Example sentences of "[modal v] have you believe " in BNC.
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| 1 | It aids digestion , prevents obesity , soothes the spirit and quickens the mind — or so its addicts would have you believe . |
| 2 | What 's clear is that the Polo is not the all-new supermini Volkswagen would have you believe . |
| 3 | The essential thing is accuracy , for swimfeeder fishing is not the willy-nilly method of fishing that some anglers would have you believe . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's a lot rarer than novelists would have you believe . ’ |
| 5 | We match for tonal characteristics , not candle light or simple power output , as Hartley 's analogy would have you believe . |
| 6 | Your average chocolate bar , far from being the energy snack advertisers would have you believe , is loaded with fat . |
| 7 | The high cost of structured CPE : myth and reality CPE does n't have to be as expensive as many firms would have you believe |
| 8 | Stacy Keach , a far more versatile actor than his many mundane films would have you believe , was busted at Heathrow Airport and served three months of a nine-month sentence at Reading Jail . |
| 9 | Clearly , despite their terribly twee name , pudding-bowl haircuts and crap clothes , they are not the washed-up jangle group their detractors would have you believe . |
| 10 | But Polly , I 'm not the Casanova the gossip columns would have you believe . |
| 11 | One thing she knew was that you had to keep quiet around fish , or so men would have you believe . |
| 12 | But listen to big Ray Close and he would have you believe that it was no big deal , just another fight and a chance to earn the kind of money he used to dream of as an amateur with Ledley Hall . |
| 13 | And Boro fans , of course , are as fanatical as any despite what everyone else would have you believe . |
| 14 | But David Stevenson , chief executive of Edinburgh Woollen Mills and former international pole-vaulter , would have you believe that he has just been rather lucky . |
| 15 | Or so the medical propaganda would have you believe . |
| 16 | What we 're hoping to do in this exhibition is to make people realize that science and technology is not as difficult as some people would have you believe , and that it can be fun . |
| 17 | ‘ The police will have you believe that on the night of 12 September , after consuming half a tin of pilchards , she decided life was not worth living and hacked off her left leg with a non-existent sharp instrument . |