Example sentences of "do [adv] believe [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I do not believe that licensing shops , for example , would help in practice .
2 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 . ’
3 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 .
4 Family members at his funeral said they do not believe official accounts .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 Still , I do not believe these scenes of cruelty are there to titillate or entertain .
8 ‘ I do not believe urban barbarism is about to engulf us .
9 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 .
10 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 ) .
11 But surely on the more austere view one can easily explain why it should be so peculiar to assert ‘ p but I do n't believe that p ’ .
12 I do n't believe that shit about you watch a video then all of a sudden you 're a Rambo .
13 So on that ground I feel would be very worried by by promoting the right to buy , erm I 've said everything I want to I did n't really want to elongate this this er this debate and I think it 's but I think , I do n't believe that Councillor mentioned the the the er the .
14 Well , I do n't believe that fur a start .
15 Richard Miles was known to smoke cannabis but police do n't believe such drug use was a motive for murder .
16 Er because I do n't believe this company er could be matched in what it can give er to the individual .
17 no they 've got ordinary ones here but I mean these , are a whole lot expensive than they were at W Smith 's , yes , erm I just do n't believe this price no I suppose they 're three for one fifty nine , but that 's the size I got
18 ‘ Wherever she goes , she carries the banner of her state 's claim to Ulster , and I do n't believe this council should play any part in giving her a platform . ’
19 Oh I do n't believe this bugger .
20 I do n't believe this gentleman .
21 ‘ However , I do n't believe this Government or Peter Brooke has the belly to deploy the SAS effectively so the only alternative is selective internment .
22 I do n't believe this nonsense . ’
23 Do n't believe this crap about them being police .
24 But if the chance for a fair electoral system is lost at least we should have played to what strength there is in a single member system and properly recognised the individual communities of the U K. That chance has been missed without review and on that grounds I do n't believe this review should go through .
25 I do n't believe this compromises us , ’ he said .
26 Well I do n't believe this sort of thing goes on and suggest that Jon Ronson made it all up after reading a dodgy magazine .
27 My wife and I do n't believe this practice can be illegal but we both feel that such a man with influence over vulnerable young boys is the wrong person to teach them .
28 ‘ I do n't believe these beds , ’ groaned Billie , throwing her case on hers and seeing a cloud of dust rising from it .
29 It would be immoral , and I do n't believe any Christian would approve of it .
30 ‘ I honestly do n't believe any mother would get up and go like that .
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