Example sentences of "believed [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Others have become Christians at a particular moment in their lives but have believed for good reasons which have had mixed in with them other less solid motives for believing , so that their faith was never based on a strong , established conviction . |
| 2 | The salient fact is that Wigg believed , and believed with great intensity , that Profumo had lied to him and for that reason was a suitable object for punishment in fanning the flame of the sexual scandal . |
| 3 | ‘ Counties have sponsorship deals now for pre-season trips , although at Essex we have never believed in pre-season tours because April is the only time you can get your first and second XI captains together . ’ |
| 4 | Martin Luther King , now the leader of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference ( SCLC 1957 ) , believed in non-violent methods and consciously followed the teachings of the Indian leader , Mahatma Gandhi . |
| 5 | What one would have believed in certain circumstances is equally immaterial to what one should now believe . |
| 6 | Though impulsive in some ways , she was an ordinary , practical girl who had never really believed in grand passion or love at first sight . |
| 7 | The Manichaeans , described also as Bogomils , Cathars and Patarenes , believed in equal forces of good and evil . |
| 8 | ‘ I 've always believed in living life to the full . ’ |
| 9 | Truthfully , I had n't believed in Heavenly Father since my fourth Christmas Eve night , the night when Auntie trod on my brick-truck as she tried to sneak in with my present — a smart Apollo Candy with stabilisers , hand-painted maroon — Pa being out with the Recovery . |
| 10 | For example , it is widely believed in English-speaking cultures that women are good listeners . |
| 11 | Intellectuals of the age believed in parliamentary government , not a democratic system ; in liberty , not popular government ; and the spectre of social and economic equality itself was seen as the dark side of the claim for adult suffrage . |
| 12 | Although empirical research ( for example , Boaden , 1971 ) suggests ‘ that the financial relationship has [ not ] decreased the decision-making autonomy of individual authorities , it is generally believed in local government that it has led to increased , and increasing control over local government as a whole ’ ( Alexander 1982a , p. 148 ) . |
| 13 | The malais believed in quick rotations for Danu . |
| 14 | Jane realised then that she had never really believed in covered wagons , other than as a vehicle for John Wayne . |
| 15 | If nothing else , she enjoyed feeling needed ; but sometimes she dreamed with disturbing vividness about the managing director , who had believed in full-length mirrors , bottles of champagne and the importance of taking one 's time . |
| 16 | It is thus believed by Catholic conservatives to be not by chance that the incarnation took place in a male human person . |
| 17 | Enzo Calvitti , believed by Italian police to be one of the leading members of the extreme left-wing Red Brigades ( Brigate Rosse — BR ) responsible for terrorist attacks in the 1970s and early 1980s , was arrested in Paris on Oct. 12 , 1989 . |
| 18 | Assertions from pupils about what teachers call them may not always be believed by sceptical readers . |