Example sentences of "[noun pl] believe that [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although all orthodox Jews believe that the Messiah will come , the Lubavitch allow messianic vision to colour their entire lives . |
| 2 | Because of this certain ideas have passed into critical legend ; Wordsworth 's own Preface has encouraged modern readers to believe that the reading public of the 1790s were completely unprepared for the new poetry , and that Lyrical Ballads was a complete failure from the point of view of communication and also of financial success . |
| 3 | This reflection lights up the eyes in the rays of the moon or a lamp to such an extent that some native peoples believe that the tiger 's eyes actually generate their own light at night . |
| 4 | If importers and exporters believe that the exchange rate has bottomed out , what will they do ? |
| 5 | But his enemies believed that the sickness was just another of his delaying tactics and so they renewed the war as soon as the truce expired . |
| 6 | Experts believed that the death toll could have been much higher but for the recently installed early warning system which had allowed time for many people to move to safety or to use the 300 concrete cyclone shelters built under the Cyclone Preparedness Programme , run mainly by the Bangladesh Red Crescent . |
| 7 | The ancient Mediterranean cultures believed that the dolphin represented the vital power of the sea . |
| 8 | Several physiotherapists mentioned that the active nature of the job benefited them physically and a number of people with sensory impairments believed that the nature of the work prevented them from becoming isolated . |
| 9 | On 22 June , 136 German divisions with 3,000 tanks invaded the USSR , the Germans believing that the quality of their war machine would defeat the Russian masses . |
| 10 | Djilas believed that the dictatorship of the proletariat had produced a bureaucracy in the form of ‘ a privileged caste which lives at the expense of society as a whole ’ . |
| 11 | Calvinists believed that every person was predestined by God to go to heaven or to hell . |
| 12 | At least seven countries believe that the margin scheme is the only system that can be applied within one member state . |
| 13 | The Conservatives believe that a science base is a vital resource for the nation . |
| 14 | The Conservatives believe that the government 's role is to ensure that we continue to have a good foundation of basic and strategic science on which industry can draw , to encourage a good supply of up-to-date and creative scientists , and to encourage the right climate for successful innovation . |
| 15 | The Directors believe that the Group will comply with these financial covenants . |
| 16 | According to the note to the accounts , the directors believe that the value of the leasehold properties at 31 March 1992 , based on open market value and assuming vacant possession , is equivalent to their cost less any permanent diminution in value . |
| 17 | However , the International Herald Tribune of Feb. 1 reported that some Taiwanese economists believed that the plan " could prove to be only a temporary crutch that will fail if the worldwide economic slump continues " . |
| 18 | Not so many years ago , this would have been a non-question : Christians believed that the Star was one of God 's miracles , while scientists , by and large , believed that the whole story was a myth . |
| 19 | In the same way , the old horsemen believed that the milt and the frog 's or toad 's bone contributed almost wholly to their skill in drawing or jading their horses . |
| 20 | Observers believed that the referendum was intended to build legitimacy for at least greater economic control over Tatarstan 's oil production ( approximately 600,000 barrels per day ) , if not outright secession from Russia . |
| 21 | Observers believed that the ruling opened the way for the first prosecution under the UK War Crimes Act approved in May 1991 [ see p. 38219 ] , and that 30 members of a former Lithuanian police battalion living in the UK could soon be charged with the killing of thousands of civilians and Jews in eastern Europe during the Second World War . |
| 22 | Observers believed that the move , requested by Iran , expressed the " new understanding between Iran and Iraq " . |
| 23 | On the other hand , late nineteenth-century observers believed that the number of cattle was declining , not rising . |
| 24 | Christians believe that the message of Jesus is one of reconciliation . |
| 25 | Christians believe that the quality of forgiveness is most important in order to achieve not only personal closeness to God but reconciliation between people . |
| 26 | Christians believe that the soul goes marching on — they hope to a better world , and atheists in eternal sleep . |
| 27 | Officials believe that the public tends to make impossible demands and would be alarmed by disclosure . |
| 28 | Instead , its officials believe that the unification of Europe 's financial markets after 1992 puts electronic link-ups between European derivative markets higher up the agenda . |
| 29 | Given the inevitable fact that the next PLO chairman could not hope to match the stature and international acclaim which Mr Arafat has acquired over the years , many Palestinians believe that the influence of the organisation would wane accordingly . |
| 30 | Despite these considerations many economists believe that the tendency of prices to remain unchanged over several periods suggests strongly that they are not in equilibrium , as one would expect the equilibrium price to have changed over that interval . |