Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] [be] believe that " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( b ) alternative , as in the cases of the provision of alternative facilities for the production , exhibition or publication of certain kinds of work , where it is believed that existing institutions exclude or tend to exclude these ; |
| 2 | The International M & A Network should be used where it is believed that the opportunity has international attractions . |
| 3 | Unidentified groups of rioters attacked and set on fire the city police headquarters , where it was believed that some of those arrested earlier in University Square were being held . |
| 4 | The present dramatic ruin probably dates from the sixteenth century , although it is believed that Dunegal had his manor house on the site in the twelfth century . |
| 5 | N.G. Attenborough and his crew were killed , although it was believed that they had flown into a balloon barrage . |
| 6 | When the Almoravid general sent a token force of twenty mounted warriors to the gates of the city , their arrival caused such consternation that it was believed that there were actually 500 or more . |
| 7 | But if I am to believe that , when the Minister replies to the debate she will have to commit herself to two very simple propositions : first , that the Government will institute a full review of student financial support as a matter of urgency ; secondly , that they will commit themselves to restoring to all students the housing benefit and income support that the Government have taken away from them . |
| 8 | Chris Young , Chelmsford : ‘ If you were to believe that people buy a record by The Smiths because they wish to change something , even if it is only the music industry , then you are being very naïve about things . |
| 9 | He immediately set off and arrived that night at Lesnes Abbey in Erith , with his household , and if we are to believe that he walked the whole way , it was a goodly walk for a bishop . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | They modernised the mill and it is believed that it became the first in Britain to make paper from wood , ie : the first Natron-cellulose pulp mill in Europe . |
| 12 | Half of all animal extinctions have occurred this century and it is believed that another one million species could be lost by the year 2000 , which works out at over 270 extinctions every day for the next ten years . |
| 13 | It was directed at ministers and social workers , and it is believed that one Orkney social worker was invited to that seminar , as well as a Baptist minister who had helped to organise the summer camp on Rousay . |
| 14 | The Bank of England has acted quickly to take advantage of the demand and it is believed that about one third of the 1992/93 funding programme has already been completed . |
| 15 | And it is believed that Hirst may decide to seek advice over his future in the coming week . |
| 16 | And it is believed that more than two-thirds of the entire population of seven million needs food desperately . |
| 17 | In 1963 , in B.R. days , it received a full overhaul and it is believed that a new front tube plate was fitted . |
| 18 | Particular care is needed where reports are prepared and it is believed that a person other than the client will have access to the report and may seek to rely upon it ( eg a long form report prepared for a vendor prior to sale ) . |
| 19 | In Victorian England unpleasant odours were synonymous with disease and it was believed that pleasant odours could neutralize them . |
| 20 | He could only get temporary relief from certain drugs and it was believed that the same drug contributed to the hardening of the liver which led to his death . |
| 21 | The six months ' stock of parts was exhausted and it was believed that 10 to 15 per cent of the weapons and between 30 and 35 per cent of vehicles were unserviceable . |
| 22 | In November 1 172 he had met his father-in-law on the Norman border and it was believed that Louis VII had urged him to demand what was rightfully his . |
| 23 | It did not purport to deal with all the subject matter of the field and it was believed that : |
| 24 | Aurangzeb had been struck down with a fever , and it was believed that he was beyond recovery . |
| 25 | The Collective State Presidency held , technically , the post of C.-in-C. of the armed forces , and it was believed that Milosevic was counting on forcing the army to intervene , a development which he would expect to bolster his own flagging domestic support . |
| 26 | Only if it is believed that independence is a function of employment income can the idea of increased dependency be automatically supported . |
| 27 | Thus , if it is believed that the government is in fact the state , it may also be believed that the assumption of governmental power is equivalent to the acquisition of state power . |
| 28 | Because mathematical skills are perceived as being easy to define and to recognise , and because such skills are perceived to be relevant , schools may be attacked if it is believed that they are not teaching such skills effectively . |
| 29 | A problem with this idea is of course that most dreams are not remembered , so that even if solutions to problems are achieved during dreams they can not be regarded as adaptive , unless we are to believe that these solutions are somehow incorporated unconsciously . |
| 30 | But it is believed that between 50,000 and 100,000 people in this country , who are free of symptoms are likely to be carrying the virus . |