Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] believes that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ask a Christian why he or she believes that God exists , and they might reply : ‘ It is a matter of faith . ’ |
| 2 | It would appear from her article that she believes that the unschooled Wolof have not passed through this stage . |
| 3 | Despite anecdotal reports of serious bugs in Microsoft Corp 's new MS-DOS 6.0 , PC Week Labs says it has been unable to reproduce in a controlled laboratory environment any of the data-threatening errors specifically attributed to MS-DOS 6.0 or its DoubleSpace component , adding that it believes that many of the reported data-destroying errors can be attributed to the sudden introduction of SMARTDRV , the MS-DOS and Windows cache program , onto previously uncached systems — SMARTDRV caches disk writes , and any sudden power-down can cause unrecoverable file and disk errors — but be that as it may , Microsoft is taking the reports of data loss sufficiently seriously that it has pledged to do whatever it takes to track down and purge any serious flaws , although it has found none , and InfoWorld reported it found several problems , including one in the DoubleSpace data compression — but Microsoft said two of its engineers looked into but could not replicate the problems InfoWorld saw . |
| 4 | In the case of the simple penal code , the essential reason it is in the interest of a firm in this case to carry out the threat of punishment is that it believes that if it does not it itself will be punished . |
| 5 | It has made it quite clear that it believes that the existing legislation can deal with such matters . |
| 6 | In his statement , Subba Row , who is 57 years old , stressed that he believes that five years in office is sufficient , and that negotiating the International Cricket Conference agreement on South Africa , announced in January , was quite enough to be remembered by . |
| 7 | It is astonishing that he believes that the exclusion of London Scottish and London Irish from League One will raise English rugby standards . |
| 8 | Althusser 's reason for assigning these strategies to different practices is , I think , that he believes that they achieve a single result ( as far as economic practice is concerned ) in radically different ways . |
| 9 | When someone says ‘ It was the knave of hearts who stole the tarts ’ I agree with him or not according as to whether I believe that it was the knave of hearts who stole them , not according as to whether I believe that he believes that it was the knave . |
| 10 | Is that what the Prime Minister means when he says that he believes that Conservatives want to use the national health service ? |
| 11 | The right hon. Member for Blaby may not like the idea of a European central bank , but he is clearly on record as saying that he believes that in this country 's economy an independent central bank would be a guarantee against inflation . |
| 12 | The European Commissioner for the environment has said that he believes that there has been a failure to carry out a proper environmental impact assessment . |
| 13 | The problem with the Minister 's logic is that his colleague , the other Under-Secretary of State for Employment , the hon. Member for Wantage ( Mr. Jackson ) has recently gone on record saying that he believes that women should have pay parity with men in accordance with the law . |
| 14 | I look forward to the day when we do have a regional tier of government , and erm , a very prominent local politician , not of my party , told me in confidence , that he believes that erm , there will be a regional tier of government sooner or later , if only to react to the pressures from Europe . |
| 15 | More than half have dental decay in their milk teeth , and she believes that the problem is increasing . |
| 16 | But with the resurgence in business , those who are left are having to work long hours to ensure that the quality of service to clients is not affected , and she believes that she will have to start recruiting again before long . |
| 17 | Her husband John was made redundant from Parsonage pit in an earlier wave of closures , and she believes that at the age of 41 he will never work again . |
| 18 | And he believes that West German voters may revolt when they realise still more clearly that they will have to foot the bill for unity . |
| 19 | The new Science and Technology Minister sees information as an instrument of power and he believes that it should be freely available to all . |
| 20 | ‘ Look , I am Simpkin 's right hand man and he believes that I tell him . |
| 21 | And he believes that it is precisely because black footballers know of each other 's natural ability , that they are able to construct the most intricate and seemingly planned movements without any preparation at all : ‘ They 've got the receivers built into their heads and can pick each other up on the same wavelength . ’ |
| 22 | And he believes that the success of two of the fastest-growing markets , network management and disaster recovery , is because ‘ they meet clearly-defined business needs ’ . |
| 23 | if he believes that a criminal offence has been committed and he believes that the officer ought to be charged . |
| 24 | And he believes that the introduction of a third-party examination accreditation such as the National Vocational Qualification is essential to the Association 's development . |
| 25 | And he believes that Ronan Carolan can repeat his form of Sunday last , too . |
| 26 | Nigel says the support of the fans is worth half a second a lap and he believes that people power helps him to win |
| 27 | He promised luxury homes and he believes that to keep faith , that 's what he must provide . |
| 28 | The Commission strongly affirms the value of silent as well as vocal participation , and it believes that worshippers need to be taught how to listen to music no less attentively than they do to the reading of Scripture , or to preaching , or to the recitation of prayers . |
| 29 | And it believes that if it is to survive in its present form it must become more serious in its outlook . |
| 30 | If he believes that many of those millions have even heard of the party , he will believe anything . |