In this connection, the panel need not accept the statements of counsel as being the statements of counsel's client if the panel desires direct testimony. (nar.realtor)
This Procedural Review Hearing Tribunal need not accept the statements of counsel as being the statements of their clients if it desires direct testimony. (nar.realtor)
Otherwise, you adopt the same kind of mindset they do when they expect people to just accept their statements as facts, yet they provide no evidence to support them... (religion.blogs.cnn.com)