Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] believe that [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All this led me to believe that written approval was just a matter of time . |
| 2 | Again , it was reason rather than faith that led him to believe that this was the only adequate ground for the proclamation of the universal offer of the Gospel . |
| 3 | There are also some splendid quotes ; Planck 's gloomy view of the advance of science led him to believe that scientific truth triumphs not by convincing its opponents , but rather because they eventually die . |
| 4 | Little for that matter did I believe that this experience was to be the start of a whole new direction in my life , the lessons of which I have attempted to set out in this book . |
| 5 | To exonerate him the court invented the second stage : did he believe that reasonable people would regard his behaviour as not dishonest ? |
| 6 | Although he was involved with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre , he never settled with any organisation for long , nor did he believe that permanent companies were likely to produce better work than ad hoc assemblies . |
| 7 | My derangement had me believing that this , too , could be from Francis . |
| 8 | This week the Department of Energy said it believed that sufficient data would be available from other sources to make Super-SARA unnecessary . |
| 9 | In this context , Greenpeace said it believed that some of the sprays were dangerous , and pointed out that they were banned in several countries . |