Example sentences of "believe [is] " in BNC.

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1 ft was just about the last poem I wrote on my own for the next six months or so ; it is called ‘ Believing Is Seeing ’ , and it was also about a carving , the sculpture illustrating the miracle of Christ healing the blind man :
2 That poem , ‘ Believing Is Seeing , ’ refers to one of the first poems we wrote together .
3 Then , since there is no believing without some doubting and since believing is all the stronger for understanding and resolving doubt , we can say as Christians that if we doubt in believing it is also true that we believe in doubting .
4 He will not compromise to get an agreement he does not believe is justified and is not the least put out by demonstrations .
5 ‘ Anyway , ’ he said firmly , ‘ what I believe or do n't believe is neither here nor there .
6 Yet this type of countryside people have come to appreciate and believe is ‘ in good heart ’ .
7 To put that another way , there are reasons for thinking that what an econometric model builder might believe is a good estimate of the constant structure of the economy is in fact no such thing , but rather an estimate of a relationship or group of relationships which are dependent upon a particular policy regime .
8 It is a so it 's a complex set of interrelationships we 're looking at er on a sub-regional basis , I do believe that there is capacity , some capacity around the inner area of York , and to what extent the greenbelt enquiry er inspector will retain what I and others and certainly York City Council would believe is sufficient capacity remains to be seen , and though similar pleas were made at that enquiry I think they have to be restated here .
9 well what in actual fact happened , it 's not easy to get Terry Wogan at a moments notice to come and sit down , what in actual fact happens is that we draw up exactly what it is , that , that he would be saying and what the answer will be , he sees that and it 's totally approved , understandably he 's not gon na put his name to anything that he does n't believe is , is correct and that is how it 's done and
10 Even the Greatest himself , Cassius Clay , alias Muhammed Ali , who seemed to have had a highly successful career during which a minimal number of punches were landed to his head , has suffered a brain condition which it is difficult to believe is unconnected with his trade .
11 So we can start by defining our terms like this : to believe is to be ‘ in one mind ’ about accepting something as true ; to disbelieve is to be ‘ in one mind ’ about rejecting it .
12 So it is definitely possible to distinguish between faith , doubt and unbelief in theory ( to believe is to be in one mind , to disbelieve is to be in another and to doubt is to be in two minds ) .
13 What is difficult to believe is that they had suddenly become a real threat to Gloucester .
14 I have a 48″×12″×18″ tank housing what I am led to believe is a Synodontis Schall Catfish of about six inches .
15 Then the really hard part is persuading the public to listen , because the last thing they want to believe is that the charlatan in the white coat is n't going to give them a cure for cancer , a promise he 's been renewing at regular intervals for the past two hundred years .
16 The Secretary of State said that one of his justifications for further cuts in the coal mining industry is the growth of environmentally-friendly gas generation which we are led to believe is cheap .
17 MAS procedures when associated with an Information memorandum containing projections should be sufficient to enable us to be satisfied that the vendor has not recklessly included information which it does not have reasonable grounds to believe is correct .
18 And erm since we 're both to some extent , crystal ball gazing , I suggest it 's a matter of choice which to believe is most likely .
19 What is difficult to believe is that they had suddenly become a real threat to Gloucester .
20 The great majority of French fabliaux too are to be found in manuscripts that contain extensive collections of fabliaux , and other genres , reflecting a development in manuscript production of the thirteenth century that it is difficult to believe is not connected in some general way to the growth of scholarly " compilations " ( compilationes ) at the same time .
21 Suppose it has never been decided whether people who accept a check they have reason to believe is forged can nevertheless collect on it .
22 This must have a major part to play in the increasing mindless violence of young people , imitating what they have been encouraged to believe is ‘ entertainment ’ , namely torture , murder and cannibalism .
23 By presenting a broad front , which encompasses the country 's official architectural watchdogs as well as the Campaign for Real Ale , we hope to alert both the general public and the brewing trade to what we believe is a growing and serious threat to our cultural heritage .
24 The Muddles have acquired a site of undeveloped agricultural land west of Birmingham which is well served by motorways and which they believe is perfect for building the ultimate racecourse .
25 ‘ We can not back down from the decision , which we believe is rightful and just . ’
26 At 666p , Rothmans is trading below asset value , which some believe is more than 750p a share .
27 However , Mrs Thatcher did not go into any detail about how the suggested British scheme for allowing different currencies to compete freely throughout the Community would necessarily produce the kind of central bank and co-ordinated monetary and economic policies which the others believe is essential .
28 ‘ We will use tear gas , helicopters — anything we believe is necessary to keep our island from being damaged . ’
29 I have what I believe is called chickweed all over my garden .
30 You know someone who you believe is a supporter and in conversation it 's mentioned that he regularly gives to charities .
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