Example sentences of "[noun pl] believe that the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The answer is that the surgeons in those units believe that the expensive implants are better than the cheaper models . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 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 | Swedish employers believed that the greater coordination of negotiations by means of central bargaining could reduce the incidence of industrial conflict . |
| 5 | The manager at all times believed that the stolen cheques were genuine . |
| 6 | Most of us spend our lives believing that the best marriages are those rare unions where two hearts really do beat as one . |
| 7 | Some oceanographers believe that the bleaching effect is being caused by global warming . |
| 8 | He goes on to say ‘ In presenting us with the award for Lafayette , the judges believe that the new range has outstanding sales potential . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Christians believe that the good news of the message of Jesus is for all people . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Many governments believe that the social return on R & d exceeds its private return . |
| 16 | Nevertheless , few governments believe that the social cost of monopoly is sufficiently small that it can safely be ignored . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | However , other economists believe that the social costs of monopoly can not be ignored . |
| 19 | ( Psychologists believe that the human mind remembers information in batches or chunks of at most about eight items . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Geologists believe that the eastern Barents Sea , an important spawning areas for fish and home to millions of seabirds , may hold vast oil reserves . |
| 23 | This kind of police misbehaviour encourages many Brazilians to believe that the only way they can deal with crime is to fight fire , so to speak , with fire . |
| 24 | What message would my right hon. Friend and my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancashire give us to take back to our constituents in the light of recent research showing that nearly 200 of the top British firms believe that the best way to increase unemployment and inflation and decrease investment would be the calamity of a Labour Government ? |
| 25 | One prominent scholar of Italian paintings believes that the National Gallery was ill served by the loan which seems to have been a rather persuasive pre-sale exhibition for the benefit of Lady Cook . |
| 26 | Researchers believe that the ecological balance was upset by the decision to introduce the Nile perch into the lake in 1960 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Within the marine environment itself some palaeontologists believe that the overall richness of the marine fauna was established early on , say by the Silurian period , and that there has not been a great increase in the total number of species living in the sea at any one time since then , although of course the kinds of organisms inhabiting the sea have changed many times . |
| 29 | There are good reasons to believe that the branching pattern and shape of the dendrites may also be important and may well change as a result of training or other types of experience . |
| 30 | Western diplomats believe that the Islamic movement will grow unless the economic crisis , caused in large part by the Gulf war , is resolved and some progress is made in peace talks with Israel . |