Example sentences of "did not believe that [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reason which they gave to me was that they did not believe that a man with my social background could win a General Election for the Conservative Party at that time in the twentieth century . |
| 2 | Helen Gardner , for many years an Oxford luminary , did not believe that the purpose of ‘ English ’ was to turn out critics , any more than it was to produce poets and novelists . |
| 3 | Romero disapproved of this theology ; he did not believe that the way of Christ called anybody to overthrow governments . |
| 4 | The Pan-Africanist Congress ( PAC ) and the Pan-Africanist Movement ( the mass organization launched by the PAC in South Africa in November 1989 — see p. 37033 ) , held a consultative meeting in Harare , the Zimbabwean capital , on March 2-4 , 1990 , after which a spokesperson declared that the PAC did not believe that the South African government had created conditions conducive to negotiations . |
| 5 | He hoped that the government would set an example to the nation by inaugurating a period of change , but he did not believe that the estates of the realm should be given extensive political rights or that the power of the tsar should be dramatically reduced . |
| 6 | The ANC-affiliated United Democratic Front ( UDF ) said that it did not believe that the calm would last unless there were more comprehensive measures , such as abolition of the hostel system , arrest and prosecution of Inkatha warlords and a weeding out of elements in the security forces intent on destroying the negotiation process . |
| 7 | A top firm of criminal lawyers told us they did not believe that the chances of a successful prosecution fell below 50 per cent — the CPS 's normal test . |
| 8 | Before mid-summer Baldwin did not believe that the Government could last beyond the autumn , but he was still hoping that he could get his Aix holiday . |
| 9 | I stated when the bill came before the house that I did not believe that the Home Secretary intended to fiddle the boundaries , some felt I was being a little generous to the Home Secretary , but in his case er we should always be prepared to understand a little more and condemn a little less . |
| 10 | We did not believe that the issue should have come within that particular article . |
| 11 | If I did not believe that the answer to these questions was in each case a resounding yes I would have found it very difficult to give these lectures . |
| 12 | I can ask you to accept that I should n't have come to you like this if I did not believe that the matter may turn out to be very grave indeed . |
| 13 | Although individual consent was of central importance to Hobbes , he did not believe that the authority of law rested on the fact that it promoted a desirable objective or that it reflected a profound truth . |
| 14 | Sinister though their role was , Hobson did not believe that the financiers were out to provoke war between the European powers . |
| 15 | Lisandro Abadia , said , however , that he did not believe that the rebels would implement a ceasefire and that army operations would continue . |