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

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1 Like some other promising sportsmen who believe their intellectual powers were not sufficiently energized at school , he went to college , abandoned his sports career and became a solicitor 's accountant .
2 They believed their own cause enjoyed wider public support , because of the Golan 's obvious strategic value and also because the area is largely uninhabited , whereas nearly 2m Palestinians live in the West Bank and Gaza .
3 Not only do they believe their own PR , they generally eat and wear it too .
4 Finally , the high turnover at the polls might be indicative of changes in the local population , or prudential calculations amongst particular electors as to whether it was worth one 's while trying to exercise one 's right to vote ( on the logic that people will not bother to turn up to the poll if they believe their preferred candidates have no chance of success ) ; it could equally well be indicative of various forms of electoral manipulation and influence , such as the artificial creation of new electors , the ability of returning officers to prevent one side 's supporters from polling , or the ability of some members of the local elite to " persuade " electors not to register a vote in opposition to their wishes .
5 Politicians are always at their most vulnerable when they believe their own propaganda .
6 By the time they leave here no one could crack them , they believe their own cover story , they are schizophrenic .
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