Example sentences of "[noun sg] believe [conj] [adj] [noun] [vb mod] " in BNC.

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1 The Institute believes that sole practice should continue to be permitted , but with extra safeguards .
2 Consequently the committee believes that non-executive directors will not be perceived by the public as being independent of the executive directors , hence the need for the audit review panel . ’
3 The deists and Christian rationalists of the Enlightenment believed that rational argument could demonstrate the existence of God , just as Descartes had maintained before them .
4 In addition , the government believed that local taxation should reflect the role of local authorities as service providers .
5 Age Concern believes that convalescent facilities must be available to all elderly patients who require them .
6 It may make for easier government and public convenience to restrict the tradition of marching and assembling for protest , but it would be a dangerous and a foolish idea to believe that public protest can somehow be laid aside as belonging to a bygone age .
7 Any action which contradicts these laws — whether it is the working class believing that parliamentary reform can eradicate the exploitative nature of capitalism or capitalists believing that reform can eradicate the ultimate demands for fundamental and revolutionary change from the working class — is defined merely as an expression of false consciousness .
8 Boltwood believes that psychic energy can give us the power to alter subconsciously our perception of the situation .
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