Example sentences of "they believed [conj] it " in BNC.

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1 Some of them believed that it would be brought about by an ideal representative of God , an anointed one , a Messiah ( see chapter 8 ) .
2 of them believed that recession would get worse under a Labour Government , and not one of them believed that it would get better .
3 There was one , but the Austrians had it reduced in size because they believed that it might be used as an observation tower by the recalcitrant Milanese .
4 By and large , those who approved of conscription when it came did so because they believed that it was everyone 's duty to serve in the armed forces in any case .
5 They believed that it was wrong because Jesus was mixing with people who were not tolerated by strict Jews .
6 Followers of the shotokai style broke away from the parent group of shotokan because they believed that it was deviating from the traditional teachings laid down by Funakoshi .
7 They believed that it was necessary to combine the best in local community action and larger social concerns ; to bring the fragments of social and community action together , e.g. community groups , trade unions , women 's groups , etc. to work towards a vision of a new society based on a radical analysis of existing structures and the lessons and aspirations of the men and women attempting to create new structures at local level ; to stress objectives and content in education as well as methods and process .
8 But they believed that it would be a small part of the £21.3 million . ’
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