Example sentences of "be [adj] to believe that [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would be foolish to believe that any group of people can interact without a political undercurrent . |
| 2 | whereby that person is likely to believe that such violence would be used or it is likely that such violence would be provoked . |
| 3 | ‘ whereby that person is likely to believe that such violence would be used or it is likely that such violence would be provoked ’ . |
| 4 | ‘ whereby that person is likely to believe that such violence would be used or it is likely that such violence would be provoked ’ The officer dealing and/or civilian witnesses could help prove this point by including in their evidence observations such as , ‘ The crowd of visiting football supporters were likely to believe they were going to be attacked ’ , or ‘ It was likely that the visiting supporters would lose their tempers and attack the home crowd ’ . |
| 5 | ‘ ( 1 ) A person is guilty of an offence if he — ( a ) uses towards another person threatening , abusive or insulting words or behaviour , or ( b ) distributes or displays to another person any writing , sign or other visible representation which is threatening , abusive or insulting , with intent to cause that person to believe that immediate unlawful violence will be used against him or another by any person , or to provoke the immediate use of unlawful violence by that person or another , or whereby that person is likely to believe that such violence will be used or it is likely that such violence will be provoked . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ whereby that person is likely to believe that such violence ( i.e. immediate unlawful violence against him or another ) will be used or it is likely that such violence will be provoked . ’ |
| 7 | Watching Laura , it is hard to believe that one year ago this chubby child from Manchester with the tangle of blonde curls was a jaundiced , wasted waif , waiting to die . |
| 8 | It is hard to believe that one architect created all three : the dour , round-arched entrance front , the blandly conventional west front and the garden front serenely composed about its canted bay with female heads , heraldic complexities and subtle drapes of rustication . |
| 9 | It is hard to believe that any fall in Polly Peck-owned Vestel 's share price could be mostly due to the Gulf crisis |
| 10 | It is hard to believe that any business whose life blood is communications could lag behind in using modern information technology , but that is how it is with British public relations . |
| 11 | The ideological points are still there but it 's hard to believe that totalitarian regimentation could be so tight . |
| 12 | Playing in a park in Northampton this afternoon , it 's hard to believe that 6 year old Natalie Hill is desperately sick . |