Example sentences of "one of [pron] reasons for [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ironically , many also gave the lower crime rate in their adopted homeland as one of their reasons for leaving Britain . |
| 2 | He and his wife also enjoy walking and the countryside of the area is one of their reasons for wanting to remain in the North . |
| 3 | He said that one of their reasons for lying was probably that they did not want to be publicly associated with the Carpenter Club . |
| 4 | One of his reasons for leaving the Navy had been his dislike of the social relations between officers and ratings — take three paces backwards and shout at them . |
| 5 | I know that one of his reasons for leaving is that he genuinely wants to be able to spend more time with his family . |
| 6 | That was n't one of his reasons for joining , was it ? |
| 7 | Khrushchev explicitly stated to me that one of his reasons for suspending tests was because he had studied the effect of the CND on the British public . |
| 8 | So I still have n't been in the autumn , so one of my reasons for finishing is , is so I can go on holiday in the autumn . |
| 9 | One of my reasons for becoming involved in Westland was that I felt in some respects that I owed them something . |