Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] believe that [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we believe that expectations about Y t are formed rationally then we must also believe that the actual value of Y t diverges from the value that people expect , by a random error which we label v t . |
| 2 | On a recent visit to the Imperial War Museum to see the new display relating to the Home Front , I could scarcely believe that the tiny quantities of food represented by the plastic replicas were really the weekly allowances by which we kept together body , soul and fighting spirit . |
| 3 | She could well believe that the betrayed husband had taken his ultimate revenge centuries before . |
| 4 | The general run of shoppers would not believe that the two girls came from the same family . |
| 5 | I ca n't believe that the vast majority of serious Munro baggers are n't also keen to explore Quinag , Suilven , Ben Loyal , Arran , etc. etc. , even if only in due course . |
| 6 | And if you 've got the last three I ca n't believe that the last three are en suite . |
| 7 | A person may falsely believe that the horizontal moon , because it is perceived as being larger , must be presenting a larger appearance . |
| 8 | And I can not believe that the two did not exchange at length here , passing the very threshold of such a dominant historic occasion , an event which still burnt into the consciousness of all Scots at the time . |
| 9 | Their performance against Rangers was inexplicable and one can not believe that the extraordinary general meeting of shareholders , which lasted eight hours on the day before the match , with bickerings between cabals of directors over the club 's future , had no effect on the players . |
| 10 | You can hardly believe that a few stretchsuits and some nappies can possibly cost as much as they say , but nine months and a lot of shopping trips later , you will have been forced to accept that your new addition has managed to tip the scales severely in the debit direction . |
| 11 | Some part of Sisson 's censures must surely be conceded : whatever esteem we have and should have for Gavin Douglas 's translation of the Aeneid , we can hardly believe that the Philadelphian Ezra Pound was any more at ease than most of us with Bishop Douglas 's sixteenth-century Scots . |
| 12 | What civilized government can really believe that the basic rate in my factory of two pounds seventy nine P per hour is too high ? |