Example sentences of "[adj] believe that [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is however impossible to believe that among these — bearing in mind that each applicant had to be sponsored by some reputable person — there were , as some claimed , barbers , man-milliners , tailors , shoemakers , mercers , mutton pie men , rat catchers , razor-strop makers , razor grinders , a druggist 's porter , insolvent debtors , and in general , the out-at-elbow fraternity . |
| 2 | As Larry Lytle , the main spokesman for USL puts it : ‘ USL understands that it is naive to believe that in any merger nothing changes . |
| 3 | Yet looking at many young people today , the targets of communication channels unknown to their grandparents , it is hard to believe that for all his showmanship McLuhan was entirely wrong . |
| 4 | It seems somehow presumptuous to believe that in 1989 Europe has emerged into a cloudless world in which such things are now no longer possible . |
| 5 | It is tempting to believe that in this story Poe may have had in mind a case of premature burial , in which the principal figure was the mother of his patron , John L. O'Sullivan . |