Example sentences of "[modal v] believe that [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( And no-one should believe that such sums as these would apply only to obscure text books ; even the basic paperback novel could be thus affected . ) |
| 2 | One might believe that such matters were outside the review 's purview . |
| 3 | Both rulers and ruled may believe that some issues are not a matter for public concern . |
| 4 | There is one danger in establishing a regular course of dealing : if a business regularly contracts on particular terms , its trading partners may believe that those terms continue to govern their relationship . |
| 5 | Only the utterly naïve or the determinedly blind could believe that any government activity near to election time does not have electoral implications . |
| 6 | Along with most other docs , I used to believe that this fluid was always urine — and that the ladies were being slightly incontinent under the wholly understandable stress of ‘ coming ’ . |
| 7 | In reading the media recently one would believe that those figures were actually reversed . |
| 8 | In contrast , Jones ( 1989 ) argued that " only the most myopic enthusiasts for parent power can believe that this constituency [ the total number of 100,000 parent-governors ] will , by being placed in a quasi-market situation , automatically start operating as agents of that system " . |