Example sentences of "believed [conj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Once upon a time , ’ I said , ‘ people believed that horse-hair grew into eels . ’ |
| 2 | Bishop believed that change was essential and reported on his return to Washington that there was undue complacency in Tokyo ; the vested interests in the occupation bureaucracy believed that American dominance in Japan must be continued for a considerable period and Bishop held that tough action would be required in order to transform attitudes and to terminate the occupation . |
| 3 | They believed that packing atoms together inside crystalline solids could produce so much pressure that the atoms would be squeezed together and hence fusion would occur in a test-tube . |
| 4 | Bismarck said he sympathised with the Polish position , but nevertheless believed that Germanisation meant the Poles would be emancipated and enriched by contact with German language and culture . |
| 5 | He believed that Germanisation would bring the Poles security and a place in the world that they could not otherwise expect . |
| 6 | Argan believed that art belonged to all men , which is why he battled in defence of the cultural heritage from the dark days of Fascism — to the last days of his life , proof of his commitment to criticism as an instrument of conscience . |
| 7 | Because Key believed that motherhood brought women their greatest fulfilment , her work was widely quoted with approval , although her defence of ‘ bachelor motherhood ’ for the unfortunate ‘ surplus ’ women achieved a notoriety similar to Grant Allen 's apparent advocacy of ‘ free love ’ in The Woman Who Did . |
| 8 | The majority now believed that Bunker 's more realistic approach made more sense . |
| 9 | And he believed that luck was the reward of diligence . |
| 10 | Most observers believed that south Korea would eventually be unified by north Korea with the support or at the instigation of the Soviet Union . |
| 11 | The West Indian openers Cammie Smith and ‘ Shotgun ’ Williams were also men who believed that attack was the best form of defence — but sadly never reached the sunny uplands of consistent success . |
| 12 | Colonel Fagg obviously believed that attack was the best form of defence . |
| 13 | The complicated narrative of the emancipation can not be reduced to the proposition that Alexander sensed he was facing a crisis and believed that attack was the best form of defence . |
| 14 | When the course began in 1976 its tutors believed that content was more important than process . |
| 15 | He believed that work would go ahead , although it would be delayed and might take until 2004 to complete . |
| 16 | It was , therefore , in a sense government by amateurs ; and those like Socrates and Plato , who believed that government was a specialized skill like so many other forms of specialized work , naturally viewed the Athenian experiment with anger and contempt . |
| 17 | Like his fellow Republicans he believed that government should interfere as little as possible in the economy . |
| 18 | However , in the FDP ( which was itself troubled by a financial scandal in 1981 ) certain elements believed that government spending must now be cut and taxes lowered . |
| 19 | Responding to the survey , Environment Minister David Trippier said he shared FoE 's concern about air pollution , but believed that government and EC initiatives would eventually solve the problem . |
| 20 | Zarathustra believed that man was involved in this cosmic struggle of good and evil and that he was compelled to choose one side or the other through his own conduct . |
| 21 | Alexander firmly believed that man has to delay his instantaneous response to the many stimuli that he is bombarded with each day if he is ever to cope with his rapidly changing environment . |
| 22 | Rousseau challenged the Christian doctrine of Original Sin ; he believed that man was by nature good , and that he had been corrupted by civilization ; savages were uncorrupted . |
| 23 | They believed that inflation would go up and that interest rates would go up , which would clearly lead to higher unemployment in Yorkshire and Humberside . |
| 24 | At the same time he reflects the important belief that Ho Chi Minh was first and foremost a Vietnamese nationalist even though in his next sentence Moffat said ‘ He was also a communist and believed that communism offered the best hope for the Vietnamese people . ’ |
| 25 | Thus , in Wiseman v. Borneman the Inland Revenue Commissioners believed that part of the Finance Act concerning share transactions was applicable to the case before them ; the taxpayer objected and entered a statutory declaration setting out his reasons . |
| 26 | Before I came here I too believed that love and duty were the compatible ingredients of a woman 's life … that loyalty and patience and service were all . |
| 27 | He was still not sure that he believed that story , but in her misery was prepared to go along with her . |
| 28 | Third parties believed that Unkiar-Skelessi marked a further stage in Russia 's southward advance . |
| 29 | He believed that recession was a more immediate enemy than inflation and acted accordingly . |
| 30 | of them believed that recession would get worse under a Labour Government , and not one of them believed that it would get better . |