Example sentences of "to believe [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tacitus regarded Christianity as one more contemptible superstition , to the pessimist additional evidence of the sad capacity of human beings to believe strange things . |
| 2 | It sighed and groaned and creaked so that sometimes it was easy to believe ghostly footsteps were padding about ; but this noise was something different from the usual spasmodic little creaks — it seemed regular and deliberate . |
| 3 | The world is determined to believe benighted rubbish : he is determined to save it from itself . |
| 4 | He said many schools in the Seventies seemed to believe good spelling could be picked up , not taught . |
| 5 | They will go about the city in the weeks to come , and Phil will point out things behind doorways and up courtyards that he 'd never noticed , and explain how the whole set-up of the city is really a conspiracy , and read out public notices in a voice that makes them suddenly ridiculous , and persuade him to believe preposterous stories . |
| 6 | Clearly the President 's enemies are itching to believe unsubstantiated stories that could hurt him . |