Example sentences of "believe [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I thought you believed brave men were fools . ’ |
| 2 | In 1971 , after a bitter civil war , Bangladesh emerged as a separate state and the new government , wrongly believing tribal leaders to have supported Pakistan in the war , stationed a counter-insurgency force in the area . |
| 3 | Blackadder , a Scot , believed British writings should stay in Britain and be studied by the British . |
| 4 | The days of loyally believing false things about Gustave are over . |
| 5 | He believed human beings to be conscious of their cunning . |
| 6 | Jenks believed international organizations were not mere conference secretariats , but should be active participants in shaping the postwar world . |
| 7 | Berkeley 's reason for thinking this was that he believed mental contents to be mental images , and there can not be a general image . |
| 8 | Unfortunately , for example , he believed certain things which were wrong ( such as the tenets of Unitarianism ) , and he believed them for the wrong reasons ( such as the theistic proofs ) . |
| 9 | The whole raison d'etre of that early Christian community was that it believed certain things of Christ — at the very least , that it was he whom God had raised from the dead . |
| 10 | Sixty-four per cent said they certainly believed psychic experiences existed and a further seventeen per cent thought them probable . |
| 11 | She believed cheap clothes could be made elegant by paring them down to essentials . |
| 12 | With the introduction of the Regulations in August 1924 the District saw a solution to its perennial financial problems and believed attractive prospects existed for expanding provision in its large geographical area through the three types of courses eligible for grant-aid : One-Year , Terminal and Vacation . |
| 13 | A survey conducted between 25 January and 8 February also showed 40 per cent believed bad debts were a big factor in their cash flows . |
| 14 | It was agreed that the paper should be redrafted and circulated , and that any published statements of policy should make it clear Conservatives ‘ did not believe additional resources alone to be the answer to law and order problems , but that the humanizing of our society had an important contribution to make ’ . |
| 15 | Family members at his funeral said they do not believe official accounts . |
| 16 | Nor does Pearce believe up-and-coming managers should be put off by the apparent decline in moral standards of business . |
| 17 | When taxed about her ‘ bossy ’ or ‘ headmistressy ’ role in the 1983 election she replied : ‘ Yes , I do believe certain things very strongly . |
| 18 | But do we believe modern scientists , none of whom has actually been inside a whale 's belly ? |
| 19 | I can not believe middle-aged women feel this rage . |
| 20 | Yes , because I believe European makers must be encouraged to provide competition and technological challenge to all Pacific Basin car companies . |
| 21 | Tacitus regarded Christianity as one more contemptible superstition , to the pessimist additional evidence of the sad capacity of human beings to believe strange things . |
| 22 | We believe political officials have responsibilities we could not defend if we had to build these directly from the ordinary requirements of individual personal morality most of us accept for ourselves and others in nonpolitical life . |
| 23 | We believe specific criteria should be formulated to enable a reasoned judgement to be made as to whether any new body should be subject to the provisions . |
| 24 | When I say what is true — that I am not against homosexuals as people , but believe homosexual practices to be wrong , I am very conscious of the inadequacy of what probably sounds a very negative declaration . |
| 25 | However , the Lions believe British Isles rugby to be on the way up after their win in Australia and at least feel they have something to prove . |
| 26 | Some pundits believe British designers may be forced to take their talents abroad in order to survive . |
| 27 | It sighed and groaned and creaked so that sometimes it was easy to believe ghostly footsteps were padding about ; but this noise was something different from the usual spasmodic little creaks — it seemed regular and deliberate . |
| 28 | The latest argument is about the beast where three of the main characters each believe different things about he beast . |
| 29 | With the impending General Election and current deep recession , coupled with a possible world slow-down in trade , opposing political parties would have us believe different interpretations of the current state of the economy . |
| 30 | ‘ We 're not laying claim to a social plan just for the pleasure of doing one , but because we believe accompanying measures must be put in place and the occasion must be seized to explore all possible avenues towards preserving the maximum employment , ’ the representative is quoted as saying . |