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

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1 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 .
2 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 .
3 All companies believe there is something special about their industry and this is especially true of pharmaceuticals .
4 Both parties recognise failings : the Conservatives believe we are short on the honouring of obligations ; the Liberal Democrats , on the enjoyment of rights .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 The governments believe it is obvious that improved air quality depends on controlling growth and the distribution of housing and jobs .
8 TORTURERS BELIEVE THEY ARE ON A TRANSCENDENTAL MISSION TO DEFEND THE STATE .
9 Stress-relaxation tests are not performed as often as creep tests because many investigators believe they are less readily understood .
10 Some Buddhists believe he 's a ‘ Bodhisattva ’ , one of five perfect men who control the destinies of the world .
11 The geologists believe there are chambers of spreading magma near Tonga and the Solomons .
12 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 .
13 In York , 40pc of valuations have been rejected because the local Inland Revenue valuation officers believe they are wrong .
14 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 .
15 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 .
16 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 .
17 The huntsmen believe they 're doing a necessary job , culling vermin quickly and efficiently .
18 By the same token , the dodos of Mauritius were giant pigeons ( though some biologists believe they were closer to rails ) .
19 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 .
20 Experts believe there was a last-minute loss of control caused by the weather conditions .
21 Experts believe it is all part of a wartime spirit of looking on the bright side .
22 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 .
23 But ‘ cynics believe it is the manufacturers who are behind it all , ’ said another participant .
24 Far from being overjoyed at the apparent climbdown protesters believe it 's a plot to throw them off their guard .
25 It follows that if teachers believe they are incompetent or impotent in these matters , they will accept and expect that the proper strategy is to pass on the problems to suitably qualified colleagues .
26 He has a broken jaw , But doctors believe he 's escaped brain damage .
27 She seems to think the doctors believe she is a bad mother because she has an anorexic daughter .
28 Community leaders believe they were copycat incidents inspired by Rostock .
29 Some critics believe it is already out of control and that the wave of public sector pay claims likely in the aftermath of Labour 's defeat could tip it over the top .
30 The liberals believe they are under-represented in the Congress , which was elected two years ago under the old Soviet system .
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