Example sentences of "[adj] reason [Wh adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But in this case , the evidence seemed to go the other way , and was the express reason why the magistrates dismissed the charges . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ( Is this the real reason why the birth-rate is so high ? ) |
| 6 | 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 ? |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | But a Buckingham Palace spokesman said later : ‘ There is a very simple reason why the prince is not in the photograph . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | However , the principal reason why the judge found in favour of the bank and against Mrs. O'Brien was : |
| 13 | The principal reason why the methods of scrutiny in the House of Commons and the House of Lords differ so widely is that the House of Commons has traditionally seen its power as residing in the Chamber itself and in the power to call ministers to account on the floor of the House . |
| 14 | Introducing a new source of authority in the countryside was the principal reason why the emancipators believed volosti had to be created . |
| 15 | However , there is , as we have shown , hardly any compelling reason why the consumer should decide to go out and spend in 1993 . |
| 16 | Once the link between property ownership and control is severed there no longer seems to be any compelling reason why the shareholders should receive all the profits of the company or why corporate managers should run the company in their interest alone . |
| 17 | The existence string should be used to provide a brief reason why the module name is being reserved and to give an indication of what the module contains at present or is meant to contain in the future . |
| 18 | The existence string should be used to provide a brief reason why the module names are being reserved and to give an indication of what the modules contain at present or are meant to contain in the future . |
| 19 | Comm. ) , ( but ) there is no obvious reason why the same approach should apply to the criminal law , particularly in view of the different policy considerations which apply in civil and criminal law . |
| 20 | As there is no obvious reason why the reservoir should have been adversely affected in the second well , more study is clearly needed in order to understand the distribution of these cements . |
| 21 | His main argument is that , without the guarantee of admissibility , there is no obvious reason why the first answer should not be amongst the least probable . |
| 22 | It is also interesting to note that the issue of land inheritance was a key reason why the Irish population voted ‘ no ’ in the referendum on divorce in 1986 . |
| 23 | There might , for example , be some legal reason why the examiner could not administer the oath . |
| 24 | There is hardly ever a good reason why the deal should not be set out in writing , and this may help to avoid future dispute , but you need to check the proposed wording carefully in conjunction with your advisers . |
| 25 | Here again there is no good reason why the debtors should be freed from debts contracted after the first will : for , although the trust clause is in a later document , what it confirms is the content of the first will . |
| 26 | There is good reason why the easier work should be thrown to the girls . |
| 27 | There seems no good reason why the same should not apply before county court proceedings are brought . |
| 28 | When a tenant and a potential successor move from one council house to another the tenant does not lose the protection of a secure tenancy and there is no good reason why the potential successor should lose the protection which he has obtained or is in the course of obtaining under section 87 . |
| 29 | In a letter to Mr Major last night , Mr Smith accused the Prime Minister of giving no good reason why the legal opinion on the Maastricht legislation should not be published or why it overturned the view from the Foreign Office during the last 10 months that a vote in favour of the social chapter would wreck the treaty . |
| 30 | That is one powerful reason why the House is considering the Bill . |