Example sentences of "[adj] believe that [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 It would be foolish to believe that any group of people can interact without a political undercurrent .
2 The complexity of modern European economies makes it impossible to believe that rural community self-sufficiency can be achieved in isolation from urban and industrial economy .
3 Here in his own house he was aloof , unsmiling , the man Jenna had first met , and it was almost impossible to believe that this man had held her , kissed her passionately , urged her to come here to stay with him .
4 whereby that person is likely to believe that such violence would be used or it is likely that such violence would be provoked .
5 ‘ whereby that person is likely to believe that such violence would be used or it is likely that such violence would be provoked ’ .
6 ‘ whereby that person is likely to believe that such violence would be used or it is likely that such violence would be provoked ’ The officer dealing and/or civilian witnesses could help prove this point by including in their evidence observations such as , ‘ The crowd of visiting football supporters were likely to believe they were going to be attacked ’ , or ‘ It was likely that the visiting supporters would lose their tempers and attack the home crowd ’ .
7 ‘ ( 1 ) A person is guilty of an offence if he — ( a ) uses towards another person threatening , abusive or insulting words or behaviour , or ( b ) distributes or displays to another person any writing , sign or other visible representation which is threatening , abusive or insulting , with intent to cause that person to believe that immediate unlawful violence will be used against him or another by any person , or to provoke the immediate use of unlawful violence by that person or another , or whereby that person is likely to believe that such violence will be used or it is likely that such violence will be provoked . ’
8 ‘ whereby that person is likely to believe that such violence ( i.e. immediate unlawful violence against him or another ) will be used or it is likely that such violence will be provoked . ’
9 The ideological points are still there but it 's hard to believe that totalitarian regimentation could be so tight .
10 Watching Laura , it is hard to believe that one year ago this chubby child from Manchester with the tangle of blonde curls was a jaundiced , wasted waif , waiting to die .
11 It is hard to believe that one architect created all three : the dour , round-arched entrance front , the blandly conventional west front and the garden front serenely composed about its canted bay with female heads , heraldic complexities and subtle drapes of rustication .
12 It is hard to believe that any fall in Polly Peck-owned Vestel 's share price could be mostly due to the Gulf crisis
13 I would still find it very hard to believe that any evidence of mitigation would justify a non-custodial sentence , to someone who has broken twenty-three bones in their child 's body .
14 It is hard to believe that any business whose life blood is communications could lag behind in using modern information technology , but that is how it is with British public relations .
15 Playing in a park in Northampton this afternoon , it 's hard to believe that 6 year old Natalie Hill is desperately sick .
16 Yet it is very hard to believe that this sort of explanation can account for more than a handful of hoards , if any .
17 I find it hard to believe that this amount would be likely to deter someone from participating in a tournament .
18 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 ’ .
19 It is extremely difficult to believe that this cult did not have political overtones .
20 In the provincial press , and especially the local weeklies , it is more difficult to believe that direct influence was rare .
21 She would be fifty-three or four now and I find it difficult to believe that any woman who had had three children would n't show some curiosity about what happened to them once the glamour of life had worn a bit thin . ’
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