Example sentences of "believes [pers pn] is [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She is only a skeleton , but she believes she is still alive and highly attractive . |
| 2 | The ex-Northern Ireland international — a star of Derry 's 1989 League and Cup double team — believes he is well and truly back in business after hitting 18 goals in a struggling Omagh side . |
| 3 | The owl of Minerva flies as dusk is falling : the laibon believes he is not long for this earth . |
| 4 | The USGA have made clear their intention to crack down on slow play at Baltusrol and Langer believes he is not one of the worst offenders . |
| 5 | Juan Ponce Enrile believes he is in with a chance , despite being charged last year with rebellion in connection with an attempted coup . |
| 6 | Dr Rosenberg , head of the Laboratory of Oral Microbiology in Tel Aviv , believes he is now close to finding a cure for this problem . |
| 7 | Torrance , 39 , believes he is still good enough to make next year 's European Ryder Cup team and said : ‘ People might think I 'm too old but Ray Floyd is over 50 and still winning . |
| 8 | Piper , the Cardiff-based fighter with a MENSA rating of 153 who has lost only once in 18 fights , simply believes he is too clever for Benn . |
| 9 | Wharton , who clinched the title by a point , now believes he is back to his best form . |
| 10 | Another of the promising young American players , 1990 US Open winner Pete Sampras , 20 , believes he is about to make a breakthrough in the world rankings . |
| 11 | As ‘ the foremost professional body in its field ’ , the Royal Town Planning Institute believes it is well placed to develop the business , and will run it as part of its subsidiary company RTPI Services Ltd . |
| 12 | The powerhouse responsible for heating up the dust is hidden from view but the team believes it is either a quasar or a massive burst of star formation . |
| 13 | The Society believes it is particularly unacceptable for changes of this sort to be put forward through Regulations when the White Paper preceding the Legal Aid Act , and the Lord Chancellor 's comments during the passage of the Act , made it clear that the Regulation-making powers were intended to be used for routine upratings , rather than for radical changes to the scheme . |
| 14 | Broader forms of care will need to be developed , and she believes it is up to nurse leaders to ‘ make it happen . ’ |
| 15 | In the United States the FBI believes it is probably ten times more underreported than rape ( quoted in Smith 1989 ) . |
| 16 | Furthermore , it believes it is not just another personal computer provider , saying that it ca n't simply ‘ be compared with someone like Compaq ’ — it prefers to be thought of as a supplier of personal systems . |
| 17 | Clearly he believes it is not just= a matter of a lack of match practice . ’ |
| 18 | Sir Adrian believes it is very much the responsibility of a captain of industry to take the lead in such matters and to define the sort of company you want to become . |
| 19 | Alan Pretty , a team leader in personnel services at Lincolnshire SSD , believes it is very much a management move and is not for social workers who want to continue in the caring role . |
| 20 | A non-unionist should have no right to representation , but believes it is now time to change to change this attitude . |
| 21 | Waller believes it is more complex than just a huge shift of opinion on the day . |
| 22 | Council Labour leader John Williams believes it is too early to discuss closer links with South Africa . |
| 23 | Despite the dearth of big names , Warburton believes it is still early days and claims he is pleased with the interest shown so far . |
| 24 | Even without the crusher building transformation , Mr Owen believes it is still possible to develop the area along more commercial lines if public money becomes available or the private sector shows any interest . |
| 25 | An extreme case , perhaps , but Mr Cawley believes it is nonetheless symptomatic of the financial malaise affecting all authorities . |
| 26 | Doyle believes it is mainly down to the quality of the songs which are submitted . |