Example sentences of "[noun] believe [conj] a [adj] [noun] " 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 | Radical pioneers of birth control in the 1820s like Richard Carlile believed that a diminished workforce , by reducing competition , would benefit wages , but such arguments often received short shrift . |
| 3 | He took four of six rounds and yet without ever making his supporters believe that a decisive victory was on the cards . |
| 4 | There may be an advantage in laying down a procedure where the application is novel , and/or the parties believe that a particular approach is necessary and that if it is not stipulated an expert is likely to follow some other undesired procedure . |
| 5 | The authors believe that a major reason for the public 's perception that auditors lack independence is their ‘ weak structural position ’ , and that the only way to overcome this is for audit regulation to be taken away from the profession . |
| 6 | At the time the experts believed that a previous transfusion sensitised the patient and made it more likely that a transplant would be rejected . |
| 7 | Officials believed that a major part of the financing of the attempted overthrow of the government was provided by his supporters , including his widow , Imelda Marcos . |
| 8 | Many officials believed that a large number of false cases were prosecuted , and that many were successful . |
| 9 | Soviet officials believed that an EEC-style neutralisation formula would anyway be unacceptable to the ‘ counter-revolutionaries ’ . |
| 10 | Although having worked as a contract systems analyst for ICI , Matthew believes that a small company can operate much more efficiently than a large one . |
| 11 | Winnie the Pooh by AA Milne ANGELO ABELA ( father of Lucia , 2 ) Why Weeps the Brogan ? by Hugh Scott ( Walker Books , £7.95 ) A nuclear disaster leaves Saxon and Gilbert believing that a buried museum is their world and that beyond its great doors lies only dust and darkness . |
| 12 | All copies of the May 21 edition of the UK newspaper the Guardian were withdrawn in Ireland because distributors believed that a full-page advertisement for an abortion referral service breached the country 's strict abortion laws . |
| 13 | of industrialists believed that a Labour victory at the next election would be bad for the economy ? |
| 14 | The managers believe that a social insurance system would be more responsive and transparent , while still providing care free at the point of delivery . |
| 15 | Many physiologists believe that an exhaustive study of the types of stimuli that increase or decrease the discharge rates of different types of sensory system cell will provide us with a description of how that system works . |
| 16 | Villagers believe that a proposed gypsy camp could serve as a base for a terrorist attack on a military college in Oxfordshire . |
| 17 | But a string of bomb attacks in Manila in recent weeks has led many people to believe that a new coup attempt ca n't be far away . |
| 18 | No one who is serious about urban planning believes that a linear city stretching for mile after mile on both sides of the Thames will ever be built . |
| 19 | A minority believed that a large number of cases were based on minor grievances , and that complainants rushed to court in the passion of the moment . |
| 20 | It sought a socialist majority in its own right , but most of its leaders believed that a long period of education and propaganda would be necessary before that majority could be secured . |
| 21 | Mrs Thatcher believes that an Anglo-German alliance could be forged to scupper some , if not all , of stages two and three of the Delors report . |
| 22 | Age Concern believes that a national energy strategy is required to improve standards of insulation and energy conservation and to reduce the high costs of heating which deter poorer consumers from keeping themselves warm . |
| 23 | Although it was initially believed that lowering mucosal prostaglandin values in ulcerative colitis would be therapeutic , and that the beneficial effect of therapeutic agents sulfasalazine and 5-ASA analogues is through their ability to inhibit cyclo-oxygenase , it isnow believed that a simple decrease in prostaglandins does not elicit a beneficial effect in ulcerative colitis and may even be harmful . |
| 24 | There were highly technical reasons why Copernicus believed that a heliostatic model for the universe would ease the task of predicting planetary positions . |
| 25 | Joan Thirsk 's brilliant examination of these variations , region by region , illustrates this for the period from 1500 onwards ( 103 , pp.1–112 ) , and there is no reason to believe that a similar diversity did not exist at the earlier period also , although there were probably changes in detail in particular areas , such as those caused by climatic change to which allusion was made in Chapter 1 . |
| 26 | There is no reason to believe that a new chancellor would make Britain richer . |
| 27 | Bristol had been dominated by the Whigs since 1695 , and had fallen to the Tories only in 1710 in the Sacheverellite backlash , so Daines had good reason to believe that a careful cultivation of the electorate could pay dividends . |
| 28 | However , just as basic systems theory suggests that every system begins and ends with the individual and , therefore , that all systems are circular , there is good reason to believe that a common policy for education can only be arrived at by looking at the array of experiences of different individuals instead of others ' perceptions of these experiences . |
| 29 | There is no reason to believe that an increasing disparity between the standards of morality and behaviour which one has grown up to believe were true and right and those displayed and legitimated in the surrounding society can not of itself provide the ground for commitment to a movement of moral reform . |
| 30 | some course leaders ' definition of ‘ enterprise ’ differed from that given by the Enterprise Centre — a number believe that a particular industry 's skills should be included under the umbrella of enterprise . |