Example sentences of "believed [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I thought you believed brave men were fools . ’ |
| 2 | Blackadder , a Scot , believed British writings should stay in Britain and be studied by the British . |
| 3 | He believed human beings to be conscious of their cunning . |
| 4 | Jenks believed international organizations were not mere conference secretariats , but should be active participants in shaping the postwar world . |
| 5 | Berkeley 's reason for thinking this was that he believed mental contents to be mental images , and there can not be a general image . |
| 6 | 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 ) . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Sixty-four per cent said they certainly believed psychic experiences existed and a further seventeen per cent thought them probable . |
| 9 | She believed cheap clothes could be made elegant by paring them down to essentials . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |