Example sentences of "believe that the [noun] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the eyes of those who believed that the Masai were decorative but unproductive idlers sitting on land that could be put to better use , the unco-operative attitude of district officials was mere romantic obstructionism , proof positive that they had been bewitched by the Masai . |
| 2 | They believed that the land was under the care and guardianship of the people who used it and lived on it . |
| 3 | In those early years Laura believed that the prints were more important than the styles . |
| 4 | He also believed that the worker was rational and would respond to financial incentives as a way of increasing productivity . |
| 5 | The most distinguished among them was Alfred Einstein , editor of the third edition of the Kochel catalogue , who believed that the dots were simply strokes shrunken due to haste . |
| 6 | Maltwood believed that the figures were laid out in prehistoric times as a form of temple or sanctuary , using the natural forms of the landscape with a minimum of artificial alteration . |
| 7 | He believed that the threat was temporary and held that , if nobles took a broad view , their prospects were good , but he also sensed the extreme urgency of the state 's need to foster entrepreneurial activity . |
| 8 | Thus County Armagh Free Presbyterians , looking back on the explosives cases and the charges laid against Free Presbyterians , recollected that far from supposing these people might be guilty and hence in need of church discipline , they assumed their innocence and believed that the charges were just another part of the plot to discredit Paisleyism . |
| 9 | Waddell , a Professor of Tibetan at the University of London , believed that the Aryans were the bearers of culture and had originated all the main civilizations in history . |
| 10 | In particular , the New York Times/CBS poll of Oct. 22 found that 79 per cent believed foreign policy less important than home issues , that only 37 per cent approved Bush 's handling of the economy , and that 56 per cent believed that the recession was getting worse . |
| 11 | Certainly the majority of people believed that the USA was right to try to prevent a Communist take-over in South Vietnam . |
| 12 | But critics who believed that the West was over-reacting were strengthened when Aneurin Bevan resigned from the British cabinet on 21 May accompanied by two other ministers . |
| 13 | Western diplomats in Beirut believed that the delay was due to an internal dispute among the kidnap groups , or with their radical supporters in Iran , over the political value of each hostage , as well as concern among the kidnappers about their personal protection from future prosecution . |
| 14 | If undue influence in the full sense is not made out but the element of pressure , surprise , misrepresentation or some or one of them combine with or cause a misunderstanding or failure to understand the documents or transaction , the final question must be whether the grounds upon which the creditor believed that the document was fairly obtained and executed by a woman sufficiently understanding its purport and effect were such that it would be inequitable to fix the creditor with the consequences of the husband 's improper or unfair dealing with his wife . |
| 15 | Observers believed that the referendum was intended to build legitimacy for at least greater economic control over Tatarstan 's oil production ( approximately 600,000 barrels per day ) , if not outright secession from Russia . |
| 16 | Many believed that the country was teetering on the precipice of political anarchy and economic collapse . |
| 17 | William Coote , the association 's secretary , believed that the law was ‘ schoolmaster to the whole community ’ . |
| 18 | Julian Huxley , the biologist and writer , believed that the intellect is the sum of all emotions . |
| 19 | Sami al-Khatib , said that the government believed that the bomb was intended as " an obstacle for the peace conference and for reconciliation in Lebanon " . |
| 20 | The preferences of those who believed that one candidate was going to win would be compared with those who believed that the rival was going to win ; the hypothesis would be that the former would be more sympathetic to the candidate than the latter . |
| 21 | The locals believed that the collapse was in protest at the new building work , but that hardly seems fair . |
| 22 | Many vice-chancellors believed that the universities were being run down ‘ in order to build up the state system of higher education of colleges and polytechnics , headed by the Council for National Academic Awards ’ . |
| 23 | Many believed that the OEEC was inadequate to achieve far-reaching changes in economic conditions , yet actually it did succeed in lowering trade barriers and smoothing inter-European payments . |
| 24 | Sarajevo itself came under artillery fire on April 21 ; the Bosnian leadership believed that the Serbs were attempting to cut the city in two . |
| 25 | Contrary to the truth , he believed that the parties were equally matched and that Otto , after Richard I 's death , was firmly in the saddle . |
| 26 | The substantial minority at The Hague who opposed the plan to send envoys believed that the time was not yet ripe for direct public agitation to stop the war . |
| 27 | Not so long ago , Western man believed that the Earth was flat , that the Earth was the centre of the universe , and that God had created the Earth in seven days according to a literal interpretation of a creation myth given in an old Jewish book . |
| 28 | In his speech to the rally Lal indicated that he was remaining within the Janata Dal , but was prepared to leave if he believed that the party was departing from its principles . |
| 29 | He started by asking those present how many believed that the end was , indeed , very close ( nil ) . |
| 30 | When they had taken him from the hospital block with his possessions and spare clothes in a cloth sack he had smiled and shaken hands and believed that the flight was close , Berlin he had thought it would be . |