Example sentences of "[noun pl] believe that 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 | He took four of six rounds and yet without ever making his supporters believe that a decisive victory was on the cards . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | At the time the experts believed that a previous transfusion sensitised the patient and made it more likely that a transplant would be rejected . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Many officials believed that a large number of false cases were prosecuted , and that many were successful . |
| 8 | Soviet officials believed that an EEC-style neutralisation formula would anyway be unacceptable to the ‘ counter-revolutionaries ’ . |
| 9 | All copies of the May 21 edition of the UK newspaper the Guardian were withdrawn in Ireland because distributors believed that a full-page advertisement for an abortion referral service breached the country 's strict abortion laws . |
| 10 | of industrialists believed that a Labour victory at the next election would be bad for the economy ? |
| 11 | The managers believe that a social insurance system would be more responsive and transparent , while still providing care free at the point of delivery . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Villagers believe that a proposed gypsy camp could serve as a base for a terrorist attack on a military college in Oxfordshire . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Some salespeople believe that an effective presentation should lead the buyer to ask for the product without the salesperson needing to close the sale himself . |
| 17 | Many gardeners believe that an informal pool should be planted liberally , with waterlilies obscuring areas of the water surface , and reeds and rushes tumbling in from the garden . |
| 18 | Some Yugoslav economists and politicians believe that an important cause of the country 's poor economic performance is the inappropriateness of its tax structure . |