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There were no miso soup lines and the relatively low official unemployment rate often seemed to belie that there was a problem at all.

The scales along his back seem to be blackish, and so much as is discovered under his belie, appeared to be red. . .

No wonder that Israeli politics tends to belie what professors have written about the cohesiveness of cabinet government.

Then they became friendly, and played about in the nervous, half-coy way with which fierce beasts belie their fierceness .

The briefings, which take place about once a week, belie the agency's gritty image.

New high-resolution satellite imagery, however, appears to belie the general's statement.

These simple words belie the ambitious nature of johnson's task.

Examples like this belie the notion that bacteria are simple, silent loners.

Like members of other oppressed groups, Jane nurses sentiments which belie her apparent quiescence: "I did not love my servitude" (p. 508).

B: Get out of here. You don't expect me to belie, ve that, do you?

Tranquil waters and a drift of morning mist belie the power that carved these granite hills in Red Cuillin, Skye.

But its actions largely belie its words, at least in mobile.

Even when he did get a good fare, his legs would belie his appearance-he couldn't run fast!

Mr Ortega has also courted investment with tax breaks and business-friendly regulations that belie his "socialist" brand.

The gentle lower slopes belie the true nature of the mountain.

Hopefully, these examples have demonstrated truths that belie some common misconceptions about the role of visual design.

But they belie a fierce ambition and an obsession to root out injustice on Wall Street and beyond.

Economic statistics belie the two countries' shared history and geography.

But his conformist image and manner belie his break with strait-laced japanese business conventions.

But government auditors claim those ratings belie the forces' true abilities.

Her hobbies belie her powerful position: she is said to enjoy swimming and taking care of her two cats.

At first glance, life at the boarding school seemed to belie all the bad things I had heard about it.

Such mild results belie the conflicting tectonic forces at work on prices.

Such convoluted steps belie the underlying strength of what is being sold.

But these viewing figures belie the country's declining interest in the sport.

It will raise tax revenues, but could belie Cuba's myth of material equality.

He says sales figures belie many of the protesters' complaints.

He deign'd not to belie his soul in songs.

Surrender to your true self and come to know the will of the ONE that clarity may belie your path.

Should I do SO, I should belie my thoughts.

I see the tears in your eyes they tell me you don't belie. . .

The songs popular with youth, you may have noticed, belie the old Tin Pan Alley cliche that a hit can't be MADE on the theme of married love

Belie: to give false ideas that contradict

"He spoke roughly in order to belie his air of gentility" (James Joyce)

The years belie we lived a lie