Example sentences of "[noun sg] believe [conj] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some heads of department believed that the self-appraisal report was the product of departmental discussion , but that it was discussion which had taken place over the last few years rather than during the time specifically set aside for the self-appraisal . |
| 2 | Such rumours suggest at the very least a readiness to believe that the highest leadership of State and military was — to put it mildly — no longer in control of the situation . |
| 3 | For example , Conway Morris of Cambridge University 's Earth Science Department believes that the comparative emptiness of the early oceans indicates minimal inter-group rivalry , but that 520 million years ago the competition began to hot up , and the basic animal groups , evidenced from parts of the fossil record of Northern America and Australia , were reduced from 55 to around 35 . |
| 4 | If the court on review believes that the requisite situation spoken of in the statute did not exist then the conclusion reached by the tribunal will be a nullity . |
| 5 | As there is a tendency to increase the complexity of CISCs in order to upgrade existing products , resulting in increased design time , increased design errors , and inconsistent implementations the university believed that a simpler RISC could be a cheaper alternative in the modern world where high-level languages predominate and there is little need for complex instructions for writing assembly code . |
| 6 | In the early stages of the Channel Tunnel project British Rail believed that the existing rail network in the South East could cope with any extra traffic after 1993 despite the fact that a report to Kent County Council in 1985 stated that ‘ the rail lines to London are already very heavily used and have little spare capacity ’ . |
| 7 | Contrast this with the words of a House of Lords Select Committee considering exactly the same problem : ‘ because of the high proportion [ of homes with polluted tapwater ] and the long-standing nature of the problem , the Committee believe that the two years for compliance with the Directive is wholly unrealistic . ’ |
| 8 | You say that the District Council believes that the two sites to the north of Church Lane Skelton should be excluded from the greenbelt and included in the inset for the village . |
| 9 | So the point erm I wish to make erm on er Mr 's observations , is that it 's not the strategy of the structure plan was not simply erm to seek an initial reduction erm in the rate of residential development in the county and then that roll that rate forward in progressive erm amendments to the structure plan , Hambleton District Council believes that the logical interpretation of these statements is that a progressive reduction er in house building and the rates of migration should be sought through subsequent alterations to the plan . |
| 10 | If a coach believes that the black sportsman he is helping to prepare is naturally endowed with the physical equipment to produce fast sprints or hard jabs , or mazy runs through defences , it will affect his judgment as to the areas of speciality into which he should channel the efforts of that sportsman . |
| 11 | The Stock Exchange believes that every listed company should report on its compliance with the code of best practice drafted by the Cadbury Committee , but it does not intend to require compliance . |
| 12 | By creating a more definite starting and finishing point to the season , members of the group believed that the growing trend of out-of-season holidays and short breaks could be accelerated . |
| 13 | An estoppel is raised when the original owner by his statements or conduct leads the innocent purchaser to believe that the unauthorised seller in fact has the right to sell the goods . |
| 14 | Daikin believes that the two parties have an important starting point . |
| 15 | The great weight of Scottish opinion believes that the distinctive nature of Scottish life , with its own legal system , its own philosophy on education and its own traditions , is insufficiently recognised by the United Kingdom Parliament . |
| 16 | But those watching the count late last night believed that the final tally would fall just below this figure . |
| 17 | Whannel believes that the main reason why this terminology has taken such an enduring grip is that it is being used to serve the commercial interests of Football League and club officials as part of a hidden agenda to attract a new type of football audience ( the ‘ family audience ’ ) and thereby solve the game 's economic crisis . |
| 18 | Having said this , and conscious of the arguments advanced in this Report against excluding non-believers , the Commission believes that the musical director needs to have some Christian commitment . |
| 19 | No one who is serious about urban planning believes that a linear city stretching for mile after mile on both sides of the Thames will ever be built . |
| 20 | AI believes that the 1986 law should be reviewed to ensure that it does not lead to the imprisonment of prisoners of conscience . |
| 21 | The ‘ country of the Iguanodon restored ’ is very different from Victorian Sussex ; the strange light which picks out the struggling animals also reveals how many tons of animal life the artist believed that the primeval world could support on quite a small area-as later dinosaur pictures always tend to do . |
| 22 | A minority believed that a large number of cases were based on minor grievances , and that complainants rushed to court in the passion of the moment . |
| 23 | Indeed , one school of thought believed that the female brain was biologically different from that of the male . |
| 24 | The Secretaries of State believe that the internal processes of reporting , recording and discussion between teacher and pupil should cover a pupil 's progress and activities across the whole educational programme of the school , both in the classroom and outside , and possibly activities outside the school as well . |
| 25 | Women did find a new means of articulating their experiences by publishing , yet it is a mistake to believe that the huge growth in women 's writing went hand in hand with equally momentous shifts in attitudes toward marriage . |
| 26 | As I have already said , the Government believe that the economic case for the barrage is very strong . |
| 27 | Age Concern believes that a national energy strategy is required to improve standards of insulation and energy conservation and to reduce the high costs of heating which deter poorer consumers from keeping themselves warm . |
| 28 | Age Concern believes that the basic state pension should be equal to one third average earnings for a single pension and one half for a couple . |
| 29 | These time limits are extremely important , because if the planning permission lapses there is no certainty that it will be re-granted , and going to appeal may well not help if the Secretary of State believes that the original consent should not have been granted . |
| 30 | When watching parliamentary television , I have not often felt that there was an unfair political balance and none of the Members I interviewed raised this matter , except that one Liberal Democrat believed that the smaller parties were squeezed out of live coverage on Tuesdays and Thursdays . |