Example sentences of "in [art] [adj] belief [that] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This we shall certainly do , in the firm belief that it is the true way forward — based on a realistic appraisal of the continued role of the nation state — towards peace , stability and prosperity in Europe . |
| 2 | During the 1920s and '30s England pursued an isolationist policy , withdrawing from FIFA , the international controlling body , in 1928 , and basking in the complacent belief that they were still the supreme soccer power . |
| 3 | a defendant should take no action to induce a plaintiff to incur costs in the reasonable belief that he is willing for the case to proceed to trial . |
| 4 | The decision to go for darker shades was a brave one , as many hoteliers opt for pastels or similar standards in the erroneous belief that they will not cause offence . |
| 5 | Conservatives believe that people should be left with as much as possible of their own money to spend in their own interests , in the clear belief that they will spend it better in their interests than any Government will do for them . |
| 6 | When Sony bring the product to European and US markets late in 1991 , they will probably call it the Sony Electronic Book Player in the clear belief that they are offering a practical platform for the first true electronic books . |
| 7 | At the chilly boarding-school to which her parents sent her in the mistaken belief that she would be less lonely among girls of her own age , the prizes for mathematics — a subject which she did n't particularly care for but which came easily to her — were framed reproductions of the works of Italian painters . |
| 8 | Trespass , however , obviously remains appropriate where one takes another 's goods in the mistaken belief that he is entitled to do so , for the act is intentional towards the goods . |
| 9 | But the report concluded that undue emphasis is placed on inquiries about research experience in the mistaken belief that it is easier to assess a candidate 's research abilities . |
| 10 | Do n't buy a hard bed in the mistaken belief that it is good for you . |
| 11 | The living turtle is then thrown back into the water , in the mistaken belief that it will re-grow its shell . |
| 12 | At first Johnson denied it , in the sincere belief that he had not taken illegal substances , but when the doctor asked if he had taken Reactivin , Johnson endearingly replied in his strong Fife accent ‘ Aye , but they 're no drugs . ’ |