Example sentences of "believe [pron] [vb -s] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the key determinants of US policy towards Iraq last August was that it believed it has the military forces sufficient to evict Iraq from Kuwait . |
| 2 | He probably still wo n't believe he has a deal until he hears Doug and Larry Michels make a public commitment with his own ears . |
| 3 | Only now , after fully a year in charge , does Stainrod believe he has a settled side . |
| 4 | PARKS : I do not believe it befits the Committee to force me to do this . |
| 5 | And I do n't believe it provides a strategy for getting to grips with the underlying causes of ill-health . |
| 6 | Although the draft PPG purports to elaborate on the concepts of town-centre vitality and viability , we do not believe it provides a sufficiently clear explanation to avoid lengthy debates at public inquiries over these terms . |
| 7 | I do n't know where she lives but I believe she spends a lot of her time around one of the farms along the road . " |
| 8 | Head to toe black leather , and I believe she has a ring through her nose . |
| 9 | I believe she has a firm alibi for the whole of yesterday evening , but as she 's a senior scientist she ( bas asked to stay . |
| 10 | I saw enough of ex-Millfield boy David Hemp , in that extraordinary finish at Southampton when the teams played as long as they could in the twilight and Glamorgan were agonisingly close to victory , to believe he has a genuine future as a county player . |
| 11 | ‘ I am cynical , but I believe he offers a very small , narrow , tiny window of opportunity . |
| 12 | ‘ He is ideal because he is both a statesman and an artist [ he used to write rather stodgy plays ] , and we believe he shares the values we stand for , ’ says an ICA spokesman . |
| 13 | But I believe he has the potential to become the best of my six world champions . |
| 14 | It 's a big step up for him , but we believe he has the talent , courage and temperament to develop into a top-class player . ’ |
| 15 | If such a change occurs at your hotel , you will only be notified if we believe it involves a significant change in facilities or standards . |
| 16 | On the contrary , we believe it offers the prospect of evolving a new and useful relationship ’ . |
| 17 | The comparison can be taken further ; as with child abuse in the home , people either believe it happens the whole time or not at all . |
| 18 | We really believe in what we 're doing , we believe it has a meaning other than making money or that it 's a cool showbiz job . |
| 19 | Madonna believes she understands the turmoil and pain the Princess has suffered in her marriage . |
| 20 | Curiously , the far-from-Victorian Duchess believes she has a personal affinity with the grand Queen . |
| 21 | Despite her success , she insists on being down-to-earth and believes she has an obligation to give a little back to the sport which shot her to fame . |
| 22 | However , there is still some truth in the statement because he believes he owes a debt to them and his East European culture . |
| 23 | A hairdresser believes he sees the ghost of a fellow-soldier ; spends some years in a mental hospital ; on his release is rejected by his wife who he believes is ‘ denying him his existence ’ ; begins to think that everyone else is denying him his existence , perhaps because he was once shot at by a German and they all think he is dead ; spends his Sundays looking into the river for the bullet which missed him ; after his death , his wife discovers she is pregnant ; she lets it be known that the hairdresser has spoken to her by night and told her ‘ he was very happy that she had recognized the child as his , because that way she had stopped denying him his existence ’ ; when eventually she moves away from Piacenza , the hairdresser stops speaking to her by night . |
| 24 | Alright , so his friends call him ‘ Borrie ’ and he believes he has a God-given right to opine on any subject and be published , or to criticise any work and be broadcast . |
| 25 | Sexton , the security man at Gate 2 , will perform effectively if he believes he has a unique contribution to make . |
| 26 | Every day a compromise is effected on the ground that the party making it has a fair chance of succeeding in it , and if he bona fide believes he has a fair chance of success he has a reasonable ground for suing , and his forbearance to sue will constitute a good consideration . |
| 27 | By s.2(1) the accused is not dishonest if he : ( a ) believes he has a legal right to deprive the victim of the property ; ( b ) believes that the victim would have consented to the appropriation of the property , if he had known of the circumstances ; ( c ) finds property , when the owner can not reasonably be found . |
| 28 | Beck , a physical fitness fanatic , believes he has the confidence and the form to go all the way in this championship . |
| 29 | Similarly , a dictator may feel secure and God-like because he believes he has the love of the people . |
| 30 | A Service department may take the risk of including an important project in its list , not because it believes it has a low priority , but because it knows it would be politically awkward for the party in power to consider cutting it . |