Example sentences of "believe [pron] to [be] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He reported diligent perusal of the Dictionary and Figures and believed them to be the ‘ compleatest work of that kind extant ’ , but expressed his regret that many American plants had been omitted : he hoped to remedy this by sending specimens of growing plants within the next few years . |
| 2 | He mistrusted their new attendants , Dighton and Slaughter , believing them to be the tools of his enemies . |
| 3 | On the facts the sole issue was whether he believed himself to be the beneficiary . |
| 4 | For , after all , it was not humility that restrained her from believing herself to be at first sight infinitely interesting , for she believed herself to be the equal even of Clelia Denham : it was simply a deference to the law of probability . |
| 5 | Of this person she could form no idea other than that Hugh believed him to be the owner of whatever was in the sack and that he was in some way connected with the outlaws ' Camp . |
| 6 | Tavett was too preoccupied with his fear that Wickham believed him to be the murderer to form any judgments . |
| 7 | The Aztecs believed it to be the ‘ sweat of the sun ’ whilst the Egyptians connected gold with their Sun God , Ra . |
| 8 | This became extended through the process of emulation , by which lower groups in the hierarchy sought to copy the higher groups , a strategy so fundamental that Veblen believed it to be the foundation for the concept of private property ( 1970 : 33–40 ) . |
| 9 | Donard is the highest mountain in all of Ulster , and you could be forgiven for believing it to be the highest in the world when viewed from Newcastle . |
| 10 | Athletics coaches allude to it constantly , believing it to be the basis of blacks ' successes . |
| 11 | Last year I took a special interest in Arrow , believing it to be the major threat to Transworld . |
| 12 | Mark rose from his chair fully aware that politicians believed themselves to be the best informed people in the world , which made them a very sceptical audience for any speaker . |
| 13 | The primatial claim was the richest and rarest of the gifts of which the monks of Canterbury believed themselves to be the custodians . |
| 14 | And I believe them to be the some of the nicest maps I 've ever seen . |
| 15 | Take the examples of these verbs suggested by Bolinger : ( 105 ) I believe him to be the man . |
| 16 | That spiritual dimension I believe to be of pivotal importance ; indeed I believe it to be the soul of the Green Movement today . |
| 17 | The report concludes : ‘ In short , we believe it to be the most complete undertaking , ( the Veterinary College excepted ) of the kind in the kingdom ’ . |
| 18 | I believe it to be the source of evil . |
| 19 | I have never seen this particular argument put forward in quite this form ; and I believe it to be the best argument for the ordination of women that there is . |
| 20 | Congress , as a strong Labour Party supporter and member for many years , and my father before me , I 've always believed it to be the working man 's Party , created and born from the sweat and blood of our predecessors , and throughout many years supported and financed by the unions with our subscriptions and the political levy and I see it 's supported by the trade unions . |
| 21 | That must vary from individual to individual and there is no need to say that simply to hold these views ( if one believes them to be the revealed will of God ) is in itself misogynist . |