Example sentences of "believe that [pers pn] are " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are never presented as sexual subjects or objects , so we are less likely to trigger desire , and if we do not believe that we are desirable we will project this and create further obstacles . |
| 2 | You must believe that we are innocent ! ’ |
| 3 | No-one can deny that being pretty helps — no female on breakfast television would have a career otherwise — but I can not believe that we are turning back to the dark days when it was deemed the most important thing of all . |
| 4 | Secondly ( and this is a more subtle and complex point ) , I would suggest that while some writers may believe that they are presenting reality , they are , in effect , reinforcing stereotypes and patriarchal relations . |
| 5 | Let us hope then that England produce a performance of such mind-bending awfulness in order to succumb to this dodgy outfit , who probably ca n't believe that they are still in with a shout , and may thus fool themselves into believing that this is their year … at least until they hear the result from Turkey . |
| 6 | Well I think men really do believe that they are better than women . |
| 7 | I have great faith in locally-elected planning committees , but I do not believe that they are in a position to scrutinise the NRA 's proposals in the comprehensive way that that proposed expenditure clearly warrants . |
| 8 | That part of the Prime Minister 's speech will be studied carefully because it reveals his intentions , although I do not believe that they are shared by the Minister . |
| 9 | We do n't necessarily believe that they are all correct in what they say . |
| 10 | you may believe that you are unable to control your life |
| 11 | For a necessary condition for such knowledge , 3 ( that if it were not true that you are not a brain in a vat , you would not believe that you are not a brain in a vat ) fails . |
| 12 | We can simplify this conditional as follows : if you were a brain in a vat , you would not believe that you are not a brain in a vat . |
| 13 | This is false because if you were a brain in a vat ( being fed your current experiences ) , you would still believe that you are not a brain in a vat . |
| 14 | It is true that you are sitting etc. , you believe that you are sitting etc. , if you were not sitting etc. you would not believe that you are , and if you were sitting etc. you would believe that you are . |
| 15 | It is true that you are sitting etc. , you believe that you are sitting etc. , if you were not sitting etc. you would not believe that you are , and if you were sitting etc. you would believe that you are . |
| 16 | With the conditional theory of knowledge , and the above explication of clauses 3 and 4 , you can be said to know that you are sitting reading because ( 3 ) in the nearest worlds in which you are not sitting reading you do not believe that you are , and ( 4 ) in the nearest worlds in which you are sitting reading you do believe that you are . |
| 17 | With the conditional theory of knowledge , and the above explication of clauses 3 and 4 , you can be said to know that you are sitting reading because ( 3 ) in the nearest worlds in which you are not sitting reading you do not believe that you are , and ( 4 ) in the nearest worlds in which you are sitting reading you do believe that you are . |
| 18 | ‘ I can not believe that you are the kind of man who can just stop working on something , leaving it half-finished like this . ’ |