Example sentences of "[be] the reason for " in BNC.

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1 What have been the reasons for unemployment in Lancashire , Merseyside and Greater Manchester ?
2 Giving evidence at a judicial tribunal into Ouko 's killing , Troon said that Ouko 's attempt to expose governmental corruption and a dispute with Biwott had been the reasons for his murder .
3 A few weeks later , Mrs Wilson discovered for herself what she felt must have been the reason for the heart attack .
4 This week we read of him losing to an unranked Swede who virtually apologised after the match , explaining that Borg had been the reason for his getting into tennis in the first place .
5 So very reluctantly they took me to the home of a local merchant whose wife 's health had been the reason for their not taking anyone so far .
6 Fracture porosity may also have been the reason for relatively good reservoirs in these regions of anthracite and meta-anthracite rank : these gas fields are situated in a W.N.W.-E.N.E. striking , weak structural zone at the northern margin of the Bramsche Massif which , according to Stadler and R. Teichmüller ( 1971 ) , is characterised by relatively late and deep reaching faults along with the ascendence of hydrothermal solutions and deposition of ore minerals were possible .
7 Rounding off the debate , Mr Key explained that the installation of the computer had been the reason for the reduction in the funding available .
8 As Opposition Front Bench spokesmen are murmuring , I will say that it has a Labour council ; that has been the reason for my increasing majority .
9 This situation has arisen particularly in the expansion of the Negro population into white communities and has been the reason for numerous bombings and other types of violence .
10 She thought , since Naylor now knew that she was n't the one responsible for ‘ advertising ’ their ‘ engagement ’ — which had clearly been the reason for his ‘ My office — now ! ’ command — that now might be as good a moment as any to leave .
11 This may have been the reason for his poor showing . ’
12 The interests are the reasons for the decision .
13 What do you think are the reasons for the problems facing George and Marie , and what advice would you give them ?
14 In this instance , it asks you to explain what you think are the reasons for the problems facing George and Marie , and then to ‘ advise ’ them ( in other words , to put forward your own recommendations ) .
15 WHAT are the reasons for setting up a national lottery in favour of the arts ?
16 What are the reasons for your decision to close the gallery in King Street ?
17 There is an important methodological point worth discussing here , for Freud points out that it is not possible simply to take what people themselves say are the reasons for the taboos they practise , for if the reasons are unconscious , they will not be able to do this .
18 1 What are the reasons for the demand for full-time day care ?
19 Can you think of other discourse types which often avoid referring expressions , and , if so , what are the reasons for this ?
20 Rather , an essential starting-point must be to identify what variety of this right is being invoked , and what are the reasons for believing that the right in question ought at all costs to be maintained .
21 What are the reasons for these kinds of diversification ?
22 As ketamine has a good physical safety profile and an established place in medicine within current indications what are the reasons for concern about its non-medical use ?
23 And all , all I 'm looking for there are the reasons for those figures being so much different from bridge and P Way .
24 This , of course , should come as no surprise ; the high standards achieved by women in the arts are now well documented by feminist historians , as are the reasons for their having been ‘ hidden from history ’ .
25 Why do people buy some kinds of products , and not others What are the reasons for buyer behaviour ?
26 What are the reasons for this these shortages ?
27 Of particular interest here are the reasons for this decline in velocity .
28 What are the reasons for its fall ?
29 Managers say that prudent lending and a close knowledge of local people are the reasons for a 34 per cent leap in net profits .
30 Such ‘ distortions ’ are the reason for persistent advocacy , particularly from parties suffering these electoral evils , of a change in the voting system .
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