Example sentences of "[adv] believe that a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ’ . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ I do not believe that a recession is likely or necessary . ’ |
| 4 | Galileo could not believe that a genius such as Archimedes would have used such a crude method . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Her face was hurting badly where Duvall had hit her , and she could hardly believe that a dream could be so realistic . |
| 10 | In many countries , regular servings of beer , wine and spirits contain roughly the same amount of alcohol — but many people still believe that a measure of spirits contains more alcohol than a glass of beer . |
| 11 | Agreeing that naïve empiricism is insufficient and that language does not tell us about the world in any simple , unmediated , or transparent way , they still believe that a sense of reality can be conveyed by language ( the position derided as mere ‘ common sense ’ by the Newest Criticism ) . |
| 12 | James Baker said that he had always believed that a professional should never admit to hurt or personal problems . |
| 13 | ‘ Perhaps you also believe that a man is more easily persuaded by a beautiful , semi-naked girl . ’ |
| 14 | In Albert v. Lavin the question posed for the House of Lords was ‘ whether a constable who reasonably believes that a breach of the peace is about to take place is entitled to detain any person without arrest to prevent that breach of the peace in circumstances which appear to him to be proper . ’ |
| 15 | It was held by Lords Hailsham , Cross and Fraser , with Lords Simon and Edmund-Davies dissenting , that there can be no conviction for rape where a man honestly believes that a woman consents to sexual intercourse and that his belief did not have to be reasonable . |
| 16 | 1 The search — the police hunt for an attacker will occur only under certain circumstances , when the police really believe that a crime was committed and , usually , that he is unknown to the victim . |
| 17 | There is a lot of racism in the school , and I have often believed that a lot of multicultural talk should start with the staff before it starts with the pupils . |
| 18 | Men often believed that a woman 's modesty could be judged by her ability to blush under the right circumstances . |
| 19 | Baudelaire argued for modernity , but he also strongly believed that a critic has the right to be partisan . |
| 20 | ‘ I could n't believe that a policeman could have said such a thing . |
| 21 | Of course Celia was an only child — and spolit ; she ca n't believe that a father would get pleasure by humiliating his children . |
| 22 | I just do n't believe that a conglomeration of nation-states will be able to deal with it . |
| 23 | ‘ I ca n't believe that a trade union like the NASUWT , let alone the NUT , would wish to put children 's education at risk , would wish to disturb parents , would wish to affect their own professionalism , would wish to diminish their own standing in the eyes of the children that go to their schools . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ We strongly believe that a North-east merger of Vaux 's and Brent Walker 's northern brewing and pub operations would be in the best interests of all , ’ said Vaux chairman Paul Nicholson . |
| 25 | The prime minister even believed that a settlement of some kind might prove possible in Korea . |
| 26 | Some Chinese even believed that a Kingdom of Women lay to the east . |
| 27 | The Farm evidently believe that a rock 'n' roll band CAN change the world , through playing anthemic but , for the most part , bland and uninspiring , ham-fisted indie-dance with vague , unchallenging , uncontroversial truisms for lyrics . |
| 28 | Finniston firmly believes that a lack of training and inadequate educational facilities are two of the major stumbling blocks to industrial efficiency in Britain . |
| 29 | He had told himself : ‘ I must never believe that a lie is the truth . |