Example sentences of "we do not believe " in BNC.
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| 1 | Speaking the day after Neil Kinnock depicted education and training as the commanding heights of every modern economy , Mr Straw insisted : ‘ We do not believe in the best for the few , but the best for all . |
| 2 | The letter said : ‘ We do not believe a nation can be rich or successful while some are ground down into an ‘ underclass ’ or are deprived of the means of contributing to society . |
| 3 | ‘ We do not believe the public would have been told at all but for us , ’ said a spokesman . |
| 4 | We do not believe that it is necessary to placate God in such a way . |
| 5 | ‘ We do not believe there is a realistic alternative . |
| 6 | We do not believe in scalping , nor in killing wounded men . |
| 7 | If the UK has its way , then the Directive should have little impact , for it notes , ‘ We do not believe that it will be necessary to apply measures in the UK to protect waters from eutrophication due to nitrate . ’ |
| 8 | We do not believe it is government 's job to run business — people do that much better . |
| 9 | All of the writing attainment targets should be assessed in the context of those pieces of work ; we do not believe that spelling or handwriting should be assessed through decontextualised tests or exercises . |
| 10 | We protect older people from harm , real and imaginary , because we do not believe they can protect themselves . |
| 11 | ‘ We do not believe that , by the time Sizewell is built , we will be short of information , ’ he added . |
| 12 | But we do not believe that any bias in the sample would account for the difference between Gooch 's figure of 18 per cent and ours of 3 per cent . |
| 13 | We do not believe that anyone actually consciously thinks this way , but when we have helped people work through their emotions , in retrospect , that is what it actually boils down to . |
| 14 | We do not believe that such operations can be shown to meet our public transport target safety level , and it may be that some of our European colleagues do not consider such operations to be public transport , or do not apply the same target level of safety to such operations . |
| 15 | We are never presented as sexual subjects or objects , so we are less likely to trigger desire , and if we do not believe that we are desirable we will project this and create further obstacles . |
| 16 | We are never engaged in their lives ; we do not believe in them , and as a result do not care about them . |
| 17 | Ernst & Young says that ‘ we do not believe the Exposure Draft should be converted into a SAS ( Statement of Auditing Standards ) without fundamental reconsideration ’ . |
| 18 | But Women Against the Ordination of Women said : ‘ We do not believe the Synod or Parliament has authority to make such a change in the ministry which the Church of England has inherited from the ancient Church . ’ |
| 19 | Speaking in the medical magazine Pulse , Mr Butland says : ‘ I have said to the region that if I feel we are unable to support fundholding we do not believe the number should be increased . ’ |
| 20 | But Commander Roy Penrose , who organised yesterday 's raids , said : ‘ We do not believe they had as much explosives as they claimed . |
| 21 | Miss Pollard — also a TV fashion commentator at events like Royal Ascot — added : ‘ While the Sunday Express has no wish for a dispute with Buckingham Palace we do not believe it would be proper to publish what amounts to a correction . ’ |
| 22 | A police spokesman said : ‘ We do not believe it is Suzy Lamplugh , but we have to check to be absolutely sure . ’ |
| 23 | We do not believe this is the case , however . |
| 24 | ‘ As of today , we do not believe that the declaration of a state of emergency would increase that flow of supplies , food , or materials . |
| 25 | We do not believe that the connection between cause and effect is logical or conceptual , despite the fact that an event or thing may be defined in terms of its effect . |
| 26 | We do not believe , certainly , that if the situation had been different , it would still be true that if the switch had not been flipped the wipers would not have started to work . |
| 27 | We do not believe , although 6 caused e , that if c occurred then whatever the situation had been , e would still have occurred . |
| 28 | We do not believe that whatever the situation had been , if the switch was flipped , the wipers would have started . |
| 29 | Clearly we do not believe that since cc occurred , e would still have as it did , even if k had been missing . |
| 30 | We do not believe that the orthodox account provides a satisfactory explanation of the crisis , for reasons we shall be giving shortly . |