Example sentences of "be little reason [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | if common sense had not been so uniquely transformed , then there would be little reason to formulate this new , specific concept of social representation . |
| 2 | There is little reason to suppose that the consequences of these changes will in themselves lead farm workers to become more militant . |
| 3 | But it will emerge that there is little reason to believe that much of the confusion is classical . |
| 4 | There is little reason to believe that this will not be the pattern in the future too . |
| 5 | Soviet cases with political implications were given a great deal of publicity in the West , but there is little reason to believe that the great majority of cases in the Soviet Union were dealt with any less fairly than elsewhere . |
| 6 | With regard to traditional conflicts of interest , which are also liable to be efficiency-reducing , there is little reason to think that the separation of ownership and control has contributed significantly to the scope for management self-dealing , but it does pose problems for the effectiveness of the mechanisms that regulate it , the design of which is premised on shareholder involvement . |
| 7 | Such a move was clearly designed only to better a bad situation rather than remedy it completely , since it would be expected that the availability of refined sugar would be subject to the same seasonal fluctuations as availability of gur , and there is little reason to suspect that refined sugar was more readily available than the ( unrefined ) gur . |
| 8 | There is little reason to doubt that they are being incarcerated because of their trade union membership . |
| 9 | We know this from Soviet accounts , but there is little reason to doubt them . |
| 10 | There is little reason to doubt that these pristine people are able to impart their special vision to those whom they choose to be the recipients of their ancient knowledge . |
| 11 | There is little reason to doubt O'Neill 's honesty : clearly she had a very unusual experience . |
| 12 | For the moment , there is little reason to doubt that he regards ‘ internationalism ’ as the highest form of patriotism . |
| 13 | Leading Liberals , including Asquith , frequently asserted their desire for radical reform of the Poor Law and there is little reason to doubt their sincerity . |
| 14 | Although the number of cars registered in Wales fell slightly during 1992 , there was little reason to think that in the long term we will not be faced by an unsustainable surge in the number of private vehicles using Welsh roads . |
| 15 | There was little reason to stay on in an empty house , Belinda decided as she covered and refrigerated the kedgeree after her father had left . |
| 16 | A relative novelty for this important property was that , for once , Sotheby 's did not give the consignor a guarantee , correctly judging that with material this good there was little reason to feel the sale would not do splendidly . |