Example sentences of "[art] reason for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( In passing this is why how and why can function as interrogative adverbs to request identification of the means required to achieve some end or the reason for something . ) |
| 2 | Right , that 's it , and the reason for me er tt coming today , as I explained on the telephone to you |
| 3 | Mrs Quinton closed her eyes for a moment as if recalling her cousin relating this girl 's history , which had not included the scissors ' business with Sister Mary as being the reason for her leaving because that might have put any caring mother off from engaging such a virago . |
| 4 | It was n't hard to work out the reason for her totally uncharacteristic bout of insomnia , either — Adam Burns . |
| 5 | Watkins comes to a similar conclusion , although he argues that the Labour Party 's hostility to working with the Communist Party was the reason for its failure to force the National government to abandon its non-intervention policy . |
| 6 | Certainly some commentators see the unpopularity of the DUP 's stand on Sunday opening as part of the reason for its fall in votes in recent elections . |
| 7 | SENT BY a reader in Redhill , this picture shows a good example of an early 17th-century oak ‘ gate-leg ’ table , circa 1685 , and the photograph clearly shows the reason for its name . |
| 8 | Now that Mr Major has won his own mandate , it is important to understand that , though the Conservative Party has sometimes been successful because it has stolen the Labour Party 's clothes , this is not the reason for its success on this occasion . |
| 9 | Clinically the reduced compliance in the great vessels will be manifest as an elevation of the systolic blood pressure , which is perhaps the reason for its frequent occurrence in the diabetic subject ( Pacy et al , 1985 ) . |
| 10 | This is probably the reason for its universal acceptance as something to be cherished , and for its survival despite all religious disapproval which from time to time has endeavoured to denigrate it , as did for example , some of the teachings of Puritanism . |
| 11 | Fluent , intelligent and professional , she is not the reason for its ratings failure . |
| 12 | In its March 17 press release , COSE gave as the reason for its existence as ‘ increased customer demand for consistent technologies across multiple systems , greater technology choice , increased cost savings and quicker time to market . ’ |
| 13 | It was formerly found on several other islands in the Seychelles , and while nobody really knows the reason for its decline , serious studies are now being undertaken in order to try and find out . |
| 14 | ICL plc software house , Transaction Point Ltd , Reading , Berkshire , went into liquidation last week citing recessionary trends as the reason for its collapse . |
| 15 | In its March 17 press release , COSE gave as the reason for its existence ‘ increased customer demand for consistent technologies across multiple platforms , greater technology choice , increased cost savings and quicker time to market . ’ |
| 16 | The reason for its transfer is unclear , because it does seem to belong to the Auriga pattern , whereas Taurus has no obvious shape at all . |
| 17 | Emigration , which has played a major part in Goa 's culture , is the reason for its emptiness . |
| 18 | An earlier name , Beastmarket , indicates the reason for its width . |
| 19 | However , division has a fundamental advantage , which is the reason for its good performance : no two records in any single section into which the key sequence is ‘ cut ’ by division can interfere with any other in the same section , because no two different numbers can have both the same quotient and the same remainder . |
| 20 | The reason for its traditional importance as a trading centre is obvious from a glance at the map . |
| 21 | Most teachers were aware of the presence of this group but unaware of the reason for its development , with the notable exceptions of a teacher from South Africa and the deputy headmistress . |
| 22 | Whether or not this is so , the importance of the military is clear and so is the reason for its close consultation on policy for both strategic and economic reasons . |
| 23 | The fact that much modern art is quite unmemorable — and modern music particularly so — is perhaps a result of formal weakness , and is certainly the reason for its perishable quality . |
| 24 | The reason for its absence , or at least its lack of recognition , lay in the very fabric of Aboriginal society itself , the integrating force of which was religion . |
| 25 | And you 'll find that this outback area is a far cry from the city 's concrete jungle — and therein lies the reason for its charm . ’ |
| 26 | This latter issue was also cited by the Japanese government as the reason for its decision to postpone the eighth round of normalization talks with North Korea , originally scheduled for July . |
| 27 | Despite Savimbi 's Nov. 17 commitment , UNITA failed to attend the multiparty talks on Nov. 21 , describing the meeting as a " circus " and citing fears for the security of its officials as the reason for its absence . |
| 28 | Certainly its thinking is complemented by a knowledge of the longer text which may be the reason for its appearing after both books of the Scale in the early printed editions . |
| 29 | The material world is not only the source of man 's arts , but the reason for them . |
| 30 | Acts undertaken for another purpose and not in order to consent can constitute consent if undertaken in the belief that they will confer a right or impose a duty and if the fact that they are undertaken with such a belief is the reason for them having this result . |