Example sentences of "believe that any " in BNC.

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1 No American believed that any action would be justified if more than half our population would be killed in retaliation . ’
2 The reason was , I think , that the Africans were deeply suspicious of Ian Smith and believed that any agreement which was devised to give them full democratic rights would in fact never be implemented .
3 Tom believed that any day was the day .
4 As a result of interviews with local people , he said , the mission did not believe that any detainees were moved from prison camps ‘ to another place prior to the mission 's arrival ’ .
5 Only the utterly naïve or the determinedly blind could believe that any government activity near to election time does not have electoral implications .
6 In the teeth of the evidence I do not believe that any suffering is ultimately absurd or pointless … the value of suffering does not lie in the pain of it but in what the sufferer makes of it .
7 I sat for a while thinking of what I 'd said and of what he 'd told me , and I still could n't believe that any of the people I 'd come to know so well was really a murderer .
8 Mr Tony Walker , Port of London Authority liaison officer , said : ‘ I do not believe that any of the reputable large cruise lines are involved in this fraud , but I can envisage trouble with some of the smaller , five-day Mediterranean cruise operators who might not have enough decent vessels . ’
9 Mr Tony Walker , Port of London Authority liaison officer , said : ‘ I do not believe that any of the reputable large cruise lines are involved in this fraud , but I can envisage trouble with some of the smaller , five-day Mediterranean cruise operators who might not have enough decent vessels . ’
10 He insisted that he did not believe that any of them was right for him , in spite of the huge money that would be on offer .
11 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 .
12 However , while ‘ [ t ] he Administration does not believe that any city is condemned to inevitable decline ’ ( US Department of Housing and Urban Development 1984 , p27 ) , the emphasis on comparative advantage and entrepreneurialism carried an inevitable warning .
13 I did n't believe , I still do n't believe that any sensible person , whatever his colour , objects to the word blackboard .
14 We did not believe that any of these should be the subject of charity or whim on the part of people more privileged than ourselves in this society .
15 I do n't object to these people on grounds of race and I do n't believe that any other Florentine does either .
16 I do not believe that any other paint system can be applied as thinly as a watercolour wash and still yield as much colour brilliance .
17 I do n't believe that any of the three could exist , or would want to exist independently , for the synthesis is absolutely perfect , the balance so delicate , that the next step up could only be Rapture and Heaven .
18 Aitken did not tell Fraser of any suggestion of confidentiality since , as he later affirmed , he did not believe that any undertaking had been given or asked for .
19 I do n't believe that any obstruction on your behalf at this stage will be looked on kindly . ’
20 And , said Fenella , very firmly indeed , I will not believe that any of us are in danger .
21 I do not believe that any more could have been done — certainly not if the company had still been in the public sector .
22 However , I do not believe that any hon. Member would expect me to do what no other negotiating Minister has done , is doing or will do .
23 I emphasise that I do not believe that any individual or manager in the health service has done anything in this case which departs from the principles upon which the health service is built .
24 Local politicians do not believe that any new talks formula could be adopted before late summer or the autumn .
25 He did not believe that any such combinations would work , but he did not close his mind on continuing consultation .
26 Well we do n't believe that any animals should be made to perform these kind of silly tricks purely for the purposes of human entertainment .
27 on many occasions to the excellent work done by and the section eleven team , but we do not believe that any area is entitled to automatic exemption .
28 Well then I ca n't believe that any garage would , would refuse to give you a ten piece for their own machine .
29 And although the Tude has plants in its waters , I am reluctant to believe that any of them are lilies ; for Chalais has suffered from the twentieth century as Aubeterre has not , and the Tude is polluted whereas the Dronne runs clear .
30 The people who used this vile slander seemed to believe that any kind of troubled , troubling music , anything introspective or tragic , was self-indulgent wallowing .
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