Example sentences of "believe that this [noun] [vb past] " in BNC.

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1 Here in his own house he was aloof , unsmiling , the man Jenna had first met , and it was almost impossible to believe that this man had held her , kissed her passionately , urged her to come here to stay with him .
2 It is extremely difficult to believe that this cult did not have political overtones .
3 It was widely believed that this provision had been specifically inserted to prevent a return to office by RĂ­os Montt , an evangelical Protestant who had come to power in the wake of a military coup and ruled as dictator from March 1982 to August 1983 [ see pp. 31605-07 ; 32494-96 ] .
4 Miliutin rightly believed that this practice gave rise to major administrative complications .
5 It was believed that this area offered more opportunities for conversion into convenient living space .
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