Example sentences of "[be] believe that " in BNC.
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| 1 | What was it for ? ’ , and within two minutes the prize-winner will be believing that she knew all about him and had indeed been specially looking forward to meeting him . |
| 2 | An extreme conservative position would be to believe that , through the fact that God chose to become incarnate within a particular society , indeed through the fact that God chose a particular tradition and people , all aspects of that society are to be conceived to accord with the will of God . |
| 3 | Hon. Members can imagine how inept the Government must be to believe that overlooking a prison yard , floodlit day and night , would be conducive to the recuperation of neurosurgical patients . |
| 4 | Or do the nuclear powers-that be believe that they have won for the world not only peace in our time , but peace for a million years and more . |
| 5 | Joseph II will always be remembered for finding ‘ too many notes ’ in Die Entfuhrung ; and our own Queen has an almost comparable claim on immortality if the story is to be believed that when asked to attend a performance of Figaro , she replied : ‘ Is that the one about the pin ? ’ |
| 6 | He put on a brave face to Sunday Express readers : ‘ I hope it will be believed that the Arsenal can take a licking as well as any other club . |
| 7 | It could be believed that God , whatever was understood by God , was equally close to all times and places ; that no particular period , and no particular events , were to be held to be more revelatory of God than others . |
| 8 | Usually only one of the delegation addressed the assembly at large on the king 's needs , but it is hardly to be believed that the remainder were content merely to be seen . |
| 9 | Thus , if it is believed that the government is in fact the state , it may also be believed that the assumption of governmental power is equivalent to the acquisition of state power . |
| 10 | In Europe , it used to be believed that devils took up residence inside pigs by entering through a tiny hole in the forefoot . |