Example sentences of "believed [that] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is now widely believed that no British government is able to govern without the tacit support of the trade union movement . |
| 2 | Ken sincerely believed that a separate-bedroom marriage would be the perfect relationship with someone for whom he cared so much . |
| 3 | Will he further recognise that his announcement today , while totally predictable — nobody ever believed that a genuine consultation process was taking place — represents one of the final death knells for the discredited band of brigands who represent the Scottish Conservative party ? |
| 4 | It is now believed that a young man and woman stood in the exact spot where the car bomb was parked — just minutes before it was detonated . |
| 5 | It is believed that a foreign body was dislodged , fell on the track and derailed the bogie . |
| 6 | It is believed that a significant number of these are repeat prescriptions , although it is now clear that these powerful drugs should only be used short term . |
| 7 | In 1975 it was believed that a large fleet of supersonic aircraft flying at altitudes up to 25 km would have a ‘ noticeable effect ’ on the ozone layer ( World Health Organization , 1976b ) . |
| 8 | Marx nonetheless believed that an external reality did exist , and that human consciousness could understand it . |
| 9 | By focusing on the self concept , rather than extrinsic motivations such as pay , it is believed that an increased understanding of work motivation in these circumstances will be gained . |
| 10 | It was believed that an Urban Development Grant might meet this need and Manchester City Council agreed to support the association 's application for this form of government assistance . |
| 11 | And then a log broke in the hearth , sending sparks cascading , and the shadows leapt , and Grainne remembered all of the old stories , and could almost have believed that the ancient Ireland had awoken at last ; that goblins and satyrs and cloven-hoofed , pointed-eared creatures were prancing in the room with them . |
| 12 | It is widely believed that the vast luminosity ( up to 10 45 ergs -1 ) arising from a very compact volume ( a light-year or less ) in quasars and Seyfert galaxies are powered by black holes with masses of the order of 10 9 M and ; , and that such black holes should reside in the nuclei of many , perhaps most galaxies as luminous as the Milky Way . |
| 13 | Initially it was believed that the general devolution to smaller administrative entities would , in itself , create the conditions for asylums to be closed down . |
| 14 | It was generally believed that the poor performance of the front-end systems required this . |
| 15 | Certainly there are many difficulties facing Irish studios — but we have long believed that the wholehearted support of local musicians when it comes to making albums would make an enormous , positive difference . |
| 16 | It is believed that the above initiatives could generate a 2.5% reduction in casualties by the year 2000 within this age group . |
| 17 | It is believed that the Yukagir people had many languages and dialects at the time of the Russian conquest , although only a small remnant of this nationality survives today . |
| 18 | Hitler 's confidence in early victory made a deep impression , and it was widely believed that the final push would begin in March or April . |
| 19 | It was believed that the principal rumour-monger was poor George Brown . |
| 20 | Reports in mid-October suggested , however , that US and United Kingdom investigators still believed that the new evidence did not rule out the original assumption that the attack had been ordered by Iran and Syria in revenge for the accidental shooting down in July 1988 in the Gulf of an Iranian airbus by the USS Vincennes , when 290 people were killed [ see pp. 36169-70 ; 37898 ] . |
| 21 | Before the dropping of the atomic bombs , the Americans had feared that the Russians would not honour their pledge to join the war against the Japanese , and it is believed that the Allied forces were held back in Europe , so that the Russian troops could advance through the eastern part of Europe into Czechoslovakia . |
| 22 | At the time of the auction , it was believed that the wide expanse of sky had been skinned ; in fact the original sky was in remarkably fine condition , the skinned appearance due to discoloured overpaint . |
| 23 | It is believed that the discharging system used for grain removal is unique and involves removing the grain and transporting it to the mill without having to remove the boat 's hatch covers . |
| 24 | Charles Letts and Co Ltd had clearly believed that the average school-boy had a voracious and undiscriminating appetite for facts . |
| 25 | Originally it was believed that the preferred hand was a reliable indicator of the speech-dominant hemisphere . |
| 26 | I had long believed that the primary health care team did not really work but that it could be made to do so by adhering to contracts . |
| 27 | Trist also believed that the primary task of management was to relate the organisation to its environment . |
| 28 | Eleanor Rathbone firmly believed that the only way to remove a major barrier against equal pay in professions such as teaching would be to take account of the differences in standards of living reflected in the higher costs of bringing up children in the higher income groups . |
| 29 | ‘ I have always believed that the only way to increase wealth is to share it more equally , both globally and nationally . |
| 30 | It is believed that the great bluestones of which Stonehenge is constructed were floated up the Wiltshire Avon . |