Example sentences of "believed that " in BNC.
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| 1 | At no time have I believed that environment is a complete explanation of art . |
| 2 | The public clearly believed that this ‘ restoration ’ would enhance the building 's interest despite destroying an historic element ; he must also have felt that a new timber framed facade , despite its inauthenticity , would give the pub an ‘ historic ’ character that was more readily recognisable and instantly attractive to potential customers . |
| 3 | ALL the contract catering chefs interviewed believed that their rates of pay were higher than if they were working in hotels or restaurants . |
| 4 | But Pound with his invaluable naïveté really believed that the United States was ‘ a land of opportunity ’ ; that his nation 's glory was all in the future , and would be achieved if only Americans would sort out those achievements of European culture ( and of non-European cultures also ) which were worth their emulating and trying to surpass . |
| 5 | It is widely believed that Mr Holmes a Court , the so called Perth predator , is keen to buy Dalgety 's extensive Australian land interests . |
| 6 | Midani , the wealthy Lebanese who had always believed that he had first option should Edwards ever decide to sell , after trying to buy the club himself , insisted more than once : ‘ United must not be caused embarassment , ’ and seemed to be the one participant in what became an increasingly shabby affair who was conscious that great dignity was at stake . |
| 7 | It is believed that Knighton has also had talks with Midani , at which he offered him control of the club , with Knighton himself staying on as vice-chairman . |
| 8 | On the other side , it is widely believed that Kerr 's ambitions are backed by money belonging to Jack Gillespie , a director of Rangers . |
| 9 | Joseph II will always be remembered for finding ‘ too many notes ’ in Die Entfuhrung ; and our own Queen has an almost comparable claim on immortality if the story is to be believed that when asked to attend a performance of Figaro , she replied : ‘ Is that the one about the pin ? ’ |
| 10 | But it is believed that between 50,000 and 100,000 people in this country , who are free of symptoms are likely to be carrying the virus . |
| 11 | We 've always believed that the market has to be regulated ; that 's what Disraeli and Peel were all about in the nineteenth century , ’ he said . |
| 12 | But it is believed that a takeover of Paribas by a foreign entity seems politically improbable . |
| 13 | We 've always believed that the market has to be regulated . |
| 14 | I would have liked to take them off but the situation was still uncertain , and everyone still believed that the German forces were determined to push us off this high ground east of the Orne . |
| 15 | This could be a formidable task in a society where even widely travelled soldiers firmly believed that Thomas Cook 's wagon-lits were the spearheads of the Third International since the latter word could be read in Cyrillic on the side of carriages . |
| 16 | Whether Mrs Thatcher herself was implicated in the leak is not known , but it was widely believed that Brittan resigned to save her skin . |
| 17 | It was widely believed that the Conservatives ' heavy defeat in the Vale of Glamorgan by-election in May 1989 was partly due to the campaign of local general practitioners against the government 's health plans . |
| 18 | Throughout these forty years , the British increasingly believed that they were badly led . |
| 19 | A legend was afterwards believed that William Temple converted Ramsey in a mission to the university in February 1926 . |
| 20 | It was generally believed that they were proposing to seek an electoral pact with the Conservatives , so as to ensure that they would hold their seats against what was expected to be a Conservative landslide at the next general election . |
| 21 | The timing of such an arrangement would be crucial if adverse American reaction was to be avoided ; it was believed that the first approaches should be to the Dominions , followed by the USA , USSR , and China , culminating in a full international conference . |
| 22 | The drinkers in the Dragon all privately and rather proudly believed that Charlie was capable of anything . |
| 23 | It was believed that sending a NATO force to any of these areas would deter any potential aggressor from taking action . |
| 24 | It was widely believed that if the individual was allowed to follow his own interests , within the law of the land , then general good would result . |
| 25 | It was believed that this area offered more opportunities for conversion into convenient living space . |
| 26 | It was believed that an Urban Development Grant might meet this need and Manchester City Council agreed to support the association 's application for this form of government assistance . |
| 27 | It 's believed that stress can actually depress the immune system , leaving us pretty to every cold and bout of flu , and also to more serious complaints . |
| 28 | McDonnell , his promoter Barry Hearn and trainer Darkie Smith clearly believed that going into the final round McDonnell had a chance of winning the super-featherweight title on points . |
| 29 | It had been believed that England would be seeded to head Group F and would thus be based in Calgiari , Sardinia . |
| 30 | It is believed that the report will criticise successive corporate affairs ministers at the department of Trade and Industry , despite a claim last year by Lord Young , the former Trade and Industry Secretary , that an internal investigation concluded his department could not be held responsible , and could even throw the spotlight on the role of Lord Young . |