Example sentences of "believed [that] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They each believed that what they were doing was vital for the betterment of the world as each saw it and neither would give way to the other , or defer in any way to the other 's claimed priority in attention , preference or responsibility . |
| 2 | We believed that what we were doing did n't infringe on the characters of any group of people , and therefore we had a clear mind . |
| 3 | Mrs Abigail , similarly affected , believed that what she 'd been dreading all day had now come about : the parents of some child had arrived at the bungalow . |
| 4 | The jury , however , does not ask whether the accused believed he was acting with the relevant state of mind , but under the Theft Acts as well as offences of fraud the jury must acquit if the accused believed that what he did was not dishonest by the standards of ordinary decent people . |
| 5 | As far as the form of labelling was concerned they believed that what was required was a simple declaration such as contains copies of X genes , in single ingredient foods and foods sold loose , they believe a declaration should form part of or accompanying the name under which food is offered for sale . |
| 6 | Kylie believed that her image — the sound , the clothes the carefully constructed ‘ look ’ that millions around the world copied — belonged exclusively to her . |
| 7 | She now believed that her sister had died , if not through the direct actions of the people downstairs , then at least through her unhealthy associations with them . |
| 8 | She firmly believed that her life as a royal was over . |
| 9 | Elinor believed that her novels provided her readers with excitement , helped them to escape from insecurity and anxiety , frustration and drudgery , misery and sorrow , and of course , the boring daily routine of a life in which nothing was likely to change . |
| 10 | It was said that the older girl , now in her mid-twenties , believed that her childhood experiences contributed to the break-up of her marriage . |
| 11 | He believed that her parents , James and Marjory , were now dead . |
| 12 | A far narrower range of beliefs are attributable to the dog , specifically those that hark back to what we could immediately read off from similar behaviour in the case of a human being ; thus the dog believes his master is at the door but it would be a false move in the game also to ask if it believed that its master would be late the next day . |
| 13 | Meanwhile the actual direction of the party under Mr Callaghan , aided by Mr Foot , was in the hands of those who believed that its main task was to represent the interests of trade unions . |
| 14 | We looked , and though we never said so , we believed that we alone had seen these things , that they had never been seen before . |
| 15 | Many experts , he said , believed that we should aim for a smaller , more concentrated and more efficient network . |
| 16 | I believed that we should assess the future cost of the whole social security system , and make any necessary changes now . |
| 17 | The German theologian Rudolf Bultmann ( 1884–1976 ) believed that we need to demythologise the New Testament because demonism was part of the cultural world-view of first-century Palestine that we must reject in order to discover authentic faith ( Bultmann 1953:5 ) . |
| 18 | I wish you all fortune , and hope that the memory of your life with me is not entirely unwelcome ; after all , we once believed that we loved one another , even though we did not . |
| 19 | He believed that we all have an ‘ inborn social feeling ’ and an ‘ inescapable characteristic of empathy ’ . |
| 20 | I think it did have a lot to do with the status that being different conferred , for in spite of the austerity of our childhood , we believed that we were better than other people , the food we ate being a mark of this , because our mother told us so — so successfully that even now I have to work hard at actually seeing the deprivations . |
| 21 | In spite of all evidence to the contrary , he always believed that we were leaving bokra , tomorrow . |
| 22 | This time last year , most of us believed that we were on the threshold of a new era of peace and co-operation in international affairs . |
| 23 | Also 83 per cent believed that we made a positive contribution to good customer relations . ’ |
| 24 | ( I 'm pretty certain I never believed that one , I mean the guy had been dead a week , for Pete 's sake . |
| 25 | The headteacher believed that everyone on site should become aware of the new atmosphere and how it could be managed . |
| 26 | I suspect he believed that everyone else did too . |
| 27 | When he was accused , quite erroneously , of siphoning money from school funds he honestly believed that everyone would realise that there 'd been a mistake . ’ |
| 28 | What Aggie did n't know about the ways of loose women , prostitutes , and pimps was n't worth learning , but it was a business and she believed that everybody should mind their own business . |
| 29 | Ada believed that nobody could grudge you the right to complain . |
| 30 | The nuns have acted to prevent the slaughter of the flock because they believed that their eggs have never been associated with an outbreak of food poisoning , she added . |