Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] believe that the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the Bull God was Poteidan , and the sacral horns are bull horns , there is a prima facie case for believing that the shrine was dedicated to Poteidan . |
| 2 | In its turn , the government rejected FMLN accusations that it was misleading national and international opinion into believing that the Treasury Police and National Guard had been disbanded when , according to the guerrillas , these forces continued to occupy the same installations , with the same structures and weapons but wearing a different uniform . |
| 3 | He was struck silent for quite some seconds , as if ignorance of Faye Russell 's work was on a par with believing that the earth was flat . |
| 4 | We may have a theoretical reason for believing that the variable we are studying will require a particular transformation . |
| 5 | There is good reason for believing that the recovery will be firmly established in the course of 1992. — Lamont , January 22 , 1992 |
| 6 | ‘ Subject to the provisions of this Act , no action shall be brought to recover any costs due to a solicitor before the expiration of one month from the date on which a bill of those costs is delivered in accordance with the requirements mentioned in subsection ( 2 ) ; but if there is probable cause for believing that the party chargeable with the costs — ( a ) is about to quit England and Wales , to become bankrupt or to compound with his creditors , or ( b ) is about to do any other act which would tend to prevent or delay the solicitor obtaining payment , the High Court may , notwithstanding that one month has not expired from the delivery of the bill , order that the solicitor be at liberty to commence an action to recover his costs and may order that those costs be taxed . |
| 7 | I had half-managed to con a colleague in the Press-box into believing that the Brewongle Stand was named after an old left-arm spinner from Parramatta named Bluey Brewongle when I saw the dark-green uniforms emerging from the pavilion , and the emotions crowded in with a sudden impact . |
| 8 | But that the the leader of the house effectively made a statement in Prime Minister 's questions on the same issue , misleading the house into believing that the government were actually applying this money to patient care rather than to meeting their own political incompetence . |
| 9 | Such people ensure the persistence of evil on earth by believing that the power of physical might shall prevail uncontrolled with complete disregard of the general good . |