Example sentences of "not believe that this " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 This caused disquiet amongst Colonial officials and prompted Creech Jones , the Colonial Secretary in the later years of the Labour government , to circulate a memorandum to the Cabinet in early 1947 in which he said : ‘ I know full well how important it is that our overseas payments should be kept as low as they possibly can be , but I can not believe that this justifies a course which is contrary to our declared policy in regard both to Colonial and to commercial matters and contrary also to the policy which has long been pursued by the Labour Party . ’
2 I do not believe that this perceptual process is either universal or immutable , but it is ubiquitous and extremely potent .
3 Environmentalists do not believe that this phase-out is fast enough .
4 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 .
5 But Lumsden 's Jim Warburg does not believe that this will deter the City .
6 As it will have become clear , I do not believe that this vehicle is tenable .
7 Lockwood accepts that clerical work is often divided up into separate departments , but he does not believe that this has led to deskilling .
8 We do not believe that this kind of analysis can be politically or morally neutral — and nor should it , for our understanding of the situation is that the penal system is morally indefensible and is in dire need of a programme of radical reform which will inevitably be highly political .
9 I could not believe that this was the intention of Parliament .
10 I do not believe that this is a nationalist issue .
11 I am bound to say that I do not believe that this debate has reached the level of fizz that one might have associated with a Bill that was to be fought doggedly tooth and nail by the Opposition .
12 At a time when the need to reduce the size of the public sector is paramount , we do not believe that this is a justifiable way to spend the money of taxpayers and ratepayers .
  Next page