Example sentences of "[not/n't] believe [prep] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So why is a Catholic newspaper publicising someone who does not believe in a divine Christ ? |
| 2 | The local magistrate might not believe in the frayed elastic , either , if the McReady family were pillars of the kirk . |
| 3 | He did not believe in the new property tax ; he believed that it would constitute theft from the old ladies living down the road , who would consequently vote against the Tories . |
| 4 | The hon. Gentleman and his colleagues can save money if they do not believe in the nuclear deterrent , and it is high time that they told the country what their priorities are . |
| 5 | Although Jonadab did not believe in the old country superstition that an elder bush planted by a house kept away witches , he was a firm believer that it deflected lightning during a storm . |
| 6 | Emstar chairman Richard Tinson claims there is a lot of interest in CHP schemes because ‘ people do n't believe in the low electricity prices ’ . |
| 7 | You 've only got to look at the history of religion , especially Christianity , to see that at as the guys who went round flagellating themselves also went around killing other people if they did n't believe in the right religion and that unfortunately er happens all too often . |
| 8 | They did n't believe in the magic spell literally , of course , but they had had their experience of telepathic closeness at that time of the month . |
| 9 | ‘ I do n't believe in the fatal decline of the written word , ’ says Mr Fontaine , ‘ but we are competing all the time — not so much against television , because the screen image and the printed word complement each other , as against magazines , and against the time people spend getting to work and then their leisure time — against music and the cinema . ’ |