Example sentences of "believe that this [noun] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He believed that this recording was one of the essential means to feed the imagination of children and so promote further creative work in a variety of fields . |
| 2 | How simply we believed that this wasteland was the immediate effect of social antagonism , community tension , civil war . |
| 3 | Dieulafoy believed that this lesion was an early stage of peptic ulceration , designating it ‘ Exulceratio simplex ’ . |
| 4 | Little for that matter did I believe that this experience was to be the start of a whole new direction in my life , the lessons of which I have attempted to set out in this book . |
| 5 | As it will have become clear , I do not believe that this vehicle is tenable . |
| 6 | She stood staring down at the fresh earth of the new grave , at the wooden cross bearing her mother 's name and she could not believe that this nightmare was real . |
| 7 | ‘ This is excellent , lad , and I do believe that this exercise is having a beneficial side-effect , namely an improvement in both your grammar and the general ordering of your still-immature intellect . |
| 8 | Environmentalists do not believe that this phase-out is fast enough . |
| 9 | Along with most other docs , I used to believe that this fluid was always urine — and that the ladies were being slightly incontinent under the wholly understandable stress of ‘ coming ’ . |
| 10 | We observe a set of events , and decide that they have one explanation which is vastly more probable than all others ; so we come to believe that this explanation is correct , and we use it to make predictions in future . |
| 11 | Her hearers found it difficult to believe that this screaming was involuntary ; some thought she was drunk , or ill , or possessed by an evil spirit , but most of them just wanted her out of the way : ‘ some wished she was on the sea in a bottomless boat ’ . |
| 12 | In November 1991 the Social Services Department of the local authority had reason to believe that this condition was being repeatedly and grossly breached . |
| 13 | We believe that this weakness is one of the reasons which explains the failure of left parties and the trade unions to develop coherent socialist housing policies . |
| 14 | Some scholars believe that this story is more theological than historical . |
| 15 | It is mercifully the case that almost all the people of this country subscribe , in general terms , to the values of liberty for the individual under the law , and believe that this liberty is least insecure in a parliamentary democracy . |
| 16 | Many scholars believe that this interpretation is not original and was not given by Jesus . |
| 17 | We all believe that this development is made possible by the ability to transfer information through the use of language , which enables man to utilise the knowledge of his forebears , and the knowledge of other men in other cultures . |
| 18 | It may be this rare combination of sharp wit and soft heart that makes one reader at least believe that this man is marked out for fame . |
| 19 | Although I myself believe that this statement is broadly true there are a number of serious research workers who now believe that it is false . |
| 20 | I believe that this view is explicitly a rejection of the importance of the Biblical revelation . |
| 21 | I believe that this view is too strong , that , although porn does reinforce certain attitudes towards women , in the main , it is rather a symptom , and not a major part of the cause , of power relations that exist outside the pages of Penthouse , Playboy , etc. , and outside the cinemas in Soho or Amsterdam ( see Moye , 1985 ) . |
| 22 | For instance to this is an assumption that although we are going to have a shortfall on the collection fund , again because of good housekeeping we believe that this action is what people want by the charge payers of the city and again that in this financial year it can be taken out of the . |
| 23 | When ice melts it is believed that this structure is largely maintained but that the spaces become partly filled , possibly by unbonded water molecules which are small enough to fit inside them , or are reduced in size by bending and reorganization of the hydrogen bonds . |
| 24 | It is believed that this surname is used by her mother to divert attention from her . |
| 25 | It is believed that this force is carried by another spin-I particle , called the gluon , which interacts only with itself and with the quarks . |
| 26 | Hecht believes that this system was a source of conflict in domestic employment . |
| 27 | However , he believes that this conflict is kept in check by the common value system which justifies the unequal distribution of rewards . |
| 28 | He believes that this policy was easier to pursue in smaller than larger units , and where the colliery manager and senior staff ( i.e. those at the head of the local socio-economic hierarchy ) also lived in the village , albeit in superior , segregated accommodation . |