Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [adv] believe " in BNC.

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1 The majority now believed that Bunker 's more realistic approach made more sense .
2 Cynthia Iliffe shared with the Board a feeling that it could be rather ‘ a hybrid sort of degree course at first ’ , but Pocock and the Board really believed in it , understood that the Crick model of a discipline-based degree had provided it with an academic foundation , but even then ‘ we talked a lot about integration ’ .
3 The chairman now believes the recovery in Lucas 's profitability is gathering pace , even though ‘ delayed world economic recovery must inevitably dampen sales prospects for this year ’ .
4 A lot of those promoting the policies really believed in them , believed they were doing positive work .
5 The sufferer genuinely believes that he or she is normal and that the world has problems and so do the people who " run " the world .
6 ‘ Does the Admiral really believe there is such a thing as total security ? ’
7 Many people in the West fondly believe that if Russia is denied high technology its future political activities will somehow be constrained .
8 The authorities also believe if these mercy missions continue it could present long term problems .
9 The sixty-five year old , who also learned to box in the forces , was in his pyjamas — but the muggers still believed he had money to steal
10 Essentially , there is no real answer to this question because , in most cases of fraud , the transferor actually believes that the transferee is the person he is pretending to be .
11 No — the manufacturers never believe in their wildest dreams that you 'd ever want to remove their product ; it 's far too wonderful .
12 Yet hypnosis can produce seriously distorted memories which the witness nevertheless believes are true
13 Placing his office Bible on the negotiating table , he said solemnly : The President strongly believes in the words of the Holy Book as do you .
14 Thousands of research reports for example , annually die a sad , but predictable death , because the authors mistakenly believe their efforts should end once the report has been delivered to management .
15 It is not as if the Administration really believes that any more .
16 Almost always they can be modernized and adapted : the developer simply believes that a new building will be worth more .
17 By the time they had reached Morocco , the Shah and the Queen both believed that Giscard had betrayed them personally at Guadeloupe .
18 Among all the fashion designs ( dull , dull , dull ) , the press photographs ( which the Queen apparently believes are chosen for maximum ugliness ) , the portraits and fashion plates , one image only shines out — the charming relief of the Queen 's head by Arnold Machin ( the catalogue calls him Andrew , but we all make mistakes ) , which , after more than 25 years , still appears on British coins and stamps .
19 It must be taken that the Commissioners honestly believed that the defendant was personally liable , and really intended to take legal proceedings against him , as they had done against Goble .
20 The Commissioners still believed that the Act applied and referred the statutory declaration , a certificate and counter-statement setting out their views on the taxpayer 's statutory declaration , to a tribunal which would decide whether there was a prima facie case for proceeding .
21 He says the council also believes ‘ some further reduction in the proportion of SERC 's budget spent on ‘ big science ’ ( nuclear physics and astronomy ) would be desirable ’ .
22 The council also believes it was not given sound advice on the design and construction of the Dolphin Centre between 1978 and 1984 .
23 The committee also believed that while corporate management had implications for both councillors and officers , the structure applicable to one side was not applicable to the other .
24 The committee also believes that time should be set aside for the trial disposal and subsequent recovery of radioactive waste ( which is the practice in the United States and Canada ) .
25 The Campaign also believes local communities should be empowered to make decisions about the shape of their own local area and directly involved in the process of protection , enhancement and management .
26 The basis for this offer is the fact known by the cops and the criminals that the judge in the case has a history of giving reduced sentences and often clemency to guilty criminals who truly show remorse ; the judge also believes that co-operation with the police is proof that a criminal regrets his behaviour .
27 So dependence on the mother leads the child actively to believe in what is essentially a dishonesty on her part .
28 Many members of the Bar still believe that the European Community is , as one Tory MP put it very recently , airy-fairy .
29 The NCC also believes that when bailiffs seize goods from people who are in arrears with the Council Tax which will replace the Community Charge , they should be obliged to leave behind essential items such as clothing , bedding , furniture and cookers .
30 The airlines clearly believe that they can hang on to their lucrative business market despite evidence from France that high speed trains can have a major impact on travel preferences .
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