Example sentences of "[noun sg] believe that [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bishop believed that change was essential and reported on his return to Washington that there was undue complacency in Tokyo ; the vested interests in the occupation bureaucracy believed that American dominance in Japan must be continued for a considerable period and Bishop held that tough action would be required in order to transform attitudes and to terminate the occupation . |
| 2 | The Institute believes that sole practice should continue to be permitted , but with extra safeguards . |
| 3 | This institute believes that some form of National Statistics Council has a role to play but with the following provisos : 1 . |
| 4 | County Council believes that this advice and guidance is synonymous with the view that is taken that development of the open countryside will in fact represent the exception rather than the rule and that new development would not normally be permitted . |
| 5 | Given the present public concern about the effectiveness of auditing , the committee believes that appropriate legislation is required as a matter of urgency . |
| 6 | In fact the US Agriculture Undersecretary believes that European sugar policies cost less-developed nations about two billion dollars a year in lost export earnings . |
| 7 | Grassmuck believes that this communication barrier between parents and children led to a series of killings of parents by their sons . |
| 8 | But it also strained credulity to believe that any sort of war where any sort of nuclear weapons were available would not eventually lead to full-scale atomic destruction . |
| 9 | She had received a note that morning while breakfasting at ‘ Mon Repos ’ from Sir Charles Webb-Bowen no less , telling her that she would be called upon to speak third in favour of the motion : ‘ That this Conference believes that better public and press relations would enable Government and Party to get its message across to the public more effectively . ’ |
| 10 | It requires a lot of faith to believe that such questioning will actually be recognized , liked and rewarded . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | The Commission believes that effective mission depends upon inspired worship , and that inspired worship usually demands the contribution of good music . |
| 13 | This is another area largely unexplored by the Church , and the Commission believes that more work needs to be done here , for the implication of the research completed so far is that the average parish congregation demands a variety of musical styles if the needs of all its members are to be met . |
| 14 | Had the above account been a linguistic account , an explanation of the meaning of ‘ legitimate authority ’ , it would have followed that anyone who believes of a person that he has legitimate authority believes that that person satisfies the condition set by the justification thesis . |
| 15 | In addition , the government believed that local taxation should reflect the role of local authorities as service providers . |
| 16 | No American believed that any action would be justified if more than half our population would be killed in retaliation . ’ |
| 17 | The society believes that good freelance editors and proofreaders are becoming increasingly hard to find because the pool from which they are drawn — editors leaving full-time employment — is drying up as a result of a lack of inhouse training and the general reduction in numbers . |
| 18 | The Union believes that any musician playing to the public should be guaranteed reasonable money . |
| 19 | Age Concern believes that this issue needs urgent consideration in the context of the NHS Review , and that the statutory responsibilities of health authorities in this respect should be clarified . |
| 20 | They state that the Government believes that free competition between the providers of legal services will , through the discipline of the market , ensure that the public is provided with the most efficient and effective network of legal services at the most economical price . |
| 21 | One chief executive believed that such thinking was so important to his organization 's success in a high-tech field that he staged a highly imaginative top management meeting . |
| 22 | Almost all Japanese believed that colonial rule in Korea should be extended for a very lengthy period , if not permanently . |
| 23 | In a King George 's Jubilee Trust report , The Needs of Youth ( 1939 ) , A. E. Morgan was another who brooded over ‘ a growing contempt by the young person for the procedures of juvenile courts ’ and the ‘ grave reason to believe that parental control is slackening ’ . |
| 24 | ‘ We have reason to believe that this man Chant did not originate in this Dominion . ’ |
| 25 | All the other Judaean coins of the Persian period have non-Jewish symbols ; there is no particular reason to believe that this coin bears a Jewish symbol . |
| 26 | " There 's something which I did n't mention , but I want to make it absolutely clear , and that is that I 've reason to believe that this craft , the Dreadnought , leaks quite badly . " |
| 27 | There is every reason to believe that this degree of movement was typical of the corn-growing regions , but we have to constantly bear in mind that one part of England may have very different experiences from another and that even neighbouring communities might have contrasting stories to tell . |
| 28 | In November 1991 the Social Services Department of the local authority had reason to believe that this condition was being repeatedly and grossly breached . |
| 29 | Nevertheless there is every reason to believe that some control applied at various stages of industrial exploitation could benefit the trade on a global scale . |
| 30 | Without its support we still have no reason to believe that any agreement will be reached behind the veil of ignorance . |