Example sentences of "not believe that [adj] [noun sg] [be] " in BNC.
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1 | I do not believe that that prescription is in the interests of Scotland or of the rest of the United Kingdom . |
2 | In the teeth of the evidence I do not believe that any suffering is ultimately absurd or pointless … the value of suffering does not lie in the pain of it but in what the sufferer makes of it . |
3 | on many occasions to the excellent work done by and the section eleven team , but we do not believe that any area is entitled to automatic exemption . |
4 | However , while ‘ [ t ] he Administration does not believe that any city is condemned to inevitable decline ’ ( US Department of Housing and Urban Development 1984 , p27 ) , the emphasis on comparative advantage and entrepreneurialism carried an inevitable warning . |
5 | As it will have become clear , I do not believe that this vehicle is tenable . |
6 | She stood staring down at the fresh earth of the new grave , at the wooden cross bearing her mother 's name and she could not believe that this nightmare was real . |
7 | Environmentalists do not believe that this phase-out is fast enough . |
8 | For those whose overheads are modest ( and for those who add an extra sum for secretarial , postage , or other expenses ) , I do not believe that either rate is sustainable in terms of a client 's ability to afford it or the likelihood of its recovery by the successful litigant at the conclusion of a case . |
9 | Reasonable women , of course , do not believe that sexual intercourse is a cure for fits or a treatment for breathing which will improve the voice . |
10 | The Bishop believes in evolution , but can not believe that natural selection is an adequate explanation for the course that evolution has taken ( partly because , like many others , he sadly misunderstands natural selection to be " random " and " meaningless ' ) . |
11 | While he could understand the ‘ natural anger and grief ’ of the child 's parents , he did not believe that medical negligence was a factor in Stephen 's death . |