Example sentences of "[adv] believe [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THOSE who fondly believed British tennis could get no worse have again been proved wrong . |
| 2 | In 1971 , after a bitter civil war , Bangladesh emerged as a separate state and the new government , wrongly believing tribal leaders to have supported Pakistan in the war , stationed a counter-insurgency force in the area . |
| 3 | The pre-existence of matriliny was important for Engels because he wrongly believed that matriliny , as opposed to patriliny , was associated with communal corporate descent groups . |
| 4 | Influenced by a learned correspondent , Girolamo Mei , a philologist and student of ancient Greek music and drama who rightly believed Greek music to have been monodic ( but seemingly supplied Galilei with thirteenth-century Byzantine melodies to Mesomedes ' hymns under the impression that they were ancient ) , Galilei argued that the polyphonic ‘ music of today is not of great value for expressing the passions of the mind by means of words , but is of value merely for the wind and stringed instruments , from which the ear … desires nothing but the sweet enjoyment of the variety of their harmonies … |
| 5 | I think that part of our business makes it more difficult because ah the purchase of Allied Carpets by Carpetland is the space of the market at a fairly speedy rate and I personally believe other retailers will have the policy to sub-let surface areas in the next few years so it 's something we got on with three years ago and very pleased we did it . |
| 6 | I was young enough to believe these tales implicitly , but my early sense of wonder in the hills has never entirely vanished . |
| 7 | He did not exactly believe this statement : to his mind Steve was not developing , he was already fully what he had it in him to be . |
| 8 | Zande thus believe this power to be sex-linked and consider that it increases with age : children may be capable of bewitching , but the power is weakly developed in them ; in mature adults it is more strongly realized . |
| 9 | We just believe one parent said what a disgraceful example la di da di da . |
| 10 | Since it was generally believed that emancipation depended on women 's participation in production , demands were made to free women from domestic slavery by the provision of communal facilities for childcare and cooking . |
| 11 | Now our government of course , still bolted completely to Reaganomics , Thatcheromics whatever , just believes that business should just get on and do what it wants and drive wages down and sack people if that 's what they feel 's best . |
| 12 | During the middle rounds , when Mason still believed one punch could end it , he outjabbed the Wandsworth man and opened a cut over his left eye , but Mason rallied well and the last session in particular left no doubt as to which way the verdict would go . |
| 13 | I 'm not sure if there were any guns involved , but I think they possibly believed these people had guns on them . |
| 14 | Equally unlikely but certainly possible is a situation in which the defendant has sexual intercourse with a woman without her consent , mistakenly believing that woman to be his wife . |
| 15 | As we get older and perhaps more worldly , it is sometimes awkward to admit that we ever believed such nonsense , and even more difficult to admit that not everything we imbibed was bad or wrong . |
| 16 | The days of loyally believing false things about Gustave are over . |
| 17 | English country folk once believed these beasts would hover over a house as a warning to the inmates to mend their ways . |
| 18 | 4 if , in changed circumstances , p were still true , a would still believe that p . |
| 19 | More seriously , will we ever believe any market research again ? |
| 20 | Jezrael could hardly believe such extravagance . |
| 21 | Major companies still believe corporate hospitality plays a vital role in achieving marketing goals , but now they are having to justify the expense . |
| 22 | Anyway , I 'd always believed great minds thought alike , until I found out that SEGA FORCE 's Paul ‘ if the cap fits , it 's a miracle ’ Mellerick supports Leicester too ! |
| 23 | erm I 've always believed that consistency is an overrated virtue so I 'm not gon na criticise the Conservatives for changing their minds but you have to ask yourself why is this recorded on the agenda today when the sub-committee , planning sub- committee has already met and discussed these matters and things have moved on a little further Well we we really have to look at how the resolution in this paragraph came about in the first place . |
| 24 | It was n't that I was doubting my faith or denying the reality of my becoming a Christian , but rather that , though I had genuinely believed ten years earlier , my commitment had been intertwined with the emotional comfort of sharing the beliefs and way of life of my family and certain friends . |
| 25 | Einstein fervently believed that quantum mechanics , if not inconsistent , was certainly incomplete . |
| 26 | He added : ‘ Of course I 'll support Labour policy and the leadership , but I also believe constructive criticism has a role to play . ’ |
| 27 | Whilst we also believe increasing amounts of renewable energy must be harnessed in future , our long-standing service to landscape protection meant that we saw the environmental costs of doing this perhaps more clearly than others . |
| 28 | But I also believe patristic Christology to be more hopeful than that of any other period in our quest to find a Christology which is inclusive of women . |
| 29 | Those whose interests were prejudiced by the events of 787 are likely to have joined the ranks of Offa 's enemies , and it was later believed that Archbishop Jaenberht even plotted with Charlemagne against Offa to guarantee him free entry into Kent if he should invade . |
| 30 | For the police may apply to a magistrates ' court which can issue a ‘ warrant of further detention ’ if it reasonably believes this course of action to be justified . |