While voters do not necessarily believe his assurances, many seem to think the question of his honesty in office is almost irrelevant.

Drug manufacturers said they did not believe Administration officials' assurances that the proposal would not lead to price controls on drugs.

Most of the exiles believed his assurances, gathered their families, and set out on the northward march.

"Given your track record, Secretary Rumsfeld, why should we believe your assurances now?"

The landowners near Moosehorn should believe the refuge manager's assurances that they can either keep their land or sell it.

It is clear that many, if not most, Britons simply do not believe the Government's assurances.

Maybe Tauran clan had believed her assurances from the start but Fiar wanted to be reassured in words she could hear.

The sultanate has no reason not to believe Iran's assurances that its program has purely civilian purposes.

She wanted to believe his assurances.

It was clear, though, that many, if not most, Britons simply did not believe the Government's assurances.