Example sentences of "not [adv] believe that " in BNC.
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| 1 | They did not necessarily believe that employing such consultants was more cost-effective than in-house methods , just quicker and easier for an overseas branch . |
| 2 | We did so not because we did not want money spent on community care , but because we did not necessarily believe that a one-track policy was the best way to ensure the ideal form of care . |
| 3 | Thus , for example , although a miner might not personally believe that a university professor teaching three hours a week for 25 weeks of the year is doing a more worthy or important job than himself , he will nevertheless rank this occupation above his own in the construction of a prestige hierarchy because he has learnt that ‘ professors are more important than miners ’ . |
| 4 | He not only believed that she would be a willing accessory to his two-timing Cavell , but that Cavell either would n't realise what was happening or would n't mind if she did . |
| 5 | Professor Williams , however , not only believes that rape should have a limited ambit because of the severity of the penalty , but that procuring a woman by threat should also be subject to limitations even though its maximum penalty is merely two years ' imprisonment . |
| 6 | What is important is that the individual understands why someone feels strong enough to say ‘ Go to hell ’ , and not merely to believe that this is an accurate statement of what that person desires . |
| 7 | At the same time it shows that Engels did not always believe that ‘ higher ’ stages always followed upon lower ones . |
| 8 | The jury … found that Constable Laurie was not actuated by malice or direct motive , but had actually been over-zealous ; that he had no reasonable and probable ground for believing that Roche 's house was used for betting , and that he did not honestly believe that he made bets with plaintiff . |
| 9 | This means that a management policy that is injurious to employee interests can be attacked only on the grounds that the directors lacked good faith , meaning that the directors did not honestly believe that the policy constitutes an appropriate balancing of interests , or that they have altogether disregarded the impact of their decision on the employees . |
| 10 | No Elsie I did not really believe that but my heart was pounding I can tell you when they pulled that net in . |
| 11 | In the nineteenth century , however , those who conducted the research did not really believe that their subjects would tell them the truth reliably if they asked them for information directly , and so they drew inferences about people 's ideas , religious beliefs , political commitments and so on from the type of literature they had on their shelf or the pictures they had on their walls . |
| 12 | One can not really believe that the whole of the world is going to go on maximizing production of agricultural produce , when — I much is already destined to end up as mountains of grain , or butter , or meat — or lakes of wine or olive oil . |
| 13 | If I order someone to clean their boots when I do not really believe that this should be done , then my order is insincere , and flawed ( condition 1 ) . |
| 14 | Hartington confided that he did not really believe that prostitution could ever be eliminated . |
| 15 | ( When we jump off the ground we do not really believe that our jump will affect the ground . ) |
| 16 | She gave him a smile that showed she was still a little insecure , still not quite believing that Ace loved her . |
| 17 | Many Nigerians still do not quite believe that he will go through with it this time . |
| 18 | I could not quite believe that heaven existed , and I held tightly to Helen . |
| 19 | Till now he have not fully believed that the Americans wished to get rid of Mossadeq . |
| 20 | The hon. Member for Sedgefield ( Mr. Blair ) is apparently the only person in the country who does not yet believe that the minimum wage would cost a substantial number of jobs if it were implemented . |
| 21 | I do not however believe that he exonerates himself . |
| 22 | ‘ As far as I am concerned diving is not an excessive calorie-consuming sport , and certainly from the numbers of divers that I see who are overweight , I do not actually believe that the statement in ‘ The Great Diving Adventure ’ , by Horace Hobbs , is actually borne out . |
| 23 | ‘ It will no doubt be in only the rare instance that a man does not consider the possibility that the woman is not consenting , and yet does not actually believe that she is . |
| 24 | I just can not blindly believe that we move out of this life and enter into a better one . |
| 25 | Conservatives do not essentially believe that the maleness of Christ in any way harms women . |
| 26 | We do n't necessarily believe that they are all correct in what they say . |
| 27 | I , I do n't ever believe that the brochure should be taken in isolation |
| 28 | Do n't ever believe that it was n't . ’ |
| 29 | I ca n't honestly believe that anyone can question whether or not Wilko should be manager . |
| 30 | I think that the point , has to be made that when we 've had a transport supplementary grant decision and settlement as poor as this one , then it really is about trying to protect and enhance the people of Lincolnshire and the road network , rather than just for once , party politics , because I ca n't honestly believe that the conservatives would actually , feel that this is a fair , reasonable settlement . |