Example sentences of "[pers pn] believe [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Next day she was elected by a handsome majority , and I believed the Scottish Home Rule movement to be on its way . |
2 | I believe a close examination of his recorded opinions , and of the idiom in which those opinions were expressed ( an idiom , even to the end , as much British as American ) , would show that Pound too was not insensible to the ideal of the aristocratic amateur in the arts , and was at least sometimes resentful , just as Yeats was , that political and socio-economic developments had made that attitude to the arts impracticable and sterile . |
3 | As far as the first point is concerned , there is I believe a real appeal for many people , not least on Christian grounds , in arguing that the overriding need at present in the U K is for the government , the TUC and the CBI to sit around a table and talk , so that both corporations and unions will change their behaviour and act in the public interest rather than their own self-interest . |
4 | I believe a good case could be made out for saying EITHER : |
5 | I believe a great deal of advice is available to adoptive parents these days . |
6 | North of the border we 've heard nothing since ‘ 27 Forever ’ last Christmas , though I believe a limited edition 12″ was released in March . |
7 | That 's something that I strongly support and my Party does , and I believe a vast majority of the country support . |
8 | and further , and this is not meant to be a joke , in my own experience , if they get time to think quietly and realistically , I believe a whole lot of decent Conservatives who used to think pragmatically , organically and with respect for local communities , would emerge to contribute to a coalition for the future over against the ideological block that seems to think we use people to make money , instead of making money to serve people and their communities . |
9 | ‘ But I believe a senior officer should make the decision to issue a weapon only after investigating both the seriousness of any threat and also the personal circumstances of the person concerned . |
10 | These documents appear to be expanding in length daily , but the principal provisions tend to remain constant , and it is because of this that I have felt able to expound a series of amendments which I believe a commercial conveyancer should have in mind in considering the draft documentation . |
11 | An opportunity I believe an ambitious person like yourself will find too good to resist . ’ |
12 | I believe an important issue for all of us in the run up to and throughout the seventy fifth birthday , is the need to increase the understanding and raise the profile and the value placed upon our work in the United Kingdom . |
13 | ‘ I believe the only way for community nursing to develop is to extend the district nursing service . |
14 | ‘ I believe the only way we can go forward is to be value for money . |
15 | We have n't been trying hard to persuade the Garrimperos to adopt different technologies , more modern technologies that would avoid the contamination of the mercury , but as I said I believe the only way of reaching this goal is if we can organize the Garrimperos to have er a kind of er institutionalized way of exploiting gold , not the sort of gold rush i that is being on and on On and off in Brazil for two centuries right now . |
16 | Now to place this manor and house , first I believe the only place this could have been is Upper Haillng , and the house is now what is known as Court Farm , the present residence of Mr Peter Lingham . |
17 | I believe the Norwegian explorer Amundsen was the first successful explorer to transit the North West Passage with a 50 tonne fishing boat , taking three years and finally reaching the Pacific in 1906 . |
18 | I shall quote a couple of paragraphs to see if anyone knows who said them : ’ Once implemented and through transition , I believe the new system will prove enduring and a vast improvement on the status quo . ’ |
19 | If we had all this , I believe the new Abortion Pill would be an asset . |
20 | I believe the new party can not be a communist party . ’ |
21 | ‘ For my part I believe the African Jesus would have won if it had not been for the Dark Host . |
22 | I believe the professional thieves are more ethical at least they 're stealing for a practical reason , not just for kicks . |
23 | No , I believe the two sets of findings are reconcilable . |
24 | I believe the two events will join together . |
25 | We are going to improve and produce what I believe the optimum product eventually . |
26 | Sir , — I believe the following extract from the Sunday Times could do only good if the facts were fully appreciated by the general public : |
27 | It is why I believe the Labour Party must be bold in demonstrating our commitment to enhance and extend individual freedom by building a society which is dynamic and responsive to the aspirations of all our people . |
28 | I believe the Legal Aid Board 's assurances remove the risk of franchising being used as a stepping stone to competitive tendering for many years to come . |
29 | These terminological changes are not made merely for the sake of variety but because I believe the substitute terms convey their meaning more pointedly than Marx 's originals . |
30 | If you want to field an Empire army , I believe the first question you should ask yourself is what sort of player you are . |