'V in n' - Construction 9

Name: The believe in something construction
Description: A person holds or does not hold a specific idea.
Verbs: acquiesce, believe, concur, disbelieve, trust
Example: …those who believe in theory and those who believe in scholarship… (BNC)
Membership: topic
Semantic fields and roles: Fields: Cognition. Roles: NP1: Cognizer; NP2: Phenomenon-Topic
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