Example sentences of "[pron] believe that [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had n't been prepared for the way poetry came into this fitting together of parts , Shall I believe that unsubstantial Death is amorous , and that the lean abhorrèd monster keeps Thee here in dark to be his paramour , she recited in her head , as O'Hara climbed on top and humped her beneath the rude unshaded bulb . |
| 2 | Nor do I believe that private sector training is the answer . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . ’ |
| 5 | Yes , Sir — and I believe that recent events reinforce that point . |
| 6 | I believe that low wages are an absolute scandal , but in Britain they are a result of the economy running at half-cock , which is regrettable . |
| 7 | With such caveats , and open-mindedness , I believe that alternative systems of healing , which I prefer collectively to call ‘ complementary medicine ’ , should and will operate in partnership with conventional medicine . |
| 8 | I believe that total employment in manufacturing on the Chirton Estate is unlikely to exceed 3000 , although there are some jobs in retailing . |
| 9 | I believe that great progress will be made . |
| 10 | I believe that essential dimensions and indeed products are possible through a conflation of business and education , producing new paradigms for the creation of new forms of understanding , new structures , new entities and new ideas . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | I believe that certain men are born in order to further the forward movement of the human race , like those animals who are born in order to destroy other more dangerous animals , perhaps in order to function as a point of departure , after their death , for others even more developed . |
| 13 | I believe that non-writing artists need a staggering voice and great charisma . |
| 14 | I believe that philosophical inquiry is , by its very nature , open and untechnical . |
| 15 | I believe that monetary union is political union , and that the creation of a single currency is federalism . |
| 16 | I believe that similar items are available through specialist art suppliers ’ . |
| 17 | I believe that similar items are available through specialist art suppliers ’ . |
| 18 | Equally I believe that local communities too must feel that the police are to them if they are to give the positive help which the police need to successfully detect and prosecute the criminals who prey on them . |
| 19 | I believe that local authorities should have a strong housing function that we as local authorities should be providing good , well managed social housing in which our tenants have a say , where we have good tenant participation , where we have tenants taking a part in the sorts of repairs that they want to see , where every year they are er consulted and asked about where they want us to go next in terms of modernisation and repair . |
| 20 | I believe that local democracy was not very responsibly exercised by some people in the years that have just gone by . ’ |
| 21 | However , I believe that particular gamble is often lost by negative press coverage . |
| 22 | 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 ’ . |
| 23 | 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 ? |
| 24 | He said : ‘ I believe that positive steps were needed to build for the future , particularly with the wealth of young talent now available . |
| 25 | I believe that steady progress is being made , as my hon. Friend says . |
| 26 | The decision is part of a much wider shift in government thinking , in which Mr Patten has clearly been given Cabinet permission to distance his own policy from that of predecessors , such as Michael Heseltine , and , to a lesser extent , Mr Ridley , now Trade and Industry Secretary , who believed that economic success depended on getting the planner off the backs of business and citizen alike . |
| 27 | It is a conclusion that need not worry supporters of inequality but which should cause concern to those who believed that social services could and would create a more equal society . |
| 28 | She believed that private medicine ought not to coexist by the side of the Health Service ; or perhaps more fairly , that if it did exist it should not derive any benefits from the Health Service , and that none of the resources of the Service ought properly to be available to private practitioners . |
| 29 | Do you believe that German-speaking art historians will increasingly turn their attention to home-grown art ? |
| 30 | You believe that artistic expression involves some kind of radical transformation . |