Example sentences of "they believe the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They believed the existing system worked to the enrichment of only a small number ; national benefit could be derived from legitimate commerce with a fertile Africa only if the slave trade did not create misleadingly attractive alternatives . |
| 2 | The police say that they do monitor car boot sales , but they believe the vast majority of people using car boot sales are honest . |
| 3 | They believe the motivating force behind the amendment was Lord Pearson who is opposed to part of his land being designated an SSSI . |
| 4 | They believe the blue Ford Sierra which was found abandoned in the car park of a pub in Leckhampton , holds the key . |
| 5 | The Conservatives want to see this link restored as they believe the present situation leads to extravagant and irresponsible local spending . |
| 6 | The police have indicated that they believe the Tamil Tigers were responsible for the bomb , but people are sceptical : Mr Premadasa was the closest thing the Tigers had to a political friend . |
| 7 | They believe the Western world is always interfering with their natural resources and they are now telling us how to manage ours " . |
| 8 | They must draw attention to national needs if they believe the educational system is not adequately meeting them . |
| 9 | They believe the heavy traffic must be eased … and forced to slow down … |
| 10 | They believe the reported profits for the first half of 1991 may have been materially overstated , and that further publication of these results as a basis of comparison may be misleading . |
| 11 | They believe the same man has raped at least two women and has sexually asaulted six others in the same area of a town . |
| 12 | Very often , they believe the more stitches , the more difficult the procedure . |
| 13 | If they narrowly miss death themselves and their shadow is " hit " by a car , or " gored " by a buffalo , they believe the evil spirit living in it will be destroyed . |