square and the collapse of communism in the countries of Eastern Europe . |
17 | We believe that political power is best exercised at the most local level possible , consistent with good government . |
18 | We welcome the emphasis on Communication as the main aim of language teaching , but we believe that real communication can only be achieved when there is a sound knowledge of linguistic structure . |
19 | We believe that effective language learning is a partnership between school , teacher and student , with the school providing the best possible conditions and environment for learning — high academic standards , well-equipped buildings and classrooms , up-to-date teaching materials and aids , well-organised course programmes , and a wide range of extra-curricular facilities and services . |
20 | In patients with amyloidosis , therefore , we believe that chemical typing of the amyloid protein is very important in predicting the clinical characteristics , course , and prognosis of the disease . |
21 | Together with the Alliance Party , our sister party and the only non-sectarian political party in Northern Ireland , we believe that mutual respect , shared responsibilities and decentralised government are the only basis for a lasting solution to the troubles of Northern Ireland . |
22 | We have introduced savings schemes such as TESSAs , and we believe that excess taxation is iniquitous when we seek to encourage people both to save and to invest in our economy . |
23 | We believe that regional government has proved to be a key economic regenerator of many of the European regions . |
24 | We believe that Y-PCR testing , followed by a physical examination of positive cases , is a valid method of verifying the genetic sex of large numbers of people . |
25 | We believe that British Coal can achieve a significant share of the coal market for generation in the new contracts which begin in 1993 , and we believe that it will be able to achieve that at competitive prices . |
26 | We believe that British advertising is in a class of its own for inventiveness , elegance and sophistication . |
27 | I shall answer his question directly : we do not believe that the information should be denied to parents , but we believe that crude performance tables should not be used to distort the choices that parents make between different schools in Scotland , as would be the case if the Bill were implemented . |
28 | We believe that restorative proctocolectomy should not be advised for Crohn 's disease and that if there are features suspicious of the disease , a preliminary colectomy should be advised . |
29 | We believe that formal training in the use of the laryngeal mask would be beneficial to any physician dealing with such cases . |
30 | We believe that German unification will prove more troublesome than anyone has been expecting , keeping interest and exchange rates higher than expected . |