Example sentences of "believe [pers pn] [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Project teams might resent policy decisions of senior managers because they believe them to be inappropriate to the problems of the organisation ; line managers might resent ‘ free- wheeling ’ ‘ undisciplined ’ members of project teams . |
| 2 | Although Todorov advances no ‘ general hypothesis ’ about the articulation of literary themes , he does , as a structuralist , believe them to be finite and knowable : |
| 3 | ‘ I believe it to be appropriate . ’ |
| 4 | So far as the main thrust of the honourable gentleman 's question is concerned er he will know that we believe it to be right and indeed in the interests of all the people in Northern Ireland that the British and Irish government should work closely together . |
| 5 | I believe it to be central . |
| 6 | We can therefore generalize from one experiment in which short-term storage is believed to operate to another in which we also believe it to be present . |
| 7 | Though LMS is widely felt to have reduced the scope for staffing enhancement in primary schools , we believe it to be essential that schools retain the broader managerial repertoire which PNP has encouraged . |
| 8 | Although topic work is sometimes justifiably criticised for being shallow and unstructured , I believe it to be one of the most valuable aspects of the primary school curriculum . |
| 9 | I believe it to be one of two aircraft , both Dornier Do 17Zs which were both shot down in the same area within a few days of each other . |
| 10 | Working Paper 2 states : ‘ … even where a service is regarded as one which must be provided locally , it does not follow that every patient must have that treatment locally , it does not follow that every patient must have that treatment locally , if the patient and the GP or DHA as purchaser believe it to be better for them to be treated elsewhere ’ . |
| 11 | Of course , it is my belief about what is right or what is wrong ; if I believe something to be right , I am prepared to do it , whilst if I believe it to be wrong I am not . |
| 12 | I want to stress this connection between searching for home and finding a tongue , a writing voice , because I believe it to be fundamental to your own writing development . |
| 13 | ‘ The People ’ , endearingly , believe it to be true . |
| 14 | But I also believe it to be true . |
| 15 | But I believe it to be true that in many corners of Christendom spiritual warfare is no longer a central concern . |
| 16 | I believe it to be true of all such moves that they are dubiously orthodox . |
| 17 | Although I am questioned on this in moments of crisis , I firmly believe it to be true . |
| 18 | Now , I believe it to be true that before this tour — with one exception — none of you had known each other . |
| 19 | The fact that the Government retained executive detention on the statute book by a free act last year is an indication that the Government believe it to be important that the instrument should be available . |