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

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1 But the downside is that Pinatubo — which had been dormant for 600 years — may have been the reason we have all been reaching for our brollies and in some cases sandbagging the front door over the past few weeks .
2 Pamela had been the reason he 'd been put away .
3 That 's correct , and that the further down , I mean it says that er there is a er it says that the reason you 've had been the reason you 've been sent for this treatment is because of er a particular condition you 've got .
4 They are the reason we play so well in our stadium , ’ said Broose .
5 There are many , priests too , who would wipe out in a day all the familiar things about Mother Church that endear her to us all , even the precepts and practices that are the reason she has survived for all these nineteen hundred years .
6 They are the reason I could not contemplate a life lacking a daily sight of hills .
7 ‘ We all marvel at the Red Kite , ’ says Gareth , ‘ But we do n't marvel at the little beetles which are the reason it 's there . ’
8 Er because it would be stupid for me go on stage singing and not do a selection of all those songs that th they 're the reason I 'm here .
9 We believe this is may be the reason it has failed , so far , to construct a politically credible strategy for environmental education , though there are signs this is now beginning to come together .
10 ‘ This is the reason they were first given and I would like to think that I have been given this award because of that .
11 I can only assume this is the reason they have failed to make any progress in hunting down our missing grandstand .
12 And yet , it is said the Rochesters have been a violent than a quiet race in their time , perhaps though , that is the reason they rest tranq tranquilly in their graves now .
13 One of the foremost exponents of Hawaiian slack key guitar was the superb musician and singer Gabby Pahinui , and Gabby is the reason we 've been given this rare and welcome opportunity to speak to Ry Cooder .
14 ‘ Jane 's finishing is the reason we are up on the rostrum with a bronze medal in our hands .
15 ‘ Jane 's finishing is the reason we are up on the rostrum with a bronze medal in our hands .
16 This is the reason we can have solid bodies that do not collapse to a point or radiate away to infinity .
17 I wonder if his absence is the reason we have failed to win the last two games .
18 I say about and that is the reason I got the book : because I discovered I was forgetting when things happened , and sometimes even whether things happened or not .
19 This is the reason I am a sans-papiers .
20 My father was a Colonel and we wandered around England and ended up in France , which is the reason I speak French .
21 That is the reason I sent Mena away and kept Mr James from coming — I know it now , I can see it now , this instant . ’
22 And that is the reason I think why we are called the dirty man of Europe .
23 This is the reason I wanted it
24 And Y ? is the reason I can not find a genuinely happy ending to this story ; there seems to be a choice between adding poisonous chemicals and not — both of which apparently lend themselves to doom and disaster for the earth and its creatures , rather than sweetness and happiness ever after .
25 And that really is the reason I think for one of the reasons for P P G seven being brought out .
26 ‘ Some of my parishioners think that is the reason I 'm going there ! ’ he joked .
27 ‘ Some of my parishioners think that is the reason I 'm going there ! ’
28 That 's why she 's asked me to do it , but like I said to mum you know , I 'm not gon na say to her , oh yeah I 'll do it whenever you want , I 'll say like they 're gon na do this extra course on Wednesday nights and she said , like unless she could get a baby-sitter she could n't go which is the reason I 'm doing it .
29 It 's just recently I read about this it 's not getting air into it or something is the reason it ex it can suddenly shoot up all over you .
30 Of course , I told you I had too much on my plate to be able to continue our correspondence , and I hope this is the reason you stopped writing .
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