Example sentences of "be [verb] for [adj] reason [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though since to find an alternative word was n't going to alter matters at all by the look of it , Fabia began to wonder if perhaps Vendelin Gajdusek was coming back from Prague today to keep his appointment but had been delayed for some reason or another . |
| 2 | Some of these workers may have just entered the labour market from school , some may have been made redundant from their previous jobs , some may have been sacked for one reason or another and many will have quit their previous jobs in order to create time to search for more satisfactory ones . |
| 3 | Well he must have been transferred for some reason or other . |
| 4 | I am left with no alternative but to seek legal advice on this matter which I believe has been taken for one reason and one reason only — that is to discourage the importation of fish to secure employment in the Grampian area . ’ |
| 5 | It prevents proceedings being transferred for this reason unless it can be shown that no other method , including transfer to another magistrates ' court , is appropriate and that delay would seriously prejudice the child 's interests . |
| 6 | This man , he was a criminal , he was one of the worst , he had broken the laws of the land and he was being crucified for that reason but the measure of his sin , the gravity of his sin , did not alter his chance of sa being saved . |
| 7 | The court must consider the need to avoid delay when an adjournment is sought for any reason but particularly where there are concurrent care and criminal proceedings arising from the same facts . |
| 8 | Parents and professionals will welcome the amendment to the 1981 Education Act which comes into force at once , to the effect that parents have the right of appeal where statements have been rewritten for any reason and must be informed in writing of this right . |
| 9 | Vera Loomis , the ninety-two-year-old who lived at number 92 and was known for some reason as Got All the Things There Then ? had offered plum wine or home-brewed lager and Susan Doyle , who was reported to watch News at Ten while her husband pleasured her , had suggested lemonade shandy . |