Example sentences of "[adv] believe [that] this [noun] " in BNC.

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1 R placed great emphasis on the Government 's efforts in education , perhaps believing that this approach would evoke a sympathetic response from its recently educated African readership .
2 Miliutin rightly believed that this practice gave rise to major administrative complications .
3 As it will have become clear , I do not believe that this vehicle is tenable .
4 We do not believe that this kind of analysis can be politically or morally neutral — and nor should it , for our understanding of the situation is that the penal system is morally indefensible and is in dire need of a programme of radical reform which will inevitably be highly political .
5 She stood staring down at the fresh earth of the new grave , at the wooden cross bearing her mother 's name and she could not believe that this nightmare was real .
6 I am bound to say that I do not believe that this debate has reached the level of fizz that one might have associated with a Bill that was to be fought doggedly tooth and nail by the Opposition .
7 Environmentalists do not believe that this phase-out is fast enough .
8 There are those who sincerely believe that this portion of scripture with wise men , virgin birth and a star has the authentic stamp of history upon it .
9 Like Marx , the first generation of communists after 1917 still believed that this process of relentless industrialization would speed the emergence of a society without want or privilege , based on the maxim , ‘ From each according to his ability , to each according to his needs . ’
10 We also believe that this project will serve as a model for the evaluation of other community genetic interventions , with its emphasis on offering optional tests based on informed consent and the education of primary health care teams .
11 It was widely believed that this provision had been specifically inserted to prevent a return to office by Ríos Montt , an evangelical Protestant who had come to power in the wake of a military coup and ruled as dictator from March 1982 to August 1983 [ see pp. 31605-07 ; 32494-96 ] .
12 Now I do n't believe that this issue has been aired wide enough it 's understood by a lot of people what the problems are going to be these problems are n't gon na occur in the next ten years , they will happen in twenty years ' time .
13 Friends of mine who read SHE ca n't believe that this man who is so outrageous on the page is so quiet in real life .
14 I do n't believe that this city of ours was preordained , or was entirely a function of the recent past .
15 I strongly believe that this world , and its reality , is the wrong place for you to develop your ultimate potential .
16 It may be this rare combination of sharp wit and soft heart that makes one reader at least believe that this man is marked out for fame .
17 Do you truly believe that this country has really benefited from the importation of blacks , Asians etc ?
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