Example sentences of "believe [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | I mean , even if there had been some war I did believe worth fighting , if I 'd been called up or something , I 'm a coward , I 'm just not physically capable . |
2 | Whatever we may believe about diet , the only clear-cut ‘ rule ’ , as far as I see it , is that our food should be as free as possible from harmful additives and the toxic residues of modern farming methods — no easy task nowadays . |
3 | The other way , then , is to place an a priori constraint on what a rational man can believe about his world . |
4 | I now say : that to talk about perceived-as appearances , and to talk about what , on looking at things , listening to them , and so on , we would believe about them if we had no reason to think otherwise , are to talk about one and the same thing . |
5 | Whatever novelists may believe about the universe , they do not demand of their readers a formal belief in God or the Devil , or in the forces of history , and the tolerances they expect are wide . |
6 | Whatever you may think or believe about my mother , you must understand that . ’ |
7 | I do n't believe for one minute that the majority of your readers are male , nor that the majority of riders are male . |
8 | I ca n't believe for one minute that Perry would really give it up to be a video director . |
9 | I do not believe for a moment that , with unemployment heading towards three million , the benefits would be significantly dissipated by higher inflation , any more than were the benefits of depreciation in the early 1980s . |
10 | ‘ You can be certain they hope for that but I do n't believe for a moment they expect it . |
11 | His leader did not believe for one moment the protestations of innocence . |
12 | ‘ Do n't believe for a second that those markets exist in the same fashion these days . ’ |
13 | ‘ I do n't believe for one minute I 'd have been the saviour , but I 'd have loved the chance to make a contribution in my country 's hour of need . |
14 | And I do n't believe for one moment that you could have been ignorant of the fact that she was wealthy . |
15 | You do n't believe for a minute that this government will stand by while the two biggest general unions get together , no way , they 'll attack us in any way they can and I warn ya they have n't run out of ideas yet . |
16 | What she does not do is believe for one moment that Rainbow has been possessed by some kind of demon . |
17 | Nevertheless , I do not believe for one moment — I made this point on enough occasions to the hon. Member for Antrim , East ( Mr. Beggs ) — that , if we had not given potential investors the opportunity to buy a power station that could be converted to gas , there would have been much hope of bringing a gas pipeline to Northern Ireland . |
18 | I do not believe for a moment that in the future we shall allow millions of our fellow-countrymen , through no fault of their own , to pass through life ill-housed , ill-clothed , ill-fed , ill-educated . |
19 | Well for most we try and work a Shorthorn for I think that the Shorthorn and the black bull is the true traditional cattle you know maybe and I do n't believe for one minute that the the cattle would be any better if you had a lot of Limousins or something else . |
20 | ‘ I do n't believe for a minute that you have no intention of making love to me . |
21 | ‘ And you did n't believe for a minute that I would agree and that 's why you said it . |
22 | Never in the history of their friendship had Candy given up so easily — and she did n't believe for one split second she had now . |
23 | One may believe of God that God is equally available to people in all times and places . |
24 | Again I can not believe of Jesus Christ that he is related to God in a way which is qualitatively different from that of all other human beings . |
25 | What do we believe of the connections between such a set , which we may call a causal circumstance , and the effect ? |
26 | A man by the name , would you believe of Doctor John Bull . |
27 | He did n't believe like his Mum , that Lee had been making trouble , knocking and then running off . |
28 | ‘ Oh , Mum , I wish I could believe like you , ’ Anne exclaimed . |
29 | I know I could n't believe like the extent of the different meats that |
30 | No , I do not believe in the audition system . |