Sentence examples for believing at first from inspiring English sources

Believing at first that it could weaken Baghdad's ties with Moscow, the administration carried on an elaborate clandestine relationship with Iraq's military and intelligence apparatus.

"It was hard to believe at first," she said.

Olbermann liked Obama, but he believed, at first, that he would not make a strong candidate.

Many leftist politicians believed at first that they were government provocateurs.

The overlapping provenances of Doveridge and this residence led me to believe at first that this was Rockefeller's home.

"Would you believe at first he wouldn't even take the money?" the woman, Ann McMahon, whispered to the truck driver.

There was no reason to believe at first that the fire was anything other than a horrible accident.

"Well, I would say that everybody should be believed at first until they are disbelieved based on evidence," Clinton responded.

"The problem seems to be getting larger than anyone was led to believe at first," said Erich Merkle, an analyst with Autoconomy.com in Grand Rapids, Mich.

Indeed, everyone here is something other than -- and more than -- what we are led to believe at first and second glance.

It is hard to believe, at first, that this is the same auditorium that has framed the musical outpouring of the ENO, originally Sadler's Wells Opera, since 1968.