Example sentences of "[noun] believe [pron] be " in BNC.

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1 Many of those involved with the programme believe it was an experiment that was designed to fail .
2 Moreover , the provinces believe there is no need to determine if the management of the blood-supply system was negligent in the pace at which it implemented heat treatment and blood screening measures .
3 According to the pre-Budget survey carried out by System 3 for the accountancy firm Ernst & Young , 77 per cent of companies believe they are well placed to lead the country out of recession although most do not feel that the economy has embarked on recovery .
4 All companies believe there is something special about their industry and this is especially true of pharmaceuticals .
5 Both parties recognise failings : the Conservatives believe we are short on the honouring of obligations ; the Liberal Democrats , on the enjoyment of rights .
6 The most important question seems to be how far individuals believe they are in control of their own environment and can control what happens to them .
7 Thus individuals believe it is important and desirable to come top of the class , to win a race or reach the top of their chosen profession .
8 The governments believe it is obvious that improved air quality depends on controlling growth and the distribution of housing and jobs .
9 It shows that the people of the town believe it is time for change and that it 's time for Labour . ’
10 It shows that the people of the town believe it is time for change and that it 's time for Labour . ’
11 Did someone in this room believe he was God 's executioner to avenge a good man 's death ?
12 TORTURERS BELIEVE THEY ARE ON A TRANSCENDENTAL MISSION TO DEFEND THE STATE .
13 Stress-relaxation tests are not performed as often as creep tests because many investigators believe they are less readily understood .
14 NatWest believe it is the first bank in the world to offer this kind of computerised advisory service to business customers .
15 Some Buddhists believe he 's a ‘ Bodhisattva ’ , one of five perfect men who control the destinies of the world .
16 The geologists believe there are chambers of spreading magma near Tonga and the Solomons .
17 The Swindon company does n't think it 'll do anything so dramatic in Britain , but managers believe they are in a market with a huge potential .
18 In York , 40pc of valuations have been rejected because the local Inland Revenue valuation officers believe they are wrong .
19 But the Hercules was locked-on to again and , as it was manoeuvring , the crew believe they were fired on by anti-aircraft shells .
20 This assumes an element of sunkness about location ( which Mathewson and Winter did not ) , so that potential entrants believe they are unlikely to be able to push established firms out of current locations .
21 Whitehall sources believe he is much more likely to have been concerned with such humdrum matters as integrating inter-departmental communications to prepare the ground for Civil Service computerization .
22 Many farmers believe it is their right to have schools , hospitals and roads anyway , that such improvements are normal and unrelated to the way they make their living .
23 The huntsmen believe they 're doing a necessary job , culling vermin quickly and efficiently .
24 By the same token , the dodos of Mauritius were giant pigeons ( though some biologists believe they were closer to rails ) .
25 The Lions believe they were robbed by first and last-minute decisions from Australian referee Brian Kinsey which gifted New Zealand eight points in a cliffhanging match .
26 Company men , like former world champion racing driver Jackie Stewart believe it 's a world beater .
27 But staff at Stoke Mandeville believe there was nothing they could have done to prevent this incident …
28 Experts believe there was a last-minute loss of control caused by the weather conditions .
29 Experts believe it is all part of a wartime spirit of looking on the bright side .
30 Merchants believe there is a psychological barrier at £3 , and although the wild swing in European exchange rates has pushed many French and German wines out of this bracket , most New World economies are suffering as much as if not more than ours , leading to a continued supply of cheap , good quality wine .
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