Example sentences of "[pron] believe [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 I believed for many years that I could move towards the future and leave the past behind , that there was no need for me to return home .
2 I was an incurable romantic and yearned for a romantic friendship before it would be too late , for I believed in those days that romantic friendship was possible only in youth .
3 If it really is the case that all I am doing when I have beliefs about the world is to have dispositions to behave , then it ought to make sense for me to think of my believing in those terms .
4 I believe in low taxes not just because they ignite enterprise — the spark of economic growth — but because they put power and choice where it belongs : in your hands .
5 Branson 's standing joke that ‘ I believe in benevolent dictatorships — provided I 'm the dictator ’ contained more than a germ of truth .
6 It 's something I 'm very proud to say that I am , cos I believe in equal rights and that 's what feminism is , is believing in equal rights for women .
7 I believe in local authorities ; their relationship with further education was extremely valuable .
8 And you know , you always you er give , gave your number you see and er course some people I believe had an a I believe in later days they 'd given the older numbers out again , I do n't know wh you know , because some people that 've joined since me have got an older number , so I do n't know whether they 've given the ol they were sort of long since run out , you know .
9 It 's obvious that he 's been sent some kind of message , and I believe in these things .
10 I believe in tough regulations , not knee-jerk reactions to public opinion — but the industry should be allowed to gear up to them and to plan five or 10 years ahead .
11 You could even be right , head , the little cheat almost had me believing in blood-spitting puppets .
12 He can not bring himself to believe in dark powers and evil forces as expressed in biblical language .
13 No society which believes in democratic values can allow the ballot box to be overridden by the bomb and the bullet .
14 ARP Over 50 is a membership association for individuals and couples aged 50-plus which believes in improving opportunities , for pre- and post-retired people .
15 This was bad news for writers of space Westerns but good news for the small number of us who believed in black holes at that time .
16 This was bad news for writers of space westerns , but very hopeful for the small number of us who believed in black holes at that time : it was the first positive evidence that neutron stars existed .
17 ‘ If I was a person who believed in such things … ’
18 She believed in fat babies and at the time I was born , during the war , little was known about nutrition or cholesterol , nor that heart attacks were preventable .
19 Do you believe in these things as sincerely as you believe in the existence of your Renault estate car ?
20 Southend away tomorrow … and if you believe in lucky omens … here 's one …
21 Antineutrons are expected by some particle physicists , who believe on theoretical grounds that neutrons could change into antineutrons on their way from the Sun to the Earth .
22 We believe for these reasons that :
23 We believe in these truths : that all women and men are created equal
24 Logically , this would apply even to the passenger in a car whose sole contribution is failure to wear a seat belt , and in fact , we believe in those circumstances an interim payment would be payable .
25 We believe in those propositions and we shall continue to support them .
26 Nanny Fanny was also a Jewess , which caused a lot of bad feeling because Smallfry called herself a Catholic and so they believed in different pars of the Bible and were supposed to go to church on different days of the week .
27 Do the different religions believe in the same god in different ways , or do they believe in different gods ?
28 But do they believe in the same god or do they believe in different gods ?
29 I mean , I think every women sho , here should be proud to say they 're a feminist if they believe in equal rights for theirself , and it 's only men that use in the derogatory way .
30 So they believe in constitutional governments .
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