Example sentences of "[adj] reason why the " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , Drudy ( 1978 ) in a study of a prosperous farming area , north Norfolk , found that changes in agriculture were the foremost reason why the population of the area had decreased by 3.7 per cent between 1951 and 1961 , and by 6.9 per cent between 1961 and 1971 . |
| 2 | Another reason why the increase in renting is likely to continue is its relationship to land prices and availability . |
| 3 | There was another reason why the ship would not — could not — be allowed to live . |
| 4 | This , incidentally , is another reason why the dinosaurs had to be big . |
| 5 | Another reason why the passive is used in writing is that it can reduce repetition . |
| 6 | Yet another reason why the women 's comments are phrased in this way derives from the low social ranking women see as attached to the occupation of housewife . |
| 7 | Another reason why the relation of demes to city is now seen differently , and why demes now seem more important , is simply that more archaeological work has been done on deme sites . |
| 8 | Another reason why the Greeks may have chosen the number 360 is because they thought the year was made up of 360 days and that the sun went round the earth once a year . |
| 9 | Another reason why the country needs to be saved from a Labour Government is that it is bad enough to have the type of nonsense that went on in Luigi 's restaurant happening when the Labour party is in opposition , but it would be especially ridiculous if it happened with the Labour party in government . |
| 10 | Apart from wanting to control the domestic demand for money , there is another reason why the Bank of England sometimes alters interest rates . |
| 11 | But in this case , the evidence seemed to go the other way , and was the express reason why the magistrates dismissed the charges . |
| 12 | This is a further reason why the renewal of the Church can not be divorced from evangelism . |
| 13 | There is a further reason why the image of a revolutionary break from both magic and religion will not do . |
| 14 | In this case the court gave a further reason why the false statement was not caught by section 14 , namely that it related to the price at which the goods were offered for supply and section 14 did not cover false statements about prices . |
| 15 | The striking point , however , is that instead of merely denying the charge , he had set out to vindicate himself by finding a scientific reason why the world could not be eternal . |
| 16 | Indeed , the chief reason why the proportion of older people is so large is because the proportion of younger people is so much smaller , having this century almost halved , while the former has trebled . |
| 17 | The chief reason why the May events failed to transform the industrial relations structure — let alone society as a whole — is the behaviour of the CGT and the Communist Party . |
| 18 | The second reason why the homosexual is involved with difference is because , contrary to what the foregoing theory implies , she or he has , in historical actuality , embraced both cultural and racial difference . |
| 19 | A second reason why the programme should be regarded as inappropriate and inefficient is that poor storage conditions led to wasting of raw materials ( sugar , salt , etc. ) in the ORS production units . |
| 20 | The second reason why the desires of workers are underemphasized in ‘ structured dependency ’ writings is the acceptance of the thoroughly capitalist convention that worth is determined primarily by participation in the productive process . |
| 21 | The second reason why the ozone layer is important is because through absorption it controls the amount of ultraviolet ( UV-B ) or erythemal solar radiation reaching the ground . |
| 22 | The second reason why the CAP can not survive is that all practical considerations are subordinated to political expediency . |
| 23 | ( Is this the real reason why the birth-rate is so high ? ) |
| 24 | Is not the real reason why the Secretary of State makes those absurd and fictitious claims about the effect of the social charter , which bears no resemblance to the reality of the proposals , that he dare not admit that the Government are opposed , not just in detail but in principle , to the idea of binding employment standards across the Community ? |
| 25 | Er , if they do n't , the commencement will not take place and we will continue on the existing boundaries , that would , and I 'll give way to my honourable friend in a moment , that of course would create massive inconvenience , I see no er real reason why the other states er which have yet to ratify should not do so er but my honourable friend I think wanted to intervene with a further thought on this point so I give way to her . |
| 26 | It pretends that there 's single no-fault ground for divorce — that the marriage has irretrievably broken down — but in practice it encourages nearly three-quarters of divorcing couples to rely on fault based grounds — adultery , or unreasonable behaviour as it 's usually called — and then makes it difficult for anybody to defend allegations , irrespective of whether that was the real reason why the marriage broke down . |
| 27 | A simple reason why the younger activists are not seen as often on the picket line as their elders were , is that they are too busy pursuing the same goals by other means . |
| 28 | But a Buckingham Palace spokesman said later : ‘ There is a very simple reason why the prince is not in the photograph . |
| 29 | It is this great variety of tasks that has made research into the production history of each individual aircraft so interesting , and the principal reason why the Mystère/Falcon 20 was chosen for this monograph . |
| 30 | However , the principal reason why the judge found in favour of the bank and against Mrs. O'Brien was : |