Example sentences of "[prep] the [noun] believe that [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the Opposition believe that taxes , particularly local taxes , should be based on ability to pay , is it not absolutely scandalous that they suggest that the elderly and the single , whatever house they live in , should have to pay more than those with the ability to pay and are not willing to grant a discount ? |
| 2 | Some of the Fathers of the Church believed that Jesus paid the penalty to the Father . |
| 3 | The Government of the day believed that takeover activity was the means by which the stockmarkets ensured that companies were motivated to become as efficient and successful as possible . |
| 4 | It was hard for the active trade unionist of the day to believe that W.P.Lind could combine the secretaryship of the London Seamen 's Protection Society with his role as Superintendent Registrar for the Port of London or that his organisation , with large numbers of members on its books but only a handful paying contributions , was not actually in the hands of the shipping interests . |
| 5 | In September 1939 , when war broke out in the West , almost everyone in our part of the world believed that Mussolini would join in as an ally of Hitler ; in 1936 the German alliance with Italy , the Berlin-Rome Axis , had been established . |
| 6 | Mr Falconer and the requisitioners of the resolution believe that Article 93 is ‘ inadequate in view of our huge shareholder register ’ and that ‘ some less wise future Board could block a nomination , by filling the Calling Notice with other items , so that an extra line meant an added page , with heavy costs the requisitioners would have to meet ’ . |
| 7 | None of the Khans believed that Artai was so incapable of controlling the violence of his temperament , Alexei thought , or they would not have elected him . |
| 8 | The State authorities did not need much convincing ; with the world believing that Shangri-La was at hand courtesy of Utah , State politicians seized on this as a once in a lifetime opportunity to revitalise Utah 's economy . |
| 9 | He said teachers in the humanities believed that pupils were obtaining grades they could not possibly achieve in exams . |
| 10 | It is , perhaps , no surprise that the MPs questioned in the survey believed that industry should place ‘ very high ’ priority on reducing pollution ( 84% ) , conserving energy ( 73% ) and cutting the consumption of scarce resources ( 48% ) . |