Example sentences of "believes that a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Although having worked as a contract systems analyst for ICI , Matthew believes that a small company can operate much more efficiently than a large one . |
| 2 | Although Fletcher admitted that England have not come up to standard over the last three months , he also believes that a poor itinerary and a lack of turning pitches in English domestic cricket is largely to blame for the string of dismal performances . |
| 3 | Secondly , anyone who believes that a 60-mm refractor will bear a power of × 300 is going to be bitterly disappointed . |
| 4 | The combination of shipping across the Irish Sea and transport via fast Welsh road and tail links through the Channel Tunnel could cut delivery times substantially but Mr Mitchell believes that a fixed link is the best long-term answer despite sounding like an Irish joke or a policeman 's nightmare . |
| 5 | It believes that a region-wide authority is required to provide enough spending power for the benefit of the entire area . |
| 6 | None of us believes that a real alternative to King 's Cross exists , although we are not particularly happy about British Rail 's proposals . |
| 7 | Rory Mair , the chief executive of Ross & Cromarty and a spokesman for the association , believes that a decentralised region would not work . |
| 8 | Almost always they can be modernized and adapted : the developer simply believes that a new building will be worth more . |
| 9 | Jane Austen believes that a good marriage depends on the marriage possessing a balance of affection between both the man and the woman . |
| 10 | Harry Mulholland also believes that a good wool carpet can be cleaned professionally to last for years and years . |
| 11 | if he believes that a criminal offence has been committed and he believes that the officer ought to be charged . |
| 12 | TNC believes that a clearer specification of the curriculum , combined with attainment targets which are assessed within a framework of greater accountability , is enough to raise levels of achievement — by a combination of a clearer specification of the levels of achievement to be reached , and external pressure on teachers to deliver the results . |
| 13 | Professor Franz Wortmann , of the institute of aerodynamics at Stuttgart , believes that a single-bladed rotor can solve some of the problems . |
| 14 | Age Concern believes that a national energy strategy is required to improve standards of insulation and energy conservation and to reduce the high costs of heating which deter poorer consumers from keeping themselves warm . |
| 15 | Who , today , believes that a nuclear war would do more good than harm ? |
| 16 | He believes that a high viewpoint ‘ … creates a space between the landscape and the observer , similar in its effect to the space between a picture and whoever is looking at it . ’ |
| 17 | There the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurement believes that a 600 rads surface dose would kill 90 per cent of the population , rather than 50 per cent . |
| 18 | No one who is serious about urban planning believes that a linear city stretching for mile after mile on both sides of the Thames will ever be built . |
| 19 | The grounds upon which the powers to impose conditions may be exercised are very similar to those which are available in relation to processions ; section 14 provides that if the senior police officer believes that a public assembly may result in serious public disorder , serious damage to property or serious disruption to the life of the community , or that the purposes of the persons organising it is to intimidate others with a view to compelling them not to do an act they have a right to do , or to do an act they have a right not to do , he may impose conditions as to the place of the assembly , its maximum duration or the maximum number of persons who may constitute it as may appear to him necessary to prevent the disorder , damage , disruption or intimidation . |