Believing that the Paraguayan officers who had beaten the porteños posed a direct threat to his rule, Governor Bernardo de Velasco dispersed and disarmed the forces under his command and sent most of the soldiers home without paying them for their eight months of service.

Believing himself without heirs the King commits suicide after a reign of 48 years.

Believing the venture could not succeed without Einstein, Goldstein quickly agreed to resign himself, and Einstein returned ; his brief departure was publicly denied.

Believing that President Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara was not dealing effectively with the situation, Bainimarama apparently forced Mara to resign on 29 May 2000, in what some politicians have since called " a coup within a coup ," and formed an Interim Military Government which negotiated an accord under which the rebels would release all hostages, including the deposed Prime Minister Mahendra Chaudhry, and would surrender without penalty.

Believing that Fijians would never gain the respect of their British rulers, without proving their worth on the battlefield, Sukuna enlisted in the French Foreign Legion instead.

Believing in " natural social groupings " ( Young 112 ), he claimed that it should be possible to sort people into suitable categories without the envy of equality.

Believing he could do better without Smith, Morgan did not renew their partnership and set up Henry Morgan & Company to buy out the business assets.

Believing that many people would perish without knowing Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior, Ron and Donna Coffer sought to establish the most enduring witness to Christ that a town can have-a local church.

Believing that such locks could be built without disrupting traffic, the estimated costs of the works were £ 1 million, in addition to which the existing waterways would need to be acquired.

Believing that they were living in the end times, these evangelicals expected God to spiritually renew the Christian Church thereby bringing to pass the restoration of spiritual gifts and the evangelization of the world.

Believing that " Kids just don't want to listen to God's empty songs anymore ", in December 1969 Capitol released Norman's first solo rock album, Upon This Rock, " the first major label record to marry rock music with the gospel ", " the Sergeant Pepper of Christianity ", widely regarded as " the album that first recruited rock in the service of salvation ", later cited as being " one of the roots of the current Contemporary Christian Music "; and now considered to be the first full-blown Christian rock album ".

Believing that in a wise way it is good to go to church, and that associating with Christians would improve my character, I have adopted the Christian religion.

Believing in the Lord Jesus Christ as our personal savior, we, as Christian young men of Alpha Gamma Omega Fraternity, purpose that it shall be the aim of this fraternity:

The Christian legends turned the ancient Greek conqueror Alexander III into Alexander " the Believing King ", implying that he was a believer in monotheism.

Believing his troops attributed their failure in battle to the fact that he was a Christian, Slatin publicly adopted Islam in 1883 and took the Islamic name, Abd al Qadir.

Believing the town to be only lightly defended, Burgoyne and Baum were unaware that Stark and 1, 500 militiamen were stationed there.

Believing he still had a chance to come out victorious, Daia attempted to stop the advance of Licinius at the Cilician Gates by establishing fortifications there.

Believing that Cornwallis might be stationed there, they aimed at it and quickly destroyed it.

Believing Manhattan would be the first target, he moved the bulk of his forces there.

Believing that there is a crime in progress, the officer kicks the front door down and enters the home to discover the homeowner, John, assaulting a victim, Monica, who is crying and visibly shaking.

Believing that there was no such thing as a " good dictatorship ", he opposed participation in the Comintern.

“ Believing that there is but one, the living and true God, and that there are three persons in the Godhead, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit ; and that these three are one God, the same in substance, equal in power and glory, and with solemn awareness of the accountability to Him in all that we feel, think, say, and do, the undersigned engages in and subscribes to this declaration:

Believing it wrong for the Army's highest-ranking officer to lead an action against fellow American war veterans, he strongly advised MacArthur against taking any public role: " I told that dumb son-of-a-bitch not to go down there ," he said later.

Believing that there were too many odd temples in his territory, he had them destroyed, leaving only the temples of Wu Taibo and Wu Zixu.

Believing that another attack would be directed against the forces in the Flanders sector, in an effort to reinforce the British forces there, the Allied commanders recalled the 3rd Division was recalled from its quiet sector around Armentieres and sent it to Ypres.

Believing there are other men involved in his brother's death who should be charged as accomplices to murder, as he was, Ben Chaney has said, " I'm not as sad as I was ," he adds.

Believing that it was wrong to bury a corpse, thereby polluting the earth, Price decided to cremate his son ’ s body, an act which at the time was taboo, although across the country there were already several proponents of it as a form of corpse disposal.

Believing that there was no alternative, the soldiers agreed to contact the Germans, expecting that they would be taken as prisoners of war.

Believing his family dead, a vengeful Aenarion travelled to the Blighted Isle and drew the Sword of Khaine from its resting place in the Shrine of Khaine there, ignoring the knowledge that to do so not only damned oneself but their descendants as well.

Believing that the attack on Company 104 was the enemy ’ s main effort, Willoughby concentrated his artillery support there during the early stages of the battle.

Believing there was more violence to come, Terry refused.

Believing that the 4th Division was still at Camp Greene, Middleton wired there to find out that the unit was already on its way overseas.

Believing that the turtle got there through interisland trade, numerous herpetologists searched Southern Leyte for other individuals.

Believing that Walter is also there for the money, Ralph and Helen use the threat of foster care to force the boy to run away.

Believing that there should be a " College of Architecture Day ," student Willard Straight of the class of 1901 led a group of architecture students around campus carrying a model dragon.

Believing there is no room for vigilante justice in Gotham, Rojas has made capturing the Dark Knight a top priority.

* Believing Cordelia is in a shop to buy clothes, Xander later learns (" The Prom ") that she actually works there because she needs the income.

Believing there is something behind the murder, he seeks to uncover the truth and finds an international conspiracy of corrupt bureaucracy and pharmaceutical money.

Believing his creations to be treacherous, Davros begins using mind control on Daleks and humans, ultimately releasing the virus to kill off the Daleks before they can exterminate him.

Believing in the success of an invention can involve risk, so it can be difficult to obtain support and funding.

Believing her brother Jason is dying and in need of an heir who can run the Colby empire, Constance gifts to Jeff her 50 percent of the company's voting stock.

Believing that he can prevent this, he tackles Cat to stop him from biting a robotic fish.

Believing that too many active modeless dialogs can lead users into confusion, proponents of modal windows advocate reducing the amount of user input at a given time.

Believing this to be true Eco says, “ It is equally untrue that acting on the form and content of the message can convert the person receiving it .” In doing this Eco does merges form and content, the separation of which is the basis of McLuhan ’ s assertion.

Believing she can no longer function as a criminal, Selina decided to become one of Batman's Outsiders.

Believing that Chomsky divides the world into two camps, the oppressor and the oppressed, she asserts that in Hegemony or Survival he portrays the United States as " the prime oppressor, can do no right ", meanwhile overlooking the crimes of the oppressed.

Believing the prophecy to mean that the " Six Stars " together can overthrow Taishakuten, he and Ashura set out to find the " Six Stars ".

Believing he has no place to go for the time being, Static decides to become a Titan and live at the Tower until he can get his life together.

Believing his friends are dying and no more time can be wasted, Kirk tries to force Atoz to cooperate, but he shoots Kirk with an energy weapon, knocking him unconscious.

Believing her to be working for a corporation in the defense industry, and desiring a more permanent relationship with her, he gives her access to the highly classified Colonial defense mainframe ( an act of treason punishable by the death penalty ) so her employers can have an advantage in future contract bidding.

Believing that he must use his powers to destroy Mutant Town, Mercator warns his friend, Hanna Levy so that she can escape safely.

Believing that Sakura can be redeemed, Dokuro decides instead to keep Sakura so occupied that he can never develop the immortality technology.

Believing the only way to reverse the spell is to retrieve the book, Megumi begins a 6 year long search but is told that she can find the book if she attends Furinkan High School.

Believing the one thing that can kill him is gont, Vulgyre reveals to the rest of Zone that he would be undergoing his " Galactic Eclosion ", in which he would become " Super Galactic Beast " and that he needed a " final energy " in order to complete this.

Believing that he could no longer function as a street cop, Cerreta reluctantly tells Logan that they can no longer work together ( L & O: " Point of View ").