Example sentences of "[was/were] believe [that] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 His most serious error , it seems , was to believe that the British Empire with its governing gentleman class , held the high ground when it came to moral ‘ rightness ’ .
2 In 1975 it was believed that a large fleet of supersonic aircraft flying at altitudes up to 25 km would have a ‘ noticeable effect ’ on the ozone layer ( World Health Organization , 1976b ) .
3 Initially it was believed that the general devolution to smaller administrative entities would , in itself , create the conditions for asylums to be closed down .
4 It was believed that the latter group had agreed to support him in return for the promise of positions on congressional committees .
5 Originally it was believed that the preferred hand was a reliable indicator of the speech-dominant hemisphere .
6 It was believed that the principal rumour-monger was poor George Brown .
7 At the time of the auction , it was believed that the wide expanse of sky had been skinned ; in fact the original sky was in remarkably fine condition , the skinned appearance due to discoloured overpaint .
8 By the 1840s there was some knowledge of the rhythm method of birth control from discussions by French physicians Pouchet and Raciborski on women 's ovulation cycle , though for a while it was believed that the safe period was immediately after menstruation .
9 He could only get temporary relief from certain drugs and it was believed that the same drug contributed to the hardening of the liver which led to his death .
10 It was believed that an Urban Development Grant might meet this need and Manchester City Council agreed to support the association 's application for this form of government assistance .
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