Example sentences of "[noun] believe that [adj] [noun pl] [vb mod] " in BNC.

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1 But ministeres believe that custodial sentences would not provide a simple answer .
2 Consequently the committee believes that non-executive directors will not be perceived by the public as being independent of the executive directors , hence the need for the audit review panel . ’
3 Mindful of recent events in Dakar , these officials believed that Allied interests would best be served by maintaining a working relationship with Vichy administrators .
4 The regulations recently produced were indeed unhelpful when attempting to contain disturbed young people , but it is again another example of a ‘ knee-jerk ’ reaction to believe that tighter guidelines will cure the problem .
5 For instance , does Professor Lee believe that professional accountants should not also be commercial ?
6 An announcement that a firm is increasing its dividends is a good signal because it suggests that the managers believe that future earnings will be sufficient to sustain the higher level of dividends .
7 On the basis of tests carried out in the North Sea by the Laboratory , Bayne believes that organic pollutants may be having a greater impact on marine life than heavy metals such as lead , mercury and cadmium , which had hitherto been widely blamed for most of the damage .
8 Unfortunately some regulatory authorities believe that smaller dosages will increase the possibility of selecting for resistant pests ; the idea is that whereas large doses should kill everything stone dead , small doses allow marginally resistant individuals to survive and breed .
9 The Soviets believed that similar principles might be possible in a German peace treaty .
10 Age Concern believes that convalescent facilities must be available to all elderly patients who require them .
11 Age Concern believes that these issues should be explicitly considered when discussions take place about responsibilities of health authorities , family practitioner committees and self-governing hospitals .
12 If they last , Phillips believes that joint ventures may hold the answer and thinks that the new shareholders who will take stakes after the existing owners are forced to divest themselves of 51% of ITN could provide the answer .
13 From that moment , all the island children believed that social workers could come and lift children from anywhere at any time .
14 The rebirthers believe that positive thoughts can have similar effects .
15 In the opinion of Melanie Clore there is no reason to believe that such prices could not be repeated at the present time .
16 MacCormac believes that rural councils will allow more innovative designs to go through as more such houses are built in the cities .
17 MITI believes that such exports should be of less concern to advocates of managed trade than consumer goods , because components increase the competitiveness — and therefore the export potential — of the industries that buy them .
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