Example sentences of "because [pron] believe [pers pn] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I want to stress this connection between searching for home and finding a tongue , a writing voice , because I believe it to be fundamental to your own writing development . |
| 2 | ‘ It was n't because you believed me to be unavailable , to keep me at bay , by any chance ? ’ |
| 3 | She would not return to you because you believed her to be a fallen woman , and nothing she could say would convince you otherwise . ’ |
| 4 | The forces of bourgeois society were opposed to slavery and serfdom not simply because they believed them to be economically undesirable , nor for moral reasons , but because they seemed incompatible with a market society based on the free pursuit of individual interest . |
| 5 | Following consultations with the British Speedway Promoters ' Association , the Board overruled the decision , made by officials at Exeter , because they believed it to be unfair . |
| 6 | But my strongest surviving impression is of a large team of teachers , several of them coming specifically to Banbury to undertake this work and now scattered in headships across the country , determined to carry change through — not because it was imposed by politicians or bureaucrats , but because they believed it to be right and wanted it to work well . |
| 7 | Project teams might resent policy decisions of senior managers because they believe them to be inappropriate to the problems of the organisation ; line managers might resent ‘ free- wheeling ’ ‘ undisciplined ’ members of project teams . |
| 8 | Women who study the subject because they believe it to be solely about intuitive response may feel caught in this paradox . |
| 9 | In his letter to shareholders introducing the Enhanced Scrip Dividend Alternative , JM Chairman David Davies said : ‘ Your Directors are recommending this proposal because they believe it to be in your interests as well as those of the company . |
| 10 | Hanson buys firms either because it believes them to be under-managed , or because it believes the firms ' existing managers have over-extended themselves . |