Example sentences of "[noun] believed that a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | At the time the experts believed that a previous transfusion sensitised the patient and made it more likely that a transplant would be rejected . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Many officials believed that a large number of false cases were prosecuted , and that many were successful . |
| 5 | Soviet officials believed that an EEC-style neutralisation formula would anyway be unacceptable to the ‘ counter-revolutionaries ’ . |
| 6 | Griffiths believed that a greater diversity of service options would develop if the independent sector , voluntary organizations and private companies were encouraged to compete for contracts for domiciliary and residential care services : indeed , there is evidence from initiatives in services for people with mental handicap that having a multiplicity of different service providers stimulates creative innovations in services in a way which monolithic public sector services seem slow to do . |
| 7 | All copies of the May 21 edition of the UK newspaper the Guardian were withdrawn in Ireland because distributors believed that a full-page advertisement for an abortion referral service breached the country 's strict abortion laws . |
| 8 | of industrialists believed that a Labour victory at the next election would be bad for the economy ? |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | There were highly technical reasons why Copernicus believed that a heliostatic model for the universe would ease the task of predicting planetary positions . |
| 13 | Insofar as younger ministers believed that a Christian state should improve housing , lay drains or provide pensions , they could be said to have advocated a form of social gospel . |