Example sentences of "they believe to be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To be the Devil 's Advocate , to enable/provoke the class into clarifying their feelings and articulating what they believe to be right : " I do n't see why we should share the proceeds . " |
| 2 | Speculators are positively magnetised to situations which they believe to be contrary to the product of natural forces and as a result will not last . |
| 3 | Researchers enquire selectively into what they believe to be essential according to their conceptual bent , leaving the rest aside as incidental . |
| 4 | Sentence linguists follow one of two procedures : they either invent their examples for analysis , using their own intuitive knowledge as native speakers ( their linguistic competence ) as a yardstick , or they take language which people have actually used and remove all the features which they believe to be irrelevant to their purposes . |
| 5 | Humans are also prone to excuse their habits by hi jacking what they believe to be scientific objectivity and fact , or retrospectively to justify their ambitions by some gobbledygook about making a contribution to nature . |
| 6 | It 's worth remembering that all drugs are open to abuse , and that people offer what they believe to be plausible explanations for such abuse : " To escape my problems ' ; " To relieve boredom " ; " To stay awake at parties ' ; " For self-confidence " ; " To be one of the crowd " ; " To help me get on with people " ; " To stop me worrying " ; " To become more creative " ; " To help me study all night " ; " It blows my mind " ; " For a pick-me-up " . |