Example sentences of "believe [det] [be] " in BNC.

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1 Unlike classical behaviourists , functionalists believe that is not possible to explain intelligent behaviour unless we make reference to processes that are taking place inside a person 's head .
2 But others believe that is the right way to proceed .
3 I believe that is too high .
4 ‘ I believe that is the myth , ’ he agreed , twisting her round roughly in his arms to kiss her , lingeringly , on the mouth .
5 I can not be sure , but I believe that is the reason why Edward Hyde was so much smaller than Henry Jekyll .
6 My exposure exposed Tony Asmar , and I believe that is why he was killed .
7 The only reason you believe that is because you want to ! ’
8 Whether the Ipswich directors who watched him blow his top with the unwitting journalist believe that is debatable .
9 F B I agents now believe that is was his trusted lieutenant who had given Koresh everything including his own wife , who shot the sinful Messiah in the head with a rifle , before turning the gun on himself .
10 And er when I was Well before I was fourteen , and I believe that is why I stoop so much now .
11 Now , as the chairman said we base the salaries of directors on two elements an element of base salary which looks at market levels and we ergo , have a fair base which reflects a sort of medium to upper level of companies of this size we then leverage , very carefully , a bonus scheme related to performance and I believe that is the right thing to do and I believe and so do my fellow directors who sit on that committee believe that it is one of the reasons that we 've seen the great growth in this company over the last five years which you 've achieved and which actually the Chancellor of the Exchequer would very glad about because it is increasing the wealth and the benefit of this country , particularly as a lot of those earnings are coming from overseas and will in , in time be repatriated in Britain .
12 For example , erm , in erm , paranoia , delusions of persecution where people believe that is plotting against them , and no matter what you do , erm , you know if you said well look , we can prove to you we are not plotting against you , the paranoic says to you , why do you want to prove this to me , if it 's not true , you know .
13 Special circumstances are required to justify the er proposing the new settlement through the local plan structure planning process , and I believe that is exactly what has occurred over the last five years , and if I could just quickly run through paragraph thirty three of P P G three , and the your invitation for us to comment on the criteria set out there , first of all the first element , the ex the alternative must be erm seen to be a less satisfactory method of providing land for the new housing that is needed , that is the essence of what has occurred in the process which the County Council has undertaken over the last couple of years , all of the policy options available have been examined in great detail , have been subject to public consultation , public participation , d I believe clear view was that there were erm constraints operating on York which meant that not all of that additional development accommodated in the adjacent to the existing er York city villages surrounding York .
14 ‘ I believe that is so . ’
15 I would be entirely happy to have erm an additional consideration relating to possible expansion beyond two thousand and six and I believe that is an entirely sensible way in which to proceed .
16 ‘ I believe that is the performance I can achieve . ’
17 Dr Paisley told campaigners : ‘ I have campaigned very hard indeed for the retention of acute services in local hospitals as I believe that is the best means of serving the needs of local communities . ’
18 I believe that is the case , and I believe that again is a reflection of us as adults erm and not an indictment of teachers .
19 I believe that is the case , and I believe that again is a reflection of us as adults erm and not an indictment of teachers .
20 We believe that 's why he swerved off the road . ’
21 I honestly believe that 's what he thought .
22 He 'd kill Barak and set you up as the fall guy — I believe that 's the term you Americans use .
23 I believe that 's what happened . ’
24 I believe that 's right ? ’
25 ‘ You still believe that 's all I want from you ? ’
26 But er those are gradually converging and we believe that 's the correct choice .
27 ‘ Yes , I believe that 's the name .
28 One of the warmer meetings I 've done but th I think that we did come out in the end with all bar four people in the room , I believe that 's right Councillor is it ?
29 Er I would , I would echo that , that we feel that they money has been paid in for work or services done by the employer and by the er fund members themselves have contributed and I do n't think it belongs to either of those parties in any more , it 's held by the trustees to pay pensions , if for nothing it 's been put there just to pay pensions , it 's not a piggy bank for er for companies to draw out with the with their tame er trustees allowing it , it it 's money the trustees hold in in trust and I believe that 's the law at the moment and er I I think we would like to see that confirmed in any new law .
30 I believe that 's something that needs to be looked at and if the government were prepared to embark on a review of auditing er generally then that is something that I think there is some useful point in pursuing further er it 's interesting that er er erm when Bingham examined this point at paragraph three er point three nine in his report er he has a long paragraph er discussing these matters and er he says that er he at the end of the day he does n't come to a concluded view er although he does er acknowledge the fact that there are many people er depositors or example , share holders and employees who might have an interest in a particular company .
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