Example sentences of "[pers pn] believe that [adj] [noun] [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Little for that matter did I believe that this experience was to be the start of a whole new direction in my life , the lessons of which I have attempted to set out in this book . |
| 2 | I believe that local democracy was not very responsibly exercised by some people in the years that have just gone by . ’ |
| 3 | He said : ‘ I believe that positive steps were needed to build for the future , particularly with the wealth of young talent now available . |
| 4 | How simply we believed that this wasteland was the immediate effect of social antagonism , community tension , civil war . |
| 5 | All the Jewish laws are derived from the first five books of the Old Testament , or what Jewish people refer to as the Torah , or the five books of Moses ; we believe that these laws were given by God to the Jewish people . |
| 6 | Are we to believe that false confessions were made purely out love of the police ? |
| 7 | All this led me to believe that written approval was just a matter of time . |
| 8 | They believed that mental illness was substantially underfunded in their region . |
| 9 | Indeed , Wycliffe maintained that Gaunt regarded political instability as one of the greatest evils that could befall a state ; and Gaunt 's political career suggests that he believed that political stability was best ensured by the maintenance of the prerogatives of the monarchy . |
| 10 | He believed that lower taxes were the route to higher growth and more jobs . |
| 11 | He believed that these groups were helping to alleviate the effects of catastrophes caused by the dawning of the New Age . |
| 12 | He believed that human beings were born sociable , cooperative , altruistic , nice , civilized and that if , in later life , they showed anti-social selfish , criminal erm , egoistic tendencies , it was because of what happened to them after they were born . |
| 13 | He believed that this recording was one of the essential means to feed the imagination of children and so promote further creative work in a variety of fields . |
| 14 | Although he was involved with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre , he never settled with any organisation for long , nor did he believe that permanent companies were likely to produce better work than ad hoc assemblies . |
| 15 | He believes that this policy was easier to pursue in smaller than larger units , and where the colliery manager and senior staff ( i.e. those at the head of the local socio-economic hierarchy ) also lived in the village , albeit in superior , segregated accommodation . |