1.   Belying its reputation, the staff has been polite and accommodating.

2.   Belying their reputations as less than exhilarating speakers, Gore and Bradley delivered dueling presentations that made for the most dramatic party meeting in years.

3.   But belying his reputation as a rhetorical stumblebum, Bush gave every bit as polished an account of himself as the vice president had.

4.   For Clinton, a string of decisions on the economy belies his reputation as a poll-driven politician.

5.   Looking again at how much was spent to create those jobs, Massachusetts belies its reputation of Yankee thrift.

6.   Looking casually chic in a gray turtleneck and slacks, Gere is mellow and relaxed, belying his reputation as a tough interview.

7.   Still, in perhaps attempting to appear warmer, more avuncular and belie his reputation for stiffness, Gore came off stylistically as overbearing and slightly false.

8.   The Bosnian Muslim SDA, belying its reputation as the party that believed in a multi-ethnic Bosnia, has increasingly portrayed itself as a nationalistic and religious party.

9.   His offer is widely believed to belie his reputation as an Arab nationalist and a traditionalist.

10.   Branded as bad travellers and lacking in discipline, they belied that reputation -- and also succeeded at last in knitting determined defence with their natural attacking game.