Example sentences of "[conj] believe [conj] [adj] [noun] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They hoped and believed that Bonar Law would fail to secure an overall majority for the Conservative Party . |
| 2 | The present superintendent estimated at this time that about half of all girls coming there had never really had any home life , or had been in care , and believed that this cycle would repeat itself : " as high as 85 per cent of these babies , it 's going to happen to them . |
| 3 | Biochemists , particularly , tend to confuse these two and believe that all problems can be solved by isolating and giving names to molecules — which are the mechanisms . |
| 4 | The second reason , less plausibly , is that they regard non-shareholder groups as having legitimate claims on the company and believe that these claims should be satisfied even though a reduction in shareholder wealth is involved . |
| 5 | They see a need to identify those children requiring new parents , and believe that social workers should be more committed to placing children with new parents in permanent homes ; and they note a greater commitment to this policy in the United States . |
| 6 | It is unknown to find any subject of Her Majesty who does not say , when asked , that he cares passionately for the Health Service , and believes that more money should be spent on it . |