Example sentences of "they believe that the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was all a smokescreen to make them believe that the Clarion Call had been lost at sea . |
| 2 | The catastrophists ' notion of mass extinction allowed them to believe that the disappearance of species was not a part of Nature 's regular operations , but occurred only in those exceptional interludes when the earth 's normal stability was interrupted by some gigantic convulsion . |
| 3 | If this is true ( and it is not so far-fetched : if you carry on an intelligent argument with your readers in the columns of a newspaper , you can not expect them to believe that the responsibilities of self-government are beyond them ) , then it would seem a good example of propaganda having the opposite effect to that intended . |
| 4 | Many of them believe that the immigration of overseas doctors was encouraged to support the NHS in its early days , only for the overseas doctors subsequently to be marginalised . |
| 5 | American bilateral agreements that permitted fifth freedom rights especially alarmed the British , as they believed that the United States would be able to scoop up the best routes in a piecemeal fashion . |
| 6 | Because their relations with the landlords were to remain unaltered for at least two years ( while charters were drawn up describing the obligations they were supposed to redeem ) , they believed that the government had cheated them . |
| 7 | For the first time , a public debate began over whether doctors , in consultation with parents , had the right to terminate life because they believed that the life concerned was not worth the living . |
| 8 | In these circumstances parents made a virtue of necessity ; they believed that the experience of death could strengthen family ties , rather than act as a dissolvent . |
| 9 | Buxton Springs were discovered by the Romans in 79AD , and they believed that the water had special health-giving properties . |
| 10 | They believed that the land was under the care and guardianship of the people who used it and lived on it . |
| 11 | All major opposition parties boycotted local elections in November 1990 because they believed that the results would be rigged . |
| 12 | They believed that the saints had a divine obligation to rule and to impose righteousness , even if the mass of the people showed no particular desire to live righteously . |
| 13 | They believed that the conversion of Japan into a nation of prosperous owner-farmers was crucial if a democratic , peace-loving state was to become a reality . |
| 14 | Arguably it provides a very strong constraint on managers to act efficiently , if we may assume they are concerned about their future career path and if they believe that the firm does not systematically assess their performance wrongly . |
| 15 | They believe that the wizards and warlocks are still up there , in the mountains , working this evil on the land in revenge . |
| 16 | Therapists will take a patient back to difficult areas of the past , if they believe that the patient 's problems stem from this . |
| 17 | It can also be important for the purposes of the provisions which require persons who were concerned with the making of settlements to notify the Revenue when they believe that the settlor was domiciled in the United Kingdom and the trustees of the settlement are not , or will not be , resident in the United Kingdom ( see IHTA 1984 , s218 ) . |
| 18 | They are able to argue this because they believe that the state in capitalist society is neutral and can be used in any way that the people desire . |
| 19 | They believe that the link between a permissive attitude towards corporal punishment and child abuse is a distinct possibility and that there should be laws to forbid any adult from striking any child , including their own . |
| 20 | They believe that the operating system of a nome starts off as a goose . |
| 21 | The polytechnics support vouchers because they believe that the system will give them parity of resources with the universities by allowing them to compete for students on equal terms . |
| 22 | They believe that the parasites which spread malaria by infecting red blood cells , may be killed by the release of highly reactive substances called ‘ free-oxygen radicals ’ from specialised cells produced by the body 's immune system . |
| 23 | But , although some doctors consider that the baby has genuine physical pain , others believe that this is an example of the baby reacting to the tensions of the mother at the end of a hard day : and they believe that the crying stops after 10 to 12 weeks because by then the mother has become more competent and confident in her handling of the baby , and has communicated this new calmness to the baby . ’ |
| 24 | They believe that the interpretation is from a later period of the Church and that it arises from using the parable for teaching purposes . |
| 25 | They believe that the measurements were possible because of the high quality of the samples prepared by the UCLA scientists . |
| 26 | They believe that the role of the community educator is much more limited than the rhetoric often implies . |
| 27 | Similarly , people who at some time in the future will require foreign currency ( people such as importers , holiday makers , or those thinking of investing abroad or in foreign securities ) may prefer to wait before exchanging pounds into the relevant foreign currencies if they believe that the sterling price of these currencies is likely to fall ( the pound is likely to appreciate ) . |
| 28 | They believe that the routine records and investigations of doctors , social workers and others concerned with the children could contribute significantly to greater knowledge and therefore to better services . |
| 29 | Consultants are often fearful that these new styles of service will lead to the quality of care of acutely ill patients on the wards suffering ; they believe that the focus of community work is away from those who are most in need or are concerned that if they work in the community they will lose the professional day-to-day support of consultant colleagues . |
| 30 | Thereafter , they believe that the growth of Labour was practically inexorable given the political circumstances of the times — aided by the increase in the electorate from seven to twenty-one million , following the introduction of the 1918 Franchise Act . |