Example sentences of "to believe [conj] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Much of what we have just talked about may seem far beyond our reach or experience yet , but it comforts us to believe that no exigency of life can ever rob the believer of accepting its transcendence as well as its immanence . |
| 2 | There was in fact retaliation in any case , and it might even be argued that this silence on the part of the radio — which everyone knew to be under government control — actually encouraged angry Luos to believe that a Kikuyu conspiracy existed within the Government . |
| 3 | It is difficult to believe that a writer who writes such drivel as does Paul Gallico could be so unpleasantly deluded with grandeur . |
| 4 | The great receptivity to the Good News in the United Kingdom today encourages me to believe that a harvest is prepared and yet few bold , denominational plans exist for evangelism and growth . |
| 5 | ‘ Did you have any reason , Mr Quinn , to believe that a person or persons unknown might have attempted to interfere in the ransom exchange , to the effect of endangering the safety of Simon Cormack ? ’ |
| 6 | Where there is reasonable cause to believe that a person has information about the child 's whereabouts he may be ordered to disclose it ( s95(6) ) . |
| 7 | To give the farcical complications a kick-start , Poiret asks us to believe that a man , finding himself in this predicament , would try to pass the bimbo off as his daughter from a former marriage , and that the girl , required to account for her surprise visit , would blurt out that she was pregnant . |
| 8 | Certainly , it would seem reasonable to believe that a problem affecting society generally will also occur in an age group which , as we have seen , faces a multitude of social and emotional difficulties . |
| 9 | Benn 's willingness to encourage the Romanians to believe that a way could be found to sell high technology to a Warsaw Pact state was ardent indeed . |
| 10 | From a distance it is easy to believe that a child is counting when in fact he is only reciting a number sequence and touching or moving objects at random . |
| 11 | There was no reason to believe that a Churchill ministry would be more helpful . |
| 12 | She found it hard to believe that a Press Officer would be party to evidence of this nature . |
| 13 | So there is good reason to believe that a contract for writing a computer program will fall within that part of the Act dealing with the supply of services , sections 12 to 16 . |
| 14 | Bill Lewis spent many years dowsing the standing stones of his native South Wales and came to believe that a crossing of underground streams beneath each ‘ active ’ standing stone creates a small static electric field . |
| 15 | I have difficulty from time to time in persuading some of my colleagues to believe that a boy not yet 21 could amass so much experience in such a short time ; he had completed two tours and looked like completing a third . |
| 16 | The 1981 Transport Act now states that once the police have reasonable cause to believe that a driver has been drinking , they can follow him home and breath test him there if they wish . |
| 17 | I find it difficult to believe that a bank like the NatWest ca n't offer any more appropriate type of account than this ‘ small business account ’ |
| 18 | It is difficult to believe that a religion so strongly anti-idolatory would allow such an image to exist in the holiest of shrines . |
| 19 | Rule 37.1 does not impose a mandatory bid obligation on a shareholder not acting in concert with the directors unless he purchased shares at a time when he had reason to believe that a redemption or purchase would take place . |
| 20 | But it had established three important points : first , that there was potential to cut across established Green-Orange divisions in pursuing the interests of Derry ; second , that some educated young Catholics who were uninspired by the Nationalist Party would work enthusiastically on a campaign which challenged traditional sectarian prejudices ; and third , many people came to believe that a section , at least , of Derry Unionists was prepared to sacrifice the interests of the city to those of its party . |
| 21 | 2.3.3 Rule 37.3 ( relationship with takeover offers ) and Rule 37.4 A company will not normally be allowed to buy-in or redeem its shares during the offer period if its board has reason to believe that a takeover offer for the company is imminent , except pursuant to a pre-existing contract ( Rule 21 ) . |
| 22 | He had come to believe that a period affected dreams , and not only Anna 's but his too . |
| 23 | It is hard to believe that a World Championship event , which will inevitably lack the close communion of teams , could cap this one . |
| 24 | Step 2 of the Anonymous Fellowships states " Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity " . |
| 25 | " Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity " . |
| 26 | It 's hard to believe that a car as heavy as the SL can generate such massive grip , yet retain an admirably accomplished ride . |
| 27 | One has to be a hypocrite or an innocent to believe that a husband will tolerate that kind of thing . |
| 28 | This would seem to strengthen the case against monopoly , for now there is reason to believe that a movement towards monopoly could lead to higher costs through the creation of X-inefficiency . |
| 29 | Any man who 's fool enough to believe that a model 's doing anything but her job on the catwalk — ’ His laughter stopped her in mid-sentence . |
| 30 | It certainly is a good story but it is hard to believe that a designer as experienced as Tupolev would casually use such information without first carefully checking it out , particularly if one considers the history of the Russian aircraft industry which over the years has sprung many surprises upon the West and will doubtless do so again in the future . |