Example sentences of "believe [conj] such [noun] [modal v] " in BNC.

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1 The search must be no more than reasonably required for the purposes of discovering such evidence and there must be reasonable grounds for believing that such evidence will be found .
2 The CIGS , General ( later Field Marshal ) Sir Francis Festing , felt the price of Sandys ' Reformation was too high and considered resignation , but the other Chiefs would not support him , believing that such gestures would have little impact on a government that had the full support of Parliament and the electorate for its Defence policy .
3 We do not believe that such operations can be shown to meet our public transport target safety level , and it may be that some of our European colleagues do not consider such operations to be public transport , or do not apply the same target level of safety to such operations .
4 Admittedly , the thought-processes of anyone still undecided which way to vote on Thursday must be mysterious or vestigial : but I can not believe that such nonsense will have the slightest effect on the result of the election .
5 Burton 's devil was a terrible and limitless sense of driving pleasure : it was fuelled by awesome capacity and the hunger of those who can not believe that such fortune will not vanish before their appetite is appeased .
6 In the opinion of Melanie Clore there is no reason to believe that such prices could not be repeated at the present time .
7 It requires a lot of faith to believe that such questioning will actually be recognized , liked and rewarded .
8 They could hardly bring themselves to believe that such people could behave politely .
9 whereby that person is likely to believe that such violence would be used or it is likely that such violence would be provoked .
10 ‘ whereby that person is likely to believe that such violence would be used or it is likely that such violence would be provoked ’ .
11 ‘ whereby that person is likely to believe that such violence would be used or it is likely that such violence would be provoked ’ The officer dealing and/or civilian witnesses could help prove this point by including in their evidence observations such as , ‘ The crowd of visiting football supporters were likely to believe they were going to be attacked ’ , or ‘ It was likely that the visiting supporters would lose their tempers and attack the home crowd ’ .
12 ‘ ( 1 ) A person is guilty of an offence if he — ( a ) uses towards another person threatening , abusive or insulting words or behaviour , or ( b ) distributes or displays to another person any writing , sign or other visible representation which is threatening , abusive or insulting , with intent to cause that person to believe that immediate unlawful violence will be used against him or another by any person , or to provoke the immediate use of unlawful violence by that person or another , or whereby that person is likely to believe that such violence will be used or it is likely that such violence will be provoked . ’
13 Those who believe that such insistence would ‘ infringe civil liberties ’ should appreciate that this liberty is valueless if wise judgment is so impaired by lack of insight that sufferers from the underlying illness can use this liberty only to their detriment .
14 The letter states : ‘ We accepted the democratic decision of the NEC [ national executive committee ] and also believe that such debates should take place in the legitimate bodies of the party .
15 2 , We accepted the democratic decision of the NEC and also believe that such debates should take place in the legitimate bodies of the party .
16 We believe that such advice should be available on a similar basis to amenity and environmental organisations concerned about particular developments .
17 Saburo Kato , who is head of the Environment Agency 's global warming department , said : " We believe that such targets can be met without significant economic impact " .
18 I believe that such people would find it inexplicable if that were to happen .
19 The offer is there and is open to senior police officers if they believe that such batons would be of advantage to their forces .
20 The use of such tests is a controversial issue , with on the one hand , anti-abortion lobbies arguing that life begins at conception and that therefore all abortion is wrong , through to womens ' groups who believe that such tests should be available to all pregnant women of all ages , so that those who do not wish to take the risk of giving birth to a mentally handicapped child may take the appropriate actions to prevent it .
21 Marr , a genuinely helpful person , actually believed that such trivia would be vital information to young listening ears .
22 It was believed that such measures would stimulate industry and increase employment in the short-term until Britain 's economic markets were restored by the revival of world trade and increasing cost-effective output :
23 The pygmies of Central Africa can not find enough food in the Zaire forests and , indeed , there seems to be no unambiguous ethnographic account of any people living solely off forest products and the only tropical areas where it is believed that such people might have lived are in central Malesia .
24 MITI believes that such exports should be of less concern to advocates of managed trade than consumer goods , because components increase the competitiveness — and therefore the export potential — of the industries that buy them .
25 He believes that such delights will never be encountered except in his own sweet dream land , or wished-for world .
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