Sentence examples for because this would undermine from inspiring English sources

Rogoff says no, because this would undermine its credibility.

In a speech in London on October 20th José Manuel Barroso, the outgoing European Commission president, warned that Brussels would never accept an "arbitrary cap" because this would undermine freedom of movement and the equal status of EU citizens.

The prime minister of Tanzania, Edward Lowassa, pleaded with the association not to change its policy immediately because this would undermine opportunities for many developing countries to export high-value products to the UK.

Ms Temple, who refused to testify citing the risk of self-incrimination, is now a possible target, although John Coffee, a professor at Columbia Law School, thinks the government may not be willing to risk Ms Temple's possible exoneration, because this would undermine the conviction it has now secured.

I ask Machar about the weapons, which become even more interesting as he idly speculates that Khartoum has no reason to arm the Nuer, because this would undermine Sudan's participation in the current round of peace talks.

The Environment Committee argues that Parliament should veto plans to relax the limits because this would undermine the enforcement of existing EU standards.

It cannot back down because that would undermine its credibility with the rest of the world.

I'm being a bit flip here, but as I read this we start with a credibility argument; when there turns out to be an easy way to deal with that problem, it's rejected because that would undermine credibility.

"We aren't going to speculate about what happens next because that would undermine our candidate," said Phil Singer, a spokesman for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.

Several doctors raised the issue, including Dr. Raj K. Maturi and Dr. Philip J. Rosenfeld, who noted that Genentech was not seeking approval for another of its drugs, Avastin, to treat the condition because that would undermine Lucentis sales.

This dispute exploded into the public when Commoner disclosed a letter Ehrlich and Holdren had sent to numerous scientific colleagues revealing that the two had pressed Commoner not to debate in public which of the factors was most important because that would undermine the realization of environmental goals.