Example sentences of "[adj] believe [conj] [adj] [noun] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would be easy to believe that both churches were imposed on the French as a punishment . |
| 2 | It is , for example , quite mistaken to believe that all farmers are hostile towards environmentalism . |
| 3 | We all believe that this development is made possible by the ability to transfer information through the use of language , which enables man to utilise the knowledge of his forebears , and the knowledge of other men in other cultures . |
| 4 | In a recent survey one in five incontinent women were afraid that they smelt and one in nine believed that sexual activity was compromised . |
| 5 | It was safer to believe that all women were opportunists and all friends traitors . |
| 6 | The first believes that perfect competition is a useful paradigm that policymakers should take as a guide ; this is the liberalising , deregulating , competition-promoting wing of the profession . |
| 7 | Foreign firms find it difficult to believe that Japanese costs are really low enough to justify such low prices and there is some evidence that the domestic prices of equivalent goods are higher . |
| 8 | Her hearers found it difficult to believe that this screaming was involuntary ; some thought she was drunk , or ill , or possessed by an evil spirit , but most of them just wanted her out of the way : ‘ some wished she was on the sea in a bottomless boat ’ . |
| 9 | In the provincial press , and especially the local weeklies , it is more difficult to believe that direct influence was rare . |