Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] believe that [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Marshall now believes that new research in Canada proves that ballooning is a less serious problem , however .
2 I do not believe that that prescription is in the interests of Scotland or of the rest of the United Kingdom .
3 argument because the real reason for opposing the new clause is that the Government do not believe that private sector operations should be reviewed by any consumer body or consultative committee .
4 Reasonable women , of course , do not believe that sexual intercourse is a cure for fits or a treatment for breathing which will improve the voice .
5 Suffice to say that I do not believe that human activity can be explained from or reduced to the ecological level .
6 But we do not believe that any bias in the sample would account for the difference between Gooch 's figure of 18 per cent and ours of 3 per cent .
7 In the teeth of the evidence I do not believe that any suffering is ultimately absurd or pointless … the value of suffering does not lie in the pain of it but in what the sufferer makes of it .
8 on many occasions to the excellent work done by and the section eleven team , but we do not believe that any area is entitled to automatic exemption .
9 We do not believe that this kind of analysis can be politically or morally neutral — and nor should it , for our understanding of the situation is that the penal system is morally indefensible and is in dire need of a programme of radical reform which will inevitably be highly political .
10 As it will have become clear , I do not believe that this vehicle is tenable .
11 Environmentalists do not believe that this phase-out is fast enough .
12 I am bound to say that I do not believe that this debate has reached the level of fizz that one might have associated with a Bill that was to be fought doggedly tooth and nail by the Opposition .
13 For those whose overheads are modest ( and for those who add an extra sum for secretarial , postage , or other expenses ) , I do not believe that either rate is sustainable in terms of a client 's ability to afford it or the likelihood of its recovery by the successful litigant at the conclusion of a case .
14 I do not believe that British Rail has got it right .
15 Considerations of finance are important in relation to that , because I do not believe that British Rail has to build an underground station in order to achieve its purpose .
16 But you clearly do n't believe that that statement , the the Reynolds Major statement goes far enough .
17 I do n't believe that any obstruction on your behalf at this stage will be looked on kindly . ’
18 But we do n't believe that those sort of problems can be solved centrally , we believe that local communities can look at their own areas and see what they can do to lessen the problem .
19 Now I do n't believe that this issue has been aired wide enough it 's understood by a lot of people what the problems are going to be these problems are n't gon na occur in the next ten years , they will happen in twenty years ' time .
20 I do n't believe that this city of ours was preordained , or was entirely a function of the recent past .
21 Although a homeowner myself , I have always believed that communal ownership on a small scale would solve many problems associated with terminal illness or permanent disablement .
22 For many years the French have firmly believed that regular pummelling is vital to the body beautiful .
23 I am a lifetime supporter of British membership of the European Community , but I have never believed that that support implies acceptance of a united states of Europe .
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