Example sentences of "be [vb pp] believe [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are conditioned to believe all the books we read about what a mother should be . |
| 2 | In societies organised around sexual differentiation ( which means all known societies ) we are led to believe that masculine and feminine are simple categories of the natural world , like plants and animals or lions and tigers : the two classes exist and can be defined . |
| 3 | She had been led to believe this was the case but a phone call from the office of Mr Ian Frost , regional director of Inntrepreneur , part of Grand Met , said the meeting would be in Tadcaster or Halifax . |
| 4 | I was given to believe that would have been in the flat also we thought that st was going to be in there possibly a wife and it was n't said whether there were any children . |
| 5 | ENCOURAGED , as always , by the constant flow of readers ’ letters , I was led to believe that sooner or later this month something of unusual interest would turn up . |