Example sentences of "not believe that [adj] [noun] [is] " 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 Environmentalists do not believe that this phase-out is fast enough .
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 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 ' ) .
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