Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] to believe [conj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The people who used this vile slander seemed to believe that any kind of troubled , troubling music , anything introspective or tragic , was self-indulgent wallowing . |
| 2 | Most of the companies appear to believe that further productivity increases were possible in the audit . |
| 3 | Staff in a contemporary prison service or department of corrections come to believe that further training , or advanced training , or some other form of in-service training , is necessary if they are to become more ‘ professional ’ . |
| 4 | bureaucratic managers need to believe that all employees are individuals and that the individuals matter ; |
| 5 | Indeed , social morality leaders came to believe that earlier marriages would discourage resort to prostitution . |
| 6 | A mechanic for Britax France refused to believe that British installation charges did not include the cost of the seat as well , ‘ It takes 10 or 15 minutes at the most , ’ he said . |
| 7 | Children tend to believe that those adults around them are all-wise and all-powerful and it follows that whatever these adults say must be true . |
| 8 | Most catastrophists preferred to believe that some form of supernatural agency was involved in the appearance of each new population . |