The phrase "administration believed that the" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the opinions or conclusions drawn by an administration regarding a specific matter or issue.
Example: "The administration believed that the new policy would improve overall efficiency in the organization."
Alternatives: "the administration was of the opinion that" or "the administration held the view that".
(Some people in the foundering administration believed that "the president's policies" were often Cheney's).
On Friday, the United States economic envoy to Northern Ireland, Declan Kelly, said the Obama administration believed that the sides were "tantalizingly close" to a deal.
The Administration believed that the C.I.A. was unable, or unwilling, to provide the military with the information it needed to effectively challenge stateless terrorism.
N. Gregory Mankiw, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, said that the administration believed that the last recession began "sometime in the fourth quarter of 2000".
Jonathan Pines, a lawyer with the corporation counsel's office, said the administration believed that the city had acted properly, and planned to appeal when the decision becomes final.
From 1936 to 1938, when the Roosevelt administration believed that the Great Depression was largely over, tax increases and spending declines combined to equal 5 percent of gross domestic product.
But hardliners in the Reagan administration believed that heightened military spending would cause the collapse of the Soviet Union.
By 2008, the Bush Administration believed that this so-called Clean Team had compiled sufficient evidence to charge Mohammed and the others with capital murder.
But the administration believes that the governor is only supposed to use the wage board for "episodic raises in areas, not across the board," an administration official said.
The only caveat is that the Rouhani administration believes that the time for comprehensive engagement with the West, and for closing the wounds of hostility, is limited — and that it is now.
