Example sentences of "believe that [adj] [noun] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | First , Wittgenstein sees this sort of foundationalist as a form of sceptic , who admits the difficulty of showing that we are ever justified in believing that other persons exist . |
| 2 | Not long ago European companies could issue paper on the strength of their names alone ; domestic investors would buy , believing that famous companies do not go bust . |
| 3 | Thomson has taken the issue further , arguing that many twentieth-century writers on social welfare issues have been misled into believing that recent developments represent an abrupt break with historical experience because of the peculiarly restrictive and individualistic support systems for elderly people that emerged in the late Victorian period . |
| 4 | Does Greenfield really believe that oral societies lack these functions of language ? |
| 5 | It does not believe that all parents have been informed of their rights under the Act and it is critical of the lack of training for parent governors . |
| 6 | ( Ayer , 1972 , p. 6 f. , 1980 , pp. 60–63 ) We do none the less believe that certain connections hold between cause and effect . |
| 7 | I ca n't get under trying to change the perceptions of white policemen but I do believe that black policemen have a strong responsibility to protect their people . |
| 8 | Another important implication of behavioural rights such as these , is that if you believe in your own rights then , to be consistent , you must also believe that other people enjoy the same rights . |
| 9 | I do not believe that those questions have been properly thought through . |
| 10 | There is one danger in establishing a regular course of dealing : if a business regularly contracts on particular terms , its trading partners may believe that those terms continue to govern their relationship . |
| 11 | Such characteristics as initiative , purposefulness , persistence and self-control are developed through sport and , while I am not sold on the idea of sport as a builder of ‘ character ’ , I do believe that these capacities serve important functions in self-actualization , that tendency of all human beings to develop their full potentialities . |
| 12 | Nevertheless , he does not believe that clerical workers have an identical status to the working class . |
| 13 | They are polytheistic in that they seem to believe that many gods exist , but monotheistic in that they command obedience to only one of these many gods . |
| 14 | There is no reason to believe that diabetic patients fare better and they may do less well . |
| 15 | Although monitored allocations of the kind suggested above are the only way to ensure that library policy is translated into practice , it would be unrealistic to believe that all authorities manage their budgets in this way . |
| 16 | Is it possible to identify the considerations which lead you to believe that these presuppositions do n't need justification or explanation in your essay ? |
| 17 | Some people fondly believe that chess-playing computers work by internally trying out all possible combinations of chess moves . |
| 18 | The British Medical Association and the Royal College of Psychiatrists believe that eugenic grounds provide the main justification for a separate offence of incest . |
| 19 | I believe that non-writing artists need a staggering voice and great charisma . |
| 20 | Er , certainly in , in the first paragraph we would say that we have drawn attention over the years to the nuisance of illegal parking erm , by travellers particularly in Stewards erm while travellers have the right to live their own lifestyle we also believe that other residents have the right to live free from that kind of nuisance and problem and that it does need to be addressed somehow . |
| 21 | Some kind of realism is important whether the movie itself is ‘ realistic ’ in reflecting the real world more or less as we perceive it or believe that other people do , or whether it is clearly a fantasy of some kind , set in the future or the distant past or another galaxy or in a present where some of the rules have been changed or abolished , eg time travel is possible , robot androids pass for human , most of the population are zombies , animals speak English , people mix with cartoon characters , or what you will . |
| 22 | The one , posed by those who believe that new technologies do not , in the long run , have any effect on the overall level of employment , is along the lines of ‘ What happened to all the agricultural workers who left the land as new technology got applied to farming ? ’ |
| 23 | Some believe that new plants flourish if their early growth coincides with the growing of a new moon . |
| 24 | But nurses of both sexes believe that male nurses receive more respect from doctors , according to James Hovey , a graduate nurse from the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing in Cleveland , Ohio , who carried out the work . |
| 25 | They also believe that Labour authorities have for too long abused their position as chief low-cost housing providers allowing bureaucracy and waste to mushroom at the expense of tenants . |
| 26 | Such a version of pluralism would assert that pluralists believe that all citizens have a chance to become politically active through individual and group action . |
| 27 | I believe that all parties have a role to play in implementing the peace accord , but of course the South African Government have the primary responsibility for the impartial maintenance of law and order . |
| 28 | We believe that all peoples need to have one day in the week which is different , and which provides an opportunity for varied forms of community life and activity . |
| 29 | From memory , I believe that six incidents have been reported in the past year . |
| 30 | Yes , Sir — and I believe that recent events reinforce that point . |