Example sentences of "[noun sg] believed that [adj] [noun] " 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 For example , on the crucial question of the medical condition of the evacuees , which was to cause so much controversy , the Board of Education believed that local authorities had been adequately warned that pediculosis ( head lice ) would be a problem and had been given instructions on how to disinfect children by the use of steam baths ; also that its memorandum Ev .
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 The Government believed that postal ballots were essential for the nation 's industrial recovery and regeneration , Mr Galbraith said .
5 In addition , the government believed that local taxation should reflect the role of local authorities as service providers .
6 No American believed that any action would be justified if more than half our population would be killed in retaliation . ’
7 In the 1980s , among an entire group of paediatric anaesthetists , a substantial fraction believed that newborn children did not feel pain and therefore they did not give analgesics to newborn babies .
8 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 .
9 Almost all Japanese believed that colonial rule in Korea should be extended for a very lengthy period , if not permanently .
10 Over half the female nurses in a study presented at the meeting said members of the general public believed that male nurses were gay .
11 In Roslavl' during March and April it was frequently noted that the public believed that ecclesiastical gold was to be handed over to the Jews .
12 The old regime believed that such accountability and planning ran counter to the culture of academic autonomy .
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