Preposition: about

• afterlife: This is a good introduction to religious ideas and beliefs about the afterlife.

Converse of object

• defy: Unfortunately our lines are constantly tied up with low-level non-emergency calls, some of which defy belief.

• beggar: It is so clear in scripture it beggars belief that people can't see it.

• hold: Have to ensure deeply held beliefs of a lot of people don't influence too much.

• express: Some teachers also expressed the belief that the authorities fail to take the situation seriously.

Preposition: in

• resurrection: Someone once said that belief in the Resurrection is.. .

• reincarnation: There are central tenets to the Hindu faith most notably the belief in reincarnation, sometimes as an animal.

• superiority: Yet we have all been fed a belief in the superiority of the traditional English trial model along with our mother's milk.

• god: Belief in god implies subordination of man to the divine will.

Adjective modifier

• religious: Whatever students ' religious beliefs, the Chaplain is always happy to talk to them.

• mistaken: Images are often outdated - of spartan surroundings, rules and regulations and a mistaken belief that hostels are only for young people.

• popular: Contrary, alas, to popular belief, the looting of personal property is illegal under the Hague Rules of Land Warfare.

• widespread: Most striking was the widespread belief that premature birth is rare.

• superstitious: It conditions someone to cling to superstitious beliefs or to be excited about auspicious signs.

Noun used with modifier

• beggar: They spin on their heads, bend their legs round their ears, and turn inside out with a dizzying facility which beggars belief.

• pagan: Excavation of the graves revealed an astonishing world of pagan beliefs.

• Buddhist: Underlying the diversity of Buddhist belief and practice is a controlling purpose.

• self: A bit of self belief is always a good thing.

• subconscious: As subconscious beliefs are brought into consciousness the feeling that motivates them is released from compulsive association with them.