Example sentences of "do [not/n't] believe [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Newsagent John Ellis also said he did not believe such a call would have much influence on Parliament . |
| 2 | Newsagent , John Ellis , said he did not believe such a call would have much influence on Parliament . |
| 3 | It was agreed that the paper should be redrafted and circulated , and that any published statements of policy should make it clear Conservatives ‘ did not believe additional resources alone to be the answer to law and order problems , but that the humanizing of our society had an important contribution to make ’ . |
| 4 | ‘ Headquarters in Dublin has OK 'd it , ’ Hardy had assured him , but Denis did not believe that , either . |
| 5 | He stated himself that he did not believe that neurotic symptoms all had a sexual cause and berated a student writing a paper on chess saying , ‘ you can not reduce everything to the Oedipus Complex ’ . |
| 6 | Seb did not believe any further explanation was necessary . |
| 7 | Mr Barnett said he did not believe any rules of racing had been broken , so he did not believe the Jockey Club could hold a disciplinary hearing . |
| 8 | The Salvadorean Government said the attack on the hotel was a bid to kidnap Mr Joao Baena Soares , secretary-general of the Organisation of American States , who was in the country on a peace mission , but the OAS chief said he did not believe this . |
| 9 | This young woman , however , did not believe this course of action would solve anything . |
| 10 | The Committee point out that a ‘ general ban on twin-tracking would deprive 3 million people of the right to be a councillor ’ ( Widdicombe 1986:112 ) and they did not believe this to be justified . |
| 11 | But the child 's mother did not believe this . |
| 12 | Scarlet did not believe this for a moment , which was why she held reality at arm 's length and had to see a therapist about it . |
| 13 | Peter did not believe this for a moment . |
| 14 | People have told me the lemon was to mask the taste of the uneven products made at that time by unscientific country brewers ; I do not believe that . |
| 15 | For the Royal Family to remain secure they have to remain aloof — I do not believe that is right , but that is what they should have done . |
| 16 | Peter Archer QC , the former Attorney-General , argued that : ‘ I do not believe that Parliament ever decided , on the merits , to retain capital punishment for treason and piracy . ’ |
| 17 | I do not believe that is true . |
| 18 | As a matter of fact , I do not believe that existential propositions , in particular those intended to transmit ontological claims , can be satisfactorily replaced by the relevant quantified paraphrases , in the manner suggested . |
| 19 | Opposition Members do not believe that is very generous because we know that the cost of putting together a serious buy-out offer is likely to be nearer to £250,000 . |
| 20 | I do not believe that to be so . |
| 21 | I do not believe that altruism , good neighbourliness or even the visions of Jean Monnet have been the motivation behind the EC but simply hard-headed self interest . |
| 22 | The Opposition and the electorate at large do not believe that . |
| 23 | I do not believe that licensing shops , for example , would help in practice . |
| 24 | But I do not believe that one goes as far as going to the figure that the County Council is proposing . |
| 25 | ‘ I do not believe that , ’ he said simply . |
| 26 | Family members at his funeral said they do not believe official accounts . |
| 27 | Do not believe one word of what your mother says about Whangdoodles and Hornswogglers and Snozzwanglers and Vermicious Knids and the Terrible Bloodsuckling Toothpluckling Stonechuckling Spittler . |
| 28 | Chancellor Kohl said : ‘ I do not believe this is a trend that will destroy the party system . |
| 29 | Many technical experts in this country do not believe this to be sensible and know that similar views exist amongst their European colleagues . |
| 30 | We do not believe this is the case , however . |