Example sentences of "[noun] to believe that [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because of this certain ideas have passed into critical legend ; Wordsworth 's own Preface has encouraged modern readers to believe that the reading public of the 1790s were completely unprepared for the new poetry , and that Lyrical Ballads was a complete failure from the point of view of communication and also of financial success . |
| 2 | She says the reason for this is ‘ the need to believe that the event recounted actually took place , or is taking place : no one believes a prophet , and even a prediction needs to be realised within the narrative for sense and interest ’ ( 329 ) . |
| 3 | Asquith 's fall was the result of his own miscalculation , especially of his reluctance to believe that the Unionists would prefer Lloyd George to himself in a contest . |
| 4 | This gentle admonition did little to still the clamour of unilateralists in the churches ; yet there must surely be many Christians who have retained enough faith in divine Providence to believe that the world will not end unless God wills it and that , if He does , it will be for the best . |
| 5 | It contained much of what the country needs to get out of recession but not enough to give any of us the confidence to believe that the recovery is about to begin . |
| 6 | You can forgive people in the Fifties for their eagerness to believe that the problems of highly industrialized societies had been solved , that capitalism worked and that the industrial revolution was at last delivering the goods for everyone … that there were practically no losers . |
| 7 | There is a tendency also for staff in the most senior positions to believe that the review changes priorities , improves staff communication and leads to in-service training , whereas their more junior colleagues are much less sure . |
| 8 | in the Court of Appeal , ‘ in view of the historic struggle of the legislature to secure for itself the sole power to levy money upon the subject , its complete success in that struggle , the elaborate means adopted by the representative House to control the amount , the conditions and the purpose of the levy , the circumstances would be remarkable indeed which would induce the court to believe that the legislature had sacrificed all the well-known checks and precautions , and , not in express words , but merely by implication , had entrusted a Minister of the Crown with undefined and unlimited powers of imposing charges upon the subject for purposes connected with his department . ’ |
| 9 | One has to be a hypocrite or an innocent to believe that a husband will tolerate that kind of thing . |
| 10 | There are , however , at least three good reasons to believe that the gloom over jobs is overdone . |
| 11 | There are , however , good reasons to believe that the Earth 's radius has not increased significantly during the past 500 Ma or so . |
| 12 | There are reasons to believe that the association may be a primary affect of drug treatment , which could mediate some of the pathological changes associated with NSAID use rather than a secondary consequence of these changes . |
| 13 | Hopefully , by the time the lingering effects of physical addiction have worn off , there will be sufficient group cohesion and peer pressure to persuade the sufferer to stay in treatment and thereby counter-act the urge to believe that the problems were all a lot of fuss about nothing . |
| 14 | In these circumstances it may be hard for other people to believe that the governors ' proceedings can be as fair as they should be . |
| 15 | The repeat of this metaphor emphasises the fact that the priest is leading people to believe that the church 's only duty is to get people to ‘ join its ranks ’ . |
| 16 | It is further suggested that in reporting the results of stability tests and the conclusions drawn from them , care should be taken to avoid any statement which would lead people to believe that the products have been proved to be ‘ stable ’ . |
| 17 | I y c Yes , debates in cabinet perhaps , but we 're not talking about debates in cabinet , we 're talking about speeches made at Blackpool or at fringe meetings of Blackpool , which lead people to believe that the government is moving substantially towards the right . |
| 18 | The involvement of the executive in the unreformed courts had led people to believe that the law was their enemy . |
| 19 | That sort of expenditure , instead of encouraging the rest of the cast to believe that the management had faith in the production , only served to dispirit them , thinks West . |
| 20 | But it would be naive in the extreme to believe that the system is always unjust . |
| 21 | Poor local election results led FDP leaders to believe that an alliance with the CDU was now more desirable and on 17 September they left the coalition . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | There was no reason to believe that a Churchill ministry would be more helpful . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | For the devout Christian , there has been no need to reconcile fact and faith , history and theology , simply because he has never had any reason to believe that a distinction between them might exist . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 ) . |
| 29 | The clear , harsh voice again : ‘ There is reason to believe that an application for bail would be allowed . ’ |
| 30 | There is no reason to believe that the incomers brought any large amount of capital with them , although some may have had help at the start from their families . |