Example sentences of "does not believe " in BNC.

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1 There is no biographical key with which it can be unlocked — and I have not been trying to turn one in this essay of mine , which does not believe it , for that matter , to be locked .
2 In consequence , it was resolved ‘ That the General Assembly is firmly opposed to indiscriminate abortion , but does not believe it is wise to insert a clause banning abortion into the Constitution of the Republic … ’
3 But Roderick Henderson , who runs the chef division of recruitment consultant Berkeley Scott , does not believe that contract catering is always a financially rewarding sector in which to work .
4 Earlier , Malcolm Pyrah had won the first Olympic Talent Spotters Championship on It 's Me and , though he does not believe the small seven-year-old chestnut is potential Olympic material , he echoed the widespread praise for this new series of competitions .
5 Even now , a year before the deciding vote , he does not believe that sport here understands what getting the Games would mean .
6 She did not believe Labour was now the party of home ownership , strong defence and financial rectitude : ‘ If it 's that easy for the Labour leader to give up the principles in which he does believe , wo n't it be even easier for him to give up the principles in which he does not believe ?
7 In a personal attack on Mr Kinnock — a prime target for the Conservative counter-offensive — she added : ‘ If it 's that easy for the Labour leader to give up the principles in which he does believe , wo n't it be even easier for him to give up the principles in which he does not believe ? ’
8 He does not believe that Britain lacks for entrepreneurs , but he is concerned that many of them do not do their homework well enough .
9 Cuckney does not believe that the qualities needed to be an effective chairman of a financial institution such as 3i ( Investors in Industry ) are that different to those required to oversee a manufacturing company .
10 Cuckney does not believe the crash was the result of any fundamental change in the structure of national economies , but he does suggest that it signals the fact that greater volatility in global markets is here to stay .
11 Only one Milanese was still proclaiming that ‘ greige ’ is good — and even he sent out token blasts of red , purple and pink to acknowledge a hankering for colour which he personally does not believe in .
12 But an aid worker who has daily contact with camp inmates does not believe this means that the Hong Kong government has managed to persuade the Vietnamese to quietly accept their fate .
13 ‘ The Government does not believe that it would be right for this case to be treated as a precedent . ’
14 He is not a sceptic about the reality of global warming — he can claim to have been the first man to notice it — but he does not believe it is necessarily harmful .
15 THE former first lady of the Philippines , Mrs Imelda Marcos , does not believe in dealing with underlings .
16 Albert Mokhiber , president of the Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee ( ADC ) , does not believe that anybody in the government wants to intern Arab-Americans .
17 Dickie does not believe in clover , or mowers , and he would not recognize ‘ Chewing 's Fescue ’ if you served it to him on a bed of rice .
18 He will not compromise to get an agreement he does not believe is justified and is not the least put out by demonstrations .
19 He does not believe me , she thought , and I can tell no one , there are no words to convey the fear , the blank fear .
20 Mr Major has said privately that he does not believe it is necessary to follow the Taylor recommendations to the letter , but he will insist that the changes are made for First and Second Division clubs .
21 The EC does not believe that recognition will be a panacea for Bosnia , the tinderbox of the First World War and a patchwork of warring groups made up of 60 per cent Muslims , 30 per cent Serbs and 20 per cent Croats .
22 Clearly Littlewoods , the pools group and retailer , does not believe in either solution — or perhaps it does not really want to sell .
23 Jan Hurak , from Poland , who was third last year , does not believe that anyone will run away from the field , as the Russians did last year .
24 But he does not believe it will get to that stage .
25 The spirit of our times does not believe in the sacrifice of private happiness for public duty , and this can be taken as a sign of moral decline .
26 But they would also make a more damning inquiry : ‘ If the Labour Party does not believe in democratic socialism , what is the Labour Party for ? ’
27 Mr Gould does not believe it .
28 Piaget does not believe that concepts take their origin from linguistic structures .
29 He does not believe there is any overt connection between his paintings and his medicine .
30 Korda Marshall at RCA does not believe they will be true to their word .
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