Example sentences of "be [vb pp] believe [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Glass has been given to believe that there may be a future for him and Maria together , so he has agreed to help get Leonard out of Berlin . |
| 2 | Generations of Britain 's elite have been taught to believe that there are no absolute moral principles . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've been taught to believe that there are — perhaps I 've even seen it , but I do n't know , ’ Sophia protested . |
| 4 | When you get people on to a sort of Noddy Goes Selling course , which is the first one you come on , you are expected to believe that when you leave here anybody who does n't use T N T Express would be absolutely crazy , and that everybody you 're going to talk to is going to bite your arm off as long as you stay with your boyfriend . |
| 5 | This ‘ inverted causation ’ as it has been called , which is a major element of Marxist theory , is to be found in the theory of Asiatic production , in that the subjects of the Asiatic despot are made to believe that they can live because of the blessing of the god-king , the true guardian and shepherd of the community , while really it is he who is living off them . |
| 6 | Only if the Westminster Government and its back-benchers are made to believe that this continuing insult to a noble and valuable aspect of Scotland 's heritage will cost them crucial votes will they even begin to take serious notice . |
| 7 | From my recent discussions with Chris Harris in the European Liaison Unit I am lead to believe that private sector investment in qualifying projects is eligible for grant assistance from the EC , but that the grant can not be paid to a private sector company direct . |
| 8 | It can not be too often repeated that there is no reason whatsoever why humanity should be made to believe that its religion must have origins in the literature and man-made traditions of the remote past . |
| 9 | If the subordinate members of society can be persuaded to believe that those who dominate have a right to do so , and that those who have great material advantage have a right to it , then they are very unlikely to challenge or threaten the privileged . |
| 10 | If a senior officer were to be viewed as no more than a member of an amorphous managerial team , said Mr Roach , the public would be led to believe that any complaint against a policemen was merely being investigated by ‘ one of the boys . |
| 11 | Knowing her husband , if he could be led to believe that the royal castle of Berwick might be alienated from the crown and actually given to him for his services , he would be the more apt to accede to the arrangement , being a man of acquisitive mind . |
| 12 | It is not just that we clearly do understand something ; rather we know in advance that it is only by understanding the sceptic 's argument as we are clearly expected to , that we could be led to believe that we understand nothing . |
| 13 | To many it seemed clear that if liberal capitalism ( of the sort advocated by Disraeli ) were not to be swept away by revolution , the largely illiterate workforce must be encouraged to believe that their welfare would be protected by the new rulers — the powerful middle class . |
| 14 | Also within the /a/ system , however , there is a high incidence of back varieties of /a/ : in BV , this vowel is realized in certain following consonantal environments as a long , back vowel , which is in many contexts virtually identical to RP ( as in RP dance , bath ) ; on a superficial view we may therefore be tempted to believe that speakers are adopting this external norm . |
| 15 | Sturt was about to proceed upon a new expedition into the interior of Australia I beg to send for your perusal a Letter I have lately received from him and from which you will perceive that he has written to Lord Stanley ; as I know no one better fitted for such a purpose than this enterprising and persevering Gentleman I do hope the Government may be disposed to second his views ; perhaps , your Lordship , could obtain and favour me with some information on the subject ; from the manner in which you referred to him in your Letter I am led to believe that some arrangement has already been made ; pray say if such be the case . |
| 16 | Even the Leader of the Opposition is on record as saying that the rating system is the unfairest of taxes , yet we are led to believe that that is what the Labour party proposes . |
| 17 | We are led to believe that there are administrative problems . |
| 18 | We are led to believe that ‘ lack of finance ’ is to blame yet we are told we are all paying an extra premium on the basic community charge in order that standards may be kept up . |
| 19 | As Feynman has said , we are asked to believe that the historian who makes a statement about Napoleon simply means that there are books in libraries which make assertions similar to his own . |
| 20 | If we are asked to believe that all human life is given by God , then what about animal life ? |
| 21 | He noted that the Education Secretary , Kenneth Clarke , had also been invited to attend , adding : ‘ I have been led to believe that what he lacks in understanding he makes up for in bravery . ’ |
| 22 | I was interested last year to see Tim Jonke 's article and his method of spraying acrylic paint over oil paint , as I had always been led to believe that acrylic would no take on top of oil paint . |
| 23 | In both cases they have been led to believe that true faith is doubt-free and that doubt is the same thing ( and just as sinful ) as unbelief . |
| 24 | Not content with claiming that I ended up in jail , many people have been led to believe that I murdered my wife , who , I can state categorically , is still living in Selly Oak , Birmingham . |
| 25 | I was interested last year to see Tim Jonke 's article and his method of spraying acrylic paint over oil paint , as I had always been led to believe that acrylic would no take on top of oil paint . |
| 26 | Students generally have been led to believe that they can not all achieve a worthwhile level of learning . |
| 27 | ( I had been led to believe that God lived in Ol Doinyo Lengai . |
| 28 | For generations they have been led to believe that Britain and America secretly pull the strings in their country . |
| 29 | I have been led to believe that you act as Public Relations Advisor to certain landowners within Highland Region , and should value an opportunity to discuss with you , initially very informally , certain projects for the Association for the Protection of Rural Scotland which which I am involved , if this is in fact the case ? |
| 30 | I have always been led to believe that we must pay due regard to a Bill 's title . |