Example sentences of "[noun pl] believe that [art] [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 | He took four of six rounds and yet without ever making his supporters believe that a decisive victory was on the cards . |
| 3 | The answer is that the surgeons in those units believe that the expensive implants are better than the cheaper models . |
| 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 | Although Douglas was eventually acquitted of any offence , his initial conviction and the methods of the police — which included presenting in court what they claimed was a transcript of their tape of his speech , but which was only one third of the length of another tape-recording which was played to the court — led many Free Presbyterians and sympathizers to believe that the whole force of the state was being directed against them . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Swedish employers believed that the greater coordination of negotiations by means of central bargaining could reduce the incidence of industrial conflict . |
| 9 | The manager at all times believed that the stolen cheques were genuine . |
| 10 | At the time the experts believed that a previous transfusion sensitised the patient and made it more likely that a transplant would be rejected . |
| 11 | Most of us spend our lives believing that the best marriages are those rare unions where two hearts really do beat as one . |
| 12 | Some oceanographers believe that the bleaching effect is being caused by global warming . |
| 13 | He goes on to say ‘ In presenting us with the award for Lafayette , the judges believe that the new range has outstanding sales potential . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Many officials believed that a large number of false cases were prosecuted , and that many were successful . |
| 16 | Soviet officials believed that an EEC-style neutralisation formula would anyway be unacceptable to the ‘ counter-revolutionaries ’ . |
| 17 | Several Red Cross officials believed that the Swiss government had foolishly offered to trade Hariri for Mr Winkler and had then reneged on its promise . |
| 18 | Most observers believed that the Soviet Union 's reluctance to hold a Warsaw Treaty summit was connected with domestic anxieties about the instability of the Baltic states [ see pp. 37944-45 . |
| 19 | At the time , most observers believed that the real reason was that the BBC had been unable to persuade the newly-elected Conservative government to contribute towards the cost of setting up ( about £3million at 1977 prices ) or running a dedicated traffic service . |
| 20 | Some observers believed that the new formation should not be viewed as a permanent body , but rather as a means for the republics to escape the central power exercised by the Soviet Union . |
| 21 | Christians believe that the good news of the message of Jesus is for all people . |
| 22 | As discussed in section 6.2.3 , FC policies are not without their critics ( e.g. Shoard 1987 ) ; many conservationists believe that the widespread use of alien conifers is neither environmentally nor aesthetically beneficial to the British landscape . |
| 23 | Many governments believe that the social return on R & d exceeds its private return . |
| 24 | Nevertheless , few governments believe that the social cost of monopoly is sufficiently small that it can safely be ignored . |
| 25 | Most economists believe that the tighter squeeze on the economy would now lead to a more rapid deceleration in inflation in the first half of next year than had been expected before yesterday 's base rate increase . |
| 26 | However , other economists believe that the social costs of monopoly can not be ignored . |
| 27 | ( Psychologists believe that the human mind remembers information in batches or chunks of at most about eight items . |
| 28 | While some workers believe that the best place for a child is within a family , and that it is better for a child to be placed transracially than to have no family , anxiety is increasing about the outcome of transracial placements . |
| 29 | Second , most workers believe that the more time they spend searching for a job , the more likely it is that they will obtain one which meets their requirements , particularly in so far as the wage rate and working conditions are concerned . |
| 30 | 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 . |