Example sentences of "he believe that [noun sg] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bullying and overpowering , he believed that might was right and woe betide anyone who stood in his way . |
| 2 | He believed that liberty was best preserved by maintaining the balance implicit in the guiding legal principles of the constitution . |
| 3 | He believed that recession was a more immediate enemy than inflation and acted accordingly . |
| 4 | And he believed that luck was the reward of diligence . |
| 5 | Rousseau challenged the Christian doctrine of Original Sin ; he believed that man was by nature good , and that he had been corrupted by civilization ; savages were uncorrupted . |
| 6 | He believed that reality was best approached through work or its cessation , whether in the shape of miners in the Borinage , labourers digging streets in The Hague , the poor waiting submissively in long lines in soup kitchens , or old men in broken top hats walking through the gates of almshouses . |
| 7 | In the evenings they read together , keeping silent because he believed that silence was more real than chatter , and at half past nine they went to bed . |
| 8 | He believes that sewage is contaminating the water and driving them away . |
| 9 | He believes that unemployment is socially divisive and is leading to the creation of an underclass . |
| 10 | But he believes that linen is the ideal instrument by which to probe the hidden depths of marital life . |
| 11 | He believes that training is insufficient at the plant and that morale is at a low ebb , largely because of the working environment and the ageing equipment . |