Example sentences of "was [verb] to believe that " in BNC.
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| 1 | English law has tended to confine narrowly the situations in which a mistake is held to negative the consent apparently given by the woman : only where the victim was made to believe that the man was her husband , or that the act to which she was being asked to consent was not sexual intercourse , is the mistake sufficiently fundamental to convert the apparently consensual sex into rape . |
| 2 | Melissa , remembering the events of the previous evening , was beginning to believe that it was not impossible for Dieter Erdle to be genuinely attracted to her . |
| 3 | If he did want to mount an exhibition of his work — and she was starting to believe that that too had been a lie , just part of some overall strategy — then he 'd have to find someone else to organise it . |
| 4 | As a specialist on the Soviet Union , Gates was known to believe that the expectations of economic reform in the Soviet Union had far exceeded the ability of the leadership to achieve them . |
| 5 | As originally disclosed by the Guardian , the estimated value of the tax concessions alone offered at one point during the negotiations was close to £35 million , while the European Commission was led to believe that BAe would benefit by only £25 million from the easing of tax restrictions . |
| 6 | He was led to believe that he would receive better than a university education with Mr. Wickstead as his personal tutor . |
| 7 | It was in 1988 that the college was led to believe that the three picture would fetch £15–20 million , but while the college 's financial situation has improved since then , the state of the art market has done the exact opposite . |
| 8 | I was led to believe that Rocky had moved to Derby . |
| 9 | Then the other argument as I can see is that they 've led me to believe , I don I know you said that it 's automatic twelve month ban , but we just accepted that because I was led to believe that my job was safe . |
| 10 | I was led to believe that your programme was noted for its in-depth research of the facts . |