Example sentences of "[pers pn] believe that a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And at that stage , when I entered into the agreement , I believed that a marriage to Janice could have worked . ’ |
| 2 | I believed that a murrain would fall on the hens that he kept on his house-top , a wasting illness on the sheep that he kept by his door . |
| 3 | Neither do I believe that a painter could have painted it — had he seen what I saw . |
| 4 | I have got past that stage many , many years ago , and I believe that a foreigner has equally as much right to live in the world as a Britisher . |
| 5 | I believe that a majority of people in this country want to make a success of our membership of the Community . |
| 6 | I believe that a port to Unix using the toolkit will take less time and resources than our conversion to support Apple 's system 7 . |
| 7 | ( The fact that I found it offensive to have to make any such argument for human equality shows that I was working with an ethical a priori approach , but I believe that a case can be made . ) |
| 8 | ‘ And even though most would have been quite happy to get where I had got at that age , I believe that a man is nothing unless he believes he has greater possibilities . |
| 9 | I believe that a Christian 's position on this matter recognises the necessity for state action but goes on to argue that much of education , health and other welfare services could be quite adequately provided through the private sector , with the result that people would be free to exercise greater freedom of choice and also exercise greater responsibility over their lives . |
| 10 | I believe that a picture , a work of art , lives and dies just as we do . |
| 11 | I believe that a haircut can change people 's lives . |
| 12 | It is essential that Russia join the IMF at the earliest opportunity , and I believe that a stabilisation fund may need to follow if Russia is to have a prospect of establishing a successful market economy . |
| 13 | I , I , I believe that a lot of work 's going on . |
| 14 | I believe that a meeting has been arranged between the hon. Gentleman and the Secretary of State . |
| 15 | In particular , the international projection of nationally-headquartered firms ' corporate identity is a vexed issue : Siegel & Gale 's new survey of 50 leading Hungarian companies , for example , found that if all of them believed that a company 's image was important to building sales , most would also rather do business with German 's sharply-etched Volkswagen that with fuzzy French concerns . |
| 16 | Well if I could refer you , ma'am , to my paragraph three point seven of my supplementary statement , erm I do indicate there erm that the factors which make me believe that a location in this sector or these three sectors erm is a better one in far , as far as employment is concerned . |
| 17 | Anna Ford has often said that she believed that a woman should have had a role on our Election Night programmes . |
| 18 | ‘ Why do you believe that a computer system is inappropriate for your business ? ’ |
| 19 | For what reason do you believe that a relaxation , as you put it , of the greenbelt boundary from the deposit copy to the line you now propose , north of this important village , would not do so ? |
| 20 | If you believe that a glass of wine will sell a motor car , you are underestimating the customer . |
| 21 | Moreover , many actual nationalizations were indeed objectively functional for the restructuring of parts of the economy ‘ no longer organised as capital ’ as Fine and O'Donnell ( 1981 ) put it ; and the British Conservatives only attempted to reverse the post-war Labour government 's efforts ‘ where we believed that a measure of nationalisation was a real hindrance to our island life ( Winston Churchill , cited in Weiner 1960 : 80 ) . |
| 22 | We believe that a distance of 3kpc as indicated for the SNR is consistent with the pulsar 's dispersion measure . |
| 23 | While we believe that a problem is all someone else 's fault , we are powerless to resolve it , since we can not change other people ; we can only change ourselves . |
| 24 | We believe that a continuation of this activity could in the long term be detrimental to the welfare of their less privileged neighbours , who have to depend on a weekly wage for their survival ’ . |
| 25 | ( 3 ) Your house has come up in a random sample of houses in this area and , if you are a full-time housewife , we would like you to tell us about your working day since ( 4 ) we believe that a survey of this subject would be of great value in helping all housewives . |
| 26 | We believe that a prerequisite of this co-operative and corporate activity is a climate of open discussion and dialogue among the teachers , a willingness to share experiences and expertise and , most importantly , relationships of trust and mutual support ( ILEA 1984 : 111 – 12 ) . |
| 27 | We believe that a way forward through the practical difficulties rehearsed above might be a simple requirement that a lender refusing a credit application ( or requiring special conditions ) should state the reason in whatever terms he wished ; and that this requirement should be coupled to a requirement that ( as a condition of their Consumer Credit Act licence ) lenders should each make a statement of their lending practice to the Director General of Fair Trading . |
| 28 | ‘ We believe that a bypass is what 's needed and all we are asking for is a feasibility study to be carried out , ’ Mr Melia said . |
| 29 | We believe that a Town and Country Planning measure on the lines indicated would give planning authorities all the scope which they need and which the 1932 Act failed to give them . |
| 30 | In the new society , we believe that a husband or children will not act as a limitation on women . |