Unfortunately our lines are constantly tied up with low-level non-emergency calls, some of which
defy belief.
Belief in the resurrection
is.. .
Whatever students '
religious beliefs, the chaplain is always happy to talk to them.
They spin on their heads, bend their legs round their ears, and turn inside out with a dizzying facility which
beggars belief.
It is so clear in scripture it
beggars belief
that people can't see it.
Belief in reincarnation, sometimes as an animal.
Images are often outdated - of spartan surroundings, rules and regulations and a
mistaken belief
that hostels are only for young people.
Excavation of the graves revealed an astonishing world of
pagan beliefs.
Have to ensure deeply
held beliefs
of a lot of people don't influence too much.
Belief in the superiority
of the traditional english trial model along with our mother's milk.
Contrary, alas, to
popular belief, the looting of personal property is illegal under the hague rules of land warfare.
Underlying the diversity of
buddhist belief
and practice is a controlling purpose.
Some teachers also
expressed the belief
that the authorities fail to take the situation seriously.
Belief in god
implies subordination of man to the divine will.
Most striking was the
widespread belief
that premature birth is rare.
A bit of
self belief
is always a good thing.
It conditions someone to cling to
superstitious beliefs
or to be excited about auspicious signs.
As
subconscious beliefs
are brought into consciousness the feeling that motivates them is released from compulsive association with them.
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