Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] believe that [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the reasons for believing that cross-species extrapolation is possible at all is that all living animals have evolved from common ancestors that existed at some time in the distant past . |
| 2 | In this chapter I want , first of all , to outline some of the reasons for believing that different types of animal have different types of brain , and second , to discuss ways of getting round some of the difficulties created when we want to make extrapolations between species . |
| 3 | It is an atavistic reaction , born partly of disappointment that decades of believing that infectious diseases are a danger past and partly from the underlying despair of those infected with HIV and the anger of the groups that represent them . |
| 4 | The task of the theist , as I see it in this book , is to define what he or she means by the word ‘ God ’ , and to give some evidence for believing that this Deity exists . |
| 5 | Yet the mathematical calculations that would be necessary to explain the principles of vision are just as complex and difficult , and nobody has ever had any difficulty in believing that little animals can see . |
| 6 | Again he follows Aristotle in believing that each child ought to be male and that a female is the result of misadventure . |
| 7 | That remains the best reason for believing that continental Europe will remain a region of growth in a faltering world economy . |
| 8 | Thus if a member has a sound reason for believing that some malpractice is occurring in connection with the council 's funds , he is under a public duty to inform the council . |
| 9 | However , with faster hardware likely to be on the market in the near future and the possibility of the emergence of parallel GIS machines , there is some justification for believing that extra effort is both worth while and acceptable . |
| 10 | ‘ The idea of believing that all cyclist are handbag snatchers is ludicrous . |
| 11 | The search must be no more than reasonably required for the purposes of discovering such evidence and there must be reasonable grounds for believing that such evidence will be found . |
| 12 | ‘ ( 3 ) A person who has been released on bail in criminal proceedings and is under a duty to surrender into the custody of a court may be arrested without warrant by a constable — ( a ) if the constable has reasonable grounds for believing that that person is not likely to surrender to custody ; ( b ) if the constable has reasonable grounds for believing that that person is likely to break any of the conditions of his bail or has reasonable grounds for suspecting that that person has broken any of those conditions ; or … ( 4 ) A person arrested in pursuance of subsection ( 3 ) above — ( a ) shall , except where he was arrested within 24 hours of the time appointed for him to surrender to custody , be brought as soon as practicable and in any event within 24 hours after his arrest before a justice of the peace for the petty sessions area in which he was arrested ; and ( b ) in the said excepted case shall be brought before the court at which he was to have surrendered to custody . |
| 13 | ‘ ( 3 ) A person who has been released on bail in criminal proceedings and is under a duty to surrender into the custody of a court may be arrested without warrant by a constable — ( a ) if the constable has reasonable grounds for believing that that person is not likely to surrender to custody ; ( b ) if the constable has reasonable grounds for believing that that person is likely to break any of the conditions of his bail or has reasonable grounds for suspecting that that person has broken any of those conditions ; or … ( 4 ) A person arrested in pursuance of subsection ( 3 ) above — ( a ) shall , except where he was arrested within 24 hours of the time appointed for him to surrender to custody , be brought as soon as practicable and in any event within 24 hours after his arrest before a justice of the peace for the petty sessions area in which he was arrested ; and ( b ) in the said excepted case shall be brought before the court at which he was to have surrendered to custody . |
| 14 | In my judgment , Parliament intended to and did provide a simple and expeditious method of dealing with a person arrested without warrant by a constable who had reasonable grounds for believing that that person had broken a condition of his bail , or was likely to break a condition of his bail , or was likely to fail to surrender to custody . |