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

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1 During the early part of the day in Prague , East Germans waited quietly , apparently believing that the crowd outside the embassy was in fact a queue .
2 It is surprising to find that some practices , perhaps believing that the world will always grant them a living , manage their affairs without the elementary assistance of time recording .
3 Thus , for example , although a miner might not personally believe that a university professor teaching three hours a week for 25 weeks of the year is doing a more worthy or important job than himself , he will nevertheless rank this occupation above his own in the construction of a prestige hierarchy because he has learnt that ‘ professors are more important than miners ’ .
4 I personally believe that the planting of thousands of new churches ( communities of believers ) is consistent with God 's plans for the United Kingdom today .
5 Any man who 's fool enough to believe that a model 's doing anything but her job on the catwalk — ’ His laughter stopped her in mid-sentence .
6 If , however , you are cynical enough to believe that the shelf-life of a tax efficient investment is inversely proportional to the number of national press articles highlighting its advantages , then you will not expect these rules to remain as generous as this forever .
7 In fact , I very much believe that no art comes fully alive until it finds its audience .
8 ‘ We basically believe that the deal with Aegon will be more profitable to existing policyholders . ’
9 As the House knows , we have long believed that the Community should be open to European countries who want to join and can take on the responsibilities of membership .
10 It obviously believes that an emphasis on its citizens ' common humanity is essential to the Community ( it is very premature to say nation or State ) ; that is an old-fashioned belief , dating back to the nineteenth century , but it is consoling in these jarring , mean-spirited , unidealistic times .
11 The hon. Member for Swansea , East obviously believes that the matter is important .
12 He apparently believes that the construction ‘ to recommend that someone does something ’ is more correct than ‘ to recommend that someone do something ’ .
13 I had said that we should go to Egypt for this , not believing that the occasion would ever really arise ; that I should be married to Syl and taken to the country in which I had come to life and lost it .
14 ‘ I do not believe that a recession is likely or necessary . ’
15 Galileo could not believe that a genius such as Archimedes would have used such a crude method .
16 The reason which they gave to me was that they did not believe that a man with my social background could win a General Election for the Conservative Party at that time in the twentieth century .
17 I do not believe that a contract which clarifies hours worked or tasks to be done will prevent teachers from caring , but it may make it rather more difficult to implement school-based initiatives .
18 The officer in charge of the post could not believe that a couple who had arrived by air on Tuesday should be returning home by car on Wednesday .
19 But so do many private individuals , and we do not believe that a citizen 's sphere of personal freedom necessarily shrinks as his power and influence grow .
20 However , I do not believe that an injunction granted bona fide for the protection of residents against a public nuisance would offend article 30 .
21 The majority in the community from which I come would welcome internment at this time , and I can not believe that the integrity of the Roman Catholic community is such that its members would choose this continued slaughter in our Province in preference to removing from the streets those who command and control the violence that besets us .
22 We did not believe that the issue should have come within that particular article .
23 I do not believe that the Harrier pilots who found themselves in the Royal Naval Reserve will have the opportunity to fly either , but it is certainly useful to have them in the reserve should they be needed .
24 I do not believe that the uniqueness which Christians attribute to Christ is possible .
25 I do not believe that the PSBR can be financed .
26 Helen Gardner , for many years an Oxford luminary , did not believe that the purpose of ‘ English ’ was to turn out critics , any more than it was to produce poets and novelists .
27 He simply could not believe that the Creator had done separate miracles in order to provide each of these insignificant islands with its own species of finch or mocking-bird .
28 Before mid-summer Baldwin did not believe that the Government could last beyond the autumn , but he was still hoping that he could get his Aix holiday .
29 I believe that the government do recognise that there are six million unpaid carers , er I believe that the government depend very heavily upon these six million people , and I do not believe that the government intend to reward them .
30 Council does not believe that the Government 's proposals would lead to a more effective , efficient or accountable system of local government .
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