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

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1 As I have told my hon. Friend before , I do not think that there has ever been any prospect of any member of the European Community or of the United Nations believing that a United Nations or a Western European Union peace-keeping force could force its way into Yugoslavia against the opposition either of the Yugoslav national army — the JNA — or of any armed force .
2 The answer is that the surgeons in those units believe that the expensive implants are better than the cheaper models .
3 Contemporaries believed that the English archers played a decisive part in the victory , but poor leadership and indiscipline in. the French forces also contributed to their downfall .
4 The manager at all times believed that the stolen cheques were genuine .
5 Most of us spend our lives believing that the best marriages are those rare unions where two hearts really do beat as one .
6 Contrast this with the words of a House of Lords Select Committee considering exactly the same problem : ‘ because of the high proportion [ of homes with polluted tapwater ] and the long-standing nature of the problem , the Committee believe that the two years for compliance with the Directive is wholly unrealistic . ’
7 You say that the District Council believes that the two sites to the north of Church Lane Skelton should be excluded from the greenbelt and included in the inset for the village .
8 However , other economists believe that the social costs of monopoly can not be ignored .
9 Daikin believes that the two parties have an important starting point .
10 Lloyd believed that the lean years at the end of Sobers ' tenure were the result of an unprofessional approach , with not enough thought given to the problems ; under Kanhai this improved somewhat , but after he had failed to beat Denness 's team the job was given to Lloyd .
11 The researchers believe that the Purple Emperors are sucking up sodium , and possibly potassium and calcium present in the brick and gravel following the evaporation of the water in which they were brought to the surface .
12 Tournebise and Macdonald believe that the actual conditions of higher education lead to a sense of desperation among the student population which , when added to other grievances such as lack of political reform in contemporary China , create potentially explosive situations .
13 Marx believed that the following aspects of capitalist society would eventually lead to the proletariat developing into a class for itself .
14 Marx believed that the basic contradictions contained in a capitalist economic system would lead to its eventual destruction .
15 Some people believe that the different intentions of the experimenter and the abortionist , or the different location of the embryo in a petri dish or in a woman 's womb , are morally relevant factors .
16 The distinguished Scots ecologist Adam Watson believes that the native pinewoods can not even survive without a great initial reduction in deer numbers followed by a regular programme of culling .
17 The Secretaries of State believe that the internal processes of reporting , recording and discussion between teacher and pupil should cover a pupil 's progress and activities across the whole educational programme of the school , both in the classroom and outside , and possibly activities outside the school as well .
18 When watching parliamentary television , I have not often felt that there was an unfair political balance and none of the Members I interviewed raised this matter , except that one Liberal Democrat believed that the smaller parties were squeezed out of live coverage on Tuesdays and Thursdays .
19 Until now historians believed that the woolly mammoths of that time could only survive in freezing conditions .
20 Albanian historians believe that the modern Albanians developed from the ancient Illyrians and that there is a continuity of Illyrian settlement in their country from the Bronze Age to the present time .
21 Although he was convinced that there was conclusive evidence that Japanese intelligence organizations were behind the Vietminh and their revolt , he also said that throughout their handling of the situation the French appeared to lack every vestige of imagination but , ‘ provided the French are prepared to deal with the Annamites as human beings and not as chattels for exploitation as in the past , there is every reason to believe that the leading Annamites will not only listen to them , but will help them … ’
22 Suffice it to say that there is good reason to believe that the original censuses in Numbers 1 and 26 set out the numbers of each tribe , somewhat in this form :
23 The organization believes that the new plans could be in breach of European law requiring full environmental impact studies to be carried out .
24 The NRA believes that the small numbers of migratory fish which have returned to the Tees in recent years will continue to increase as pollution levels fall .
25 Until 1961 hordes of the city 's small boys believed that the barrel-laden barges were bound for the Spanish Main or headed off to far exotic lands .
26 The other school believes that the traditional skills of the paste-up artist should be retained rather than sacrificed on the altar of automation .
27 Chris believes that the constant temperatures provided by heaterstats are not good for the fish and he does have a point — where in the world does the water temperature remain stable all year round , both day and night ?
28 He will probably find his Treasury advisers are far less sanguine : the Treasury believes that the same factors which produced the late 1980s ' consumer boom are now working in reverse , with falling confidence and asset values undermining consumption though incomes are relatively buoyant .
29 Hofmann believed that the proper objectives of such research should not be for personal gain , but for the pursuit of fundamental knowledge and the fulfilment of social needs .
30 In fairness , some psychics believe that the personal effects are more than ‘ props ’ .
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