Example sentences of "it would be [adj] believe that " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would be foolhardy to believe that the Soviet case is unique . |
| 2 | It would be easy to believe that both churches were imposed on the French as a punishment . |
| 3 | It would be encouraging to believe that he was capable of listening as well as jeering . |
| 4 | It would be nice to believe that the Health Secretary spends all his time understanding the very latest developments in heart-lung transplants . |
| 5 | It would be nice to believe that the International Board could sort it out , but they do n't seem to want to . |
| 6 | Although monitored allocations of the kind suggested above are the only way to ensure that library policy is translated into practice , it would be unrealistic to believe that all authorities manage their budgets in this way . |
| 7 | It would be naive to believe that employers who discourage or attempt to undermine Trade Unions do so out of any altruistic motive , such as concern for the individual employee . |
| 8 | It would be wrong to believe that the body clock develops only in response to a rhythmic environment and the effect upon the sleep/wake and feeding rhythms that this produces . |
| 9 | Yet it would be wrong to believe that Hamas controls hearts and minds in the strip . |
| 10 | Given the inherent uncertainty of moral interpretation in social life , it would be foolish to believe that we could come up with a definition of aggression that would allow us to unambiguously classify , much less measure , instances of aggressive conduct in unfamiliar societies . |
| 11 | It would be foolish to believe that any group of people can interact without a political undercurrent . |