Example sentences of "because i believe " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is because I believe that one of the basic assumptions of functionalism can be successfully illustrated , and alternatives to functionalism can be successfully confronted , by a careful examination of the effects of brain injury on face processing tasks . |
| 2 | I do so because I believe she has been made a scapegoat for what happened . |
| 3 | I 'm not here just to be Chairman , I 'm here because I believe in things . ’ |
| 4 | If I have been primarily expository hitherto ( and I have been because I believe Callinicos ' book to be the best on this subject that we have ) I will now begin to turn to criticism ; or at least to trying to ventilate that reservation which , faced by Callinicos , certainty , will not be stilled . |
| 5 | I am entering the RAF and then the Navy because I believe I can contribute something to this country by so doing . |
| 6 | ‘ … but strange , ’ I said , ‘ because I believe she never got on with her mother . ’ |
| 7 | I eat only fish at the Mermaid these days — not because I believe in dieting , but because I once suffered an awful chips surfeit that put me off them for life . |
| 8 | Now I promise to devote myself to bringing down the costs of your mortgages because I believe that people should be able to own their own homes and to own them cheaply . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm doing all this because I believe in Labour and I love talking to people on doorsteps , finding out what matters to them . |
| 10 | I hope he will sign a new contract because I believe he is probably the best target man in Britain . |
| 11 | ‘ I am standing to win because I believe I am the best candidate to lead the Labour Party to victory next time but also because it is imperative that we have a contest in which a proper debate can take place , ’ he added . |
| 12 | ‘ For Christ 's sake — because I believe Tweed is innocent , that he 's been framed up to the hilt . |
| 13 | Mrs Thatcher herself supported this reading : ‘ I 'm here because I believe in things — because I 'm always thinking forward ’ ( speaking on Panorama , 25 January 1988 ) . |
| 14 | I also prefer it because I believe it is more sensitive than a link-leger and gives me a better chance of hooking fish . |
| 15 | For a purely parochial event , it must have been quite an occasion because I believe that it ran from Wednesday , through to the following Saturday . |
| 16 | Yes , because I believe European makers must be encouraged to provide competition and technological challenge to all Pacific Basin car companies . |
| 17 | But if we fail with that argument , I 'll be over in Europe trying to get tariffs on all European vehicles brought over here , because I believe in reciprocity just like the EC believes in it . |
| 18 | I ask this not because I believe that he does n't care passionately about Mahler 's music — you only have to hear the vocal exhortations with which he galvanises the Boston players at the most intense moments in the score to realise this . |
| 19 | This and similar instances stayed in my mind , because I believe that I am a competitor in every sense of the word , always ready to take up a challenge . |
| 20 | I have avoided getting involved , however , because I believe the subject would become obsessive and I would become introspective . |
| 21 | On the one hand , I want fatherhood to make me a better person because I believe that , once I have the responsibility of looking after a child , giving up smoking and drinking and spending money on the motorbike will be a doddle . |
| 22 | I 've taken on all these issues because I believe in them and because someone has to do them . |
| 23 | I 've taken on all these issues because I believe in them and someone has to do them . |
| 24 | I believe that the stricter interpretation above has to be preferred to the common-sense interpretation , because I believe the ASB was trying to follow the exemption in the Companies Act , so that cash flow statements would be included or excluded on the same criteria as group accounts . |
| 25 | ‘ I was disappointed when a move to the club fell through earlier in the season because I believe my style would be suited to the English game . |
| 26 | I listen but I do n't talk about myself — I like to think because I believe in privacy , but really it 's because I 'm too proud to admit failure . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'm really looking forward to linking up with David because I believe we can go on to become every bit as good as the partnership I had with Ian . ’ |
| 29 | I dare to present this point of view because I believe it is not just my little pipe-dream . |
| 30 | Indeed , I am sure I would because I believe I 'm falling in love with you . |