Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] believe that [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A strictly functionalist Marxist must accordingly believe that problems of state co-ordination can not exist , except in a revolutionary crisis . |
| 2 | If there was not , A might still believe that B was looking for something to steal , which could constitute an attempt to steal under the Criminal Attempts Act 1981 notwithstanding that there was nothing there that B would have stolen . |
| 3 | The misguided teacher might well believe that self-expression was all that was needed ! |
| 4 | Clara , already familiar with children of famous parents , and with children who believed their parents to be famous , could not believe that Clelia 's assumption was ill-founded , yet she could not even locate the field of Mrs Denham 's distinction . |
| 5 | Nevertheless I could not believe that Parliament intended such a construction because it will produce what I regard as such unfair and absurd results . |
| 6 | Horribly frightened by this time , for she could not believe that Susan would have gone out of the house , she ran into the kitchen , and stopped short at the sight of the familiar figure sitting crouched in front of the fire . |
| 7 | Huy could not believe that Merymose could not see that . |
| 8 | She could not believe that Pat was ready to go off now , at this thrilling moment when fabulous happenings seemed imminent . |
| 9 | The Shah himself could not believe that Hassan would throw him out . |
| 10 | The police had been convinced it was a genuine accident that took his life ( and that of his mistress ) but after what she 'd been through , after what she had discovered , Donna could not believe that men willing to kill for the possession of a book had not taken the life of the man she 'd loved . |
| 11 | He could hardly believe that Zach was his special friend . |
| 12 | She could n't believe that Carolyn had done that . |
| 13 | But I could n't believe that Cawthorne would be so lax . |
| 14 | ‘ When we first met , I could n't believe that Margot was 39 . |
| 15 | But I just could n't believe that people would be willing to do do that kind of thing , you know . |
| 16 | He could well believe that Lesley-Jane could stimulate male lust ; but he found her mother 's visions of her , launched in society as a kind of professional Laura to a series of theatrical Petrarchs , a little fanciful . |
| 17 | His office at the Caterham factory is covered with pictures of Seven racing cars — and one of Patrick McGoohan , whom he persuaded to endorse a special 35th anniversary Prisoner edition of the Seven this year ; his most animated conversation is reserved for descriptions of the car and its abilities , and one could almost believe that finances and company administration took a firm back seat to the development and fine tuning of the car 's design . |
| 18 | But one need not believe that God revealed God 's self at a particular point in history , so that one need necessarily make reference to that point in history in one 's religion . |
| 19 | At worst , it may even believe that paramilitaries can be a means of defence . |
| 20 | Those who were educated prior to the mid-1970s may well believe that history has little to contribute to education in the 1990s because they believe it still to be predominantly concerned with narrative chronology with much copying down of dictated notes . |
| 21 | One ca n't believe that players such as Colin Stephens , Aled Williams or Adrian Davies would not do a better job in the No10 jersey and it seems a far cry from the days when the Welsh stand off factory was in full production . |
| 22 | ‘ I ca n't believe that Paul was a black magician . |
| 23 | No , I am appalled at people , I ca n't believe that people behave the w er take the attitude the way er |
| 24 | I ca n't believe that people would take this attitude . |
| 25 | It 's it 's quite unbelievable , I mean you sit here and people go away and say , I ca n't believe that Jenny 's just got all that from a page of writing . |
| 26 | I ca n't believe that Chrissie would let you come down here without setting you up better than this . ’ |
| 27 | I ca n't believe that Mike just let us drive it away . ’ |
| 28 | Although one can not believe that times were good for immigrant artists in the 1950s , a quantity of painting seems to belong to the period , though done a decade or more later . |
| 29 | Surely the terrorists can not believe that killing and maiming ordinary people is an achievement . |
| 30 | Both books talk of this power as being abnormal , but I can not believe that people have the power to just FLEX and move an object . |