Example sentences of "[pron] believe that [noun] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although my history was vague on the point , I believed that Victor was — in this development as elsewhere — some decades ahead of his time . |
| 2 | If someone believed that tables were better than chairs , we would think they were talking nonsense . |
| 3 | That may seem perverse , given what we have just said about the current scene , especially since we do not ourselves believe that states are the only important actors in international relations . |
| 4 | And even though I have no real job , I believe that life is what you make of it . |
| 5 | I believe that Taylor is still leaving the door open for Gazza to play some part against Norway in the opening World Cup tie at Wembley on October 14 — providing he comes through the ordeal of an Italian League baptism . |
| 6 | I believe that music-lovers are deluded when they claim to find artistic pleasure in any but a fraction of this music . |
| 7 | In this sense I believe that Marxism is indivisible . |
| 8 | Now I should explain why I believe that Cornwall is a special case and why so many local people argued in these terms . |
| 9 | Personally , I believe that zoos are a good thing . |
| 10 | I believe that homosexuality is a gift from God . |
| 11 | ‘ I believe that homosexuality is a gift from God . |
| 12 | After returning from a 30 month tour with UB40 , I believe that Birmingham is establishing itself as Europe 's leading city of the arts and media . |
| 13 | I believe that Frank is too autocratic , too opinionated — especially about relay selections , which have been the main bone of contention between us down the years . |
| 14 | I believe that Stalin was paranoid about other people in the Soviet Union rising up and overthrowing him , so by bumping off Kirov and blaming on them , he effectively gave himself a licence to go out and kill all other them as revenge . |
| 15 | I am a socialist and I believe that socialism is the basic ideology that will serve the needs of the masses . |
| 16 | ‘ The deal has been very good for football , ’ he says , ‘ and I believe that television is going to be accepted as a very important tool in the game 's administration . |
| 17 | On a summer evening it is a superb setting for a drink and I believe that food is also served in that area . |
| 18 | I believe that courage is sometimes born out of despair . |
| 19 | As a matter of fact , I believe that Summerchild is playing not one game here but two . |
| 20 | A student 's intuition moves far more swiftly than can an instruction manual , and I believe that self-tuition is the finest form of education . |
| 21 | I believe that sin is a grisly fact in the world … |
| 22 | H. L. Clark ( 1915 ) considered Ophiopristis to be congeneric with Ophiacantha but as outlined on P. 53 I believe that Ophipristis is not only a valid genus but also referable to a separate subfamily . |
| 23 | Just as physics and chemistry helped to modernize biology and moved it to centre stage during the past thirty years , I believe that biology is about to augment the social sciences greatly and move them to centre stage . |
| 24 | Just as ‘ Prostitution is on the increase ’ is quite distinct in meaning from ‘ I believe that prostitution is on the increase ’ , at least when this latter is taken as a psychological statement rather than as a modally qualified form of ‘ Prostitution is on the increase ’ , so ‘ Prostitution is wrong ’ is quite different in meaning from ‘ I disapprove of prostitution at least when this is taken as a psychological statement . |
| 25 | I believe that Wales is much better placed to ride out the worldwide recession than it has been and I can give the hon. Gentleman this pledge : I and my ministerial colleagues will continue to do everything that we can to attract investment to Wales . |
| 26 | 2 I believe that Skye is one of the Hebridean islands . |
| 27 | He added : ‘ It 's going to be tough , but I believe that BNFL is extremely well placed and superbly led by Neville Chamberlain . |
| 28 | At no time have I believed that environment is a complete explanation of art . |
| 29 | Fifteen years later , when everyone believed that computers were designed for advanced scientific work , business unexpectedly showed an interest in a machine that could do payroll . |
| 30 | Neither of them believed that mankind was equal , or could ever be so , or would ever seriously wish to be so . |