Example sentences of "do [not/n't] believe [det] " 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 ‘ Headquarters in Dublin has OK 'd it , ’ Hardy had assured him , but Denis did not believe that , either .
4 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 ’ .
5 Seb did not believe any further explanation was necessary .
6 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 .
7 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 .
8 This young woman , however , did not believe this course of action would solve anything .
9 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 .
10 But the child 's mother did not believe this .
11 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 .
12 Peter did not believe this for a moment .
13 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 .
14 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 .
15 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 . ’
16 I do not believe that is true .
17 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 .
18 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 .
19 I do not believe that to be so .
20 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 .
21 The Opposition and the electorate at large do not believe that .
22 I do not believe that licensing shops , for example , would help in practice .
23 But I do not believe that one goes as far as going to the figure that the County Council is proposing .
24 ‘ I do not believe that , ’ he said simply .
25 Chancellor Kohl said : ‘ I do not believe this is a trend that will destroy the party system .
26 Many technical experts in this country do not believe this to be sensible and know that similar views exist amongst their European colleagues .
27 We do not believe this is the case , however .
28 In practice , we do not believe this to be sufficiently important to invalidate comparisons .
29 But lawyers familiar with the case do not believe this will stop McMullen 's eventual extradition .
30 I know those offices in Northumberland Avenue — I have been involved in submitting evidence to two separate Royal Commissions there — and I do not believe this proposed tour of inspection is going to be a very joyous occasion .
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