Example sentences of "believe [pron] to [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it had been easy to ignore them , not to listen , to walk away , when he believed them to be just dirt . |
| 2 | Until I came to know and admire Nellie McClung , I had never encountered ‘ feminists ’ , and believed them to be aggressive . |
| 3 | ‘ It was n't because you believed me to be unavailable , to keep me at bay , by any chance ? ’ |
| 4 | This body of mine in which I had taken no pleasure or pride , he was honouring , saying to it , ‘ I love you , I love you , I love you , ’ believing me to be asleep , and I let him go on believing . |
| 5 | Many Laotians hold dolphins in high regard , believing them to be reincarnated people . |
| 6 | Three of these were cleared on 16 March but , believing them to be floating mines , the Allies did not completely sweep the area . |
| 7 | She looked towards the bag , where she 'd lovingly wrapped the two priceless items , believing them to be precious — but only because they 'd belonged to her beloved father . |
| 8 | An investigative Thrills series which lifts the lid on the stupid , rubbish stunts bands pull mistakenly believing them to be big or clever . |
| 9 | Burger leaned forward quickly and , lowering his voice , said : ‘ Returning to our earlier subject , Garland half believed himself to be impotent he probably was , but he was obsessed by that damned girl he married and although she was good to look at , that was all — she was an immoral woman ! |
| 10 | I looked at his face , which was something I did seldom , for I did n't like it , and saw that he did n't believe me ; that he found it inconceivable that I should n't love him ; that , ageing and unmarried though he was , he believed himself to be irresistible . |
| 11 | During the year they had been together , she had seen him time and again in the dark quiet hours when he believed himself to be unobserved . |
| 12 | If he had done so because he genuinely believed himself to be alone and was unaware that a mounted rider was behind a clump of trees nearby , though the horse as a result took fright , he might still plead that his action was not reckless . |
| 13 | The court suggests that if the defendant ( D ) had ( wrongly ) believed himself to be liable to pay the charges , he would not have been liable on the notes ; but , because he ( rightly ) believed himself not to be liable to pay the charges , he is liable on the notes . |
| 14 | But suppose that , though believing himself to be liable , he gives a note or cheque only in response to a demand threatening legal proceedings ? |
| 15 | He had always run Virgin with something of the paternalism of a nineteenth-century Lancashire mill-owner , believing himself to be mindful of the welfare of his staff , if not always fully in touch with the vicissitudes of their day-to-day existence , but certainly never tolerating any direct challenge to his authority . |
| 16 | The last and incomplete letter from Miller in the Darlington collection , dated 10 November 1769 , carried a wish for plants from Bartram 's garden , because he believed there to be new genera amongst them , but specimens had been ‘ so much compressed as to render the distinguishing characters very doubtful ’ . |
| 17 | Like Crowther , Newsom accepted the tripartite system , believing there to be different levels of natural ability in children which could best be catered for by different kinds of school . |
| 18 | getting compurgators to swear that they believed him to be oathworthy , although they knew nothing of the facts of the case . |
| 19 | She is overcome with tenderness towards him , believing him to be asleep . |
| 20 | But my strongest surviving impression is of a large team of teachers , several of them coming specifically to Banbury to undertake this work and now scattered in headships across the country , determined to carry change through — not because it was imposed by politicians or bureaucrats , but because they believed it to be right and wanted it to work well . |
| 21 | There is every indication that he believed it to be true , whether it was or not . |
| 22 | " I do n't see how you can go too far , in the right direction , " said Clara , not for the sake of saying it , but because , on some level , she profoundly believed it to be true . |
| 23 | The notion that " one hour 's sleep before midnight is worth two afterwards " has perennially been invoked to put children to bed early ( although only 10 per cent of the survey sample believed it to be true ) . |
| 24 | Following consultations with the British Speedway Promoters ' Association , the Board overruled the decision , made by officials at Exeter , because they believed it to be unfair . |
| 25 | While some staff felt that this system was successful , others believed it to be unfair , especially in times of contracting resources . |
| 26 | 203 , the corporation , having for a number of years paid purchase tax on manufactured stationery , erroneously believing it to be due , sought to recover it when it was held not to be chargeable . |
| 27 | People born since the 1890s have been unnaturally large because they have eaten too much protein believing it to be essential for growth , says survey author Geoffrey Cannon in New Woman magazine . |
| 28 | I have said nothing of metal , believing it to be offensive to any right-minded book lover , at least in his own home . |
| 29 | Finally , Solihull teachers generally do not consider that the use of the scheme constitutes any threat to them , believing it to be capable of showing cause for praise as well as blame . |
| 30 | It would be a mistake , however , to dismiss this aspect of the Liberal reform programme as being of no legislative or historical significance , at least in so far as the preceding details have revealed that the different schemes were the result of much thought and argument on the part of a number of interest groups , each of which cared about the transition process , believing it to be critical for the economic and moral welfare of working-class youth . |