Example sentences of "[noun prp] believe that [noun] was " in BNC.

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1 Ken believed that Orton was the man to whom to go when he was down .
2 Aristotle believed that matter was continuous , that is , one could divide a piece of matter into smaller and smaller bits without any limit : one never came up against a grain of matter that could not be divided further .
3 Not surprisingly , therefore , Sir Frank Stenton believed that Offa was able ‘ to deal on equal terms ’ with Charlemagne .
4 None of the Khans believed that Artai was so incapable of controlling the violence of his temperament , Alexei thought , or they would not have elected him .
5 Henderson believes that Robinson was ‘ wrapped in all the dreams and aspirations not only of negro people but of all Americans of whatever colour who knew that segregation was wrong ’ ( 1970 , p.69 ) .
6 Whereas Jones believed that Pons was pleased with the offer , Pons reportedly said ‘ We never needed Jones ’ spectrometer , never wanted it .
7 Until they met yesterday in the quarter-finals of the £275,000 Silk Cut Championships , their first encounter since the semi-finals in Paris , the Soviet No.1 Andrei Chesnokov believed that Chang was more susceptible to power on carpet and cement .
8 A Bedfordshire housewife 's memories have persuaded author Martin Beaumann to believe that Miller was linked with a top secret propaganda campaign .
9 Leese believed that race was the factor which determined history and cultural achievement and that different types of men had fixed and immutable types of character and personality , exactly as with dogs .
10 Though Marje believed that Phillip was living a bachelor life at a London hotel between trysts with her , he spent some of the time , at least , with Meli in her apartment over a hairdresser 's shop and a prostitute 's flat in London 's Kensington .
11 Zarathustra believed that man was involved in this cosmic struggle of good and evil and that he was compelled to choose one side or the other through his own conduct .
12 Leavis believed that English was concerned with central moral issues and the study of literature could provide some opposition to the dehumanizing effects of modern industrial society .
13 Did Mike Brogden believe that framework was in place throughout C&P ?
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