Example sentences of "do [not/n't] believe [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . ’ |
| 4 | I do not believe that is true . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | I do not believe that to be so . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The Opposition and the electorate at large do not believe that . |
| 10 | I do not believe that licensing shops , for example , would help in practice . |
| 11 | But I do not believe that one goes as far as going to the figure that the County Council is proposing . |
| 12 | ‘ I do not believe that , ’ he said simply . |
| 13 | Family members at his funeral said they do not believe official accounts . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Chancellor Kohl said : ‘ I do not believe this is a trend that will destroy the party system . |
| 16 | Many technical experts in this country do not believe this to be sensible and know that similar views exist amongst their European colleagues . |
| 17 | We do not believe this is the case , however . |
| 18 | In practice , we do not believe this to be sufficiently important to invalidate comparisons . |
| 19 | But lawyers familiar with the case do not believe this will stop McMullen 's eventual extradition . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Do not believe any articles you may read that are written by restaurateurs , professional chefs or cordon bleu cooks about either soufflés , profiteroles , or flambés being the simplest thing in the world . |
| 22 | Still , I do not believe these scenes of cruelty are there to titillate or entertain . |
| 23 | ‘ I do not believe urban barbarism is about to engulf us . |
| 24 | I do not believe those powers would be of use My Lords I er take the view that they would not have been abused by past Home Secretaries , no not by men like the late Tutor Reed or the Noble Lord Jenkins or the Noble Lord Callaghan , they would not be abused today by my Right Honourable Friend Mr Howard , I doubt if they would be abused by Mr Blair should he at some time become Home Secretary and I think we 're becoming slightly attached to an artificial argument that somehow or the other there is great respect for the local authorities , but which is not extended to the National Institutions of Government and to the Home Office and the Home Secretary . |
| 25 | While they still maintain feminist art history should raise ‘ fundamental questions for art history as a humanist discipline ’ , they do not believe feminist art history should be confined to the documentation of women artists ( as a form of additive history ) . |
| 26 | ‘ I do n't believe that , ’ Johnson said yesterday . |
| 27 | Well , I do n't believe that fur a start . |
| 28 | But personally I do n't believe that . |
| 29 | We do n't believe that was what the public intended when they donated to the Trust . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I do n't believe that , Brian , ’ says Vic . |