Example sentences of "[conj] we do not believe " in BNC.

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1 We do not and I hope that the Minister will accept that we have stated repeatedly that we do not believe that the MacSharry proposals are good for British or European agriculture .
2 Legal aid is a fundamental part of our system of justice , and we do not believe it is proper for the Lord chancellor to make drastic reductions in it through Regulations , particularly in view of the entirely inadequate consultation on his proposals .
3 But so do many private individuals , and we do not believe that a citizen 's sphere of personal freedom necessarily shrinks as his power and influence grow .
4 We are never presented as sexual subjects or objects , so we are less likely to trigger desire , and if we do not believe that we are desirable we will project this and create further obstacles .
5 ‘ We would not have stayed with this product so long if we did not believe there was potential to make at least £20 million annual profit from it , ’ Shaw says .
6 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 .
7 But we do not believe that the pursuit of national efficiency can be ranked much lower — not least because without it the human rights themselves will not be secure .
8 But we do not believe that major organisational changes in the commercial sector are explained in these terms .
9 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 .
10 We protect older people from harm , real and imaginary , because we do not believe they can protect themselves .
11 To have a concept of error is to accept that we can be in error on a given occasion even though we do not believe we are , and hence that we can be corrected by others .
12 The result is to cause us to love the theatre : ‘ the play recuperates and intensifies our need for these ceremonies , even though we do not believe in them , and performs them , carefully marked out for us as frauds , for our continued consumption ’ .
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