Example sentences of "be no reason for " in BNC.

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1 If there had been no reason for the attack , it called for a severe sentence ; in one sense , revenge attacks , which themselves strike a blow at public justice , could be said to aggravate the gravity of the offence .
2 ‘ They are obviously regretting that they let her start the paper round , but there seemed to be no reason for them to object to it . ’
3 Other than if one is Christian , there can be no reason for one , in relation to one 's religious life , to want to give more positive accounts of the past .
4 If not , there can be no reason for its design and so could simply be eliminated from the scheme .
5 ‘ But that should be no reason for grieving .
6 Except that you did n't know about me when you went in , so there would be no reason for a bluff , would there ?
7 But if Alexei said that he was not involved , then probably he was telling the truth , otherwise there would be no reason for him to say anything at all .
8 There would be no reason for the trunk to be disturbed , and if Carson decided that he wanted to see the other diaries it would be a simple matter to get hold of them .
9 There would be no reason for Mohammed 's existence if every minister and ministry were above board : arms dealers are used either because deals are shady — circumventing arms embargoes for example — or to allow government officials a healthy ( illegal ) cut .
10 If the national curriculum and the process of assessment is intended to work through from Stage One at the age of 5-7 to Stage Four at the age of 14 – 16 , there can be no reason for the primary and secondary phase of schooling to be in ignorance of each other .
11 If this was not the case , then there would simply be no reason for trade to take place .
12 Now there would be no reason for further contact between them of any kind , a prospect which painted dark shadows beneath Leonora 's eyes , and bleached the colour from her face to the point where Elise began muttering darkly about anaemia .
13 There seems to be no reason for the high number of suicides , ’ said the spokeswoman .
14 The most we can get is convincing parallelisms between the two and the fact that some parallelisms are much more difficult than others and have hitherto not been attempted is no reason for denying that a choreographic genius like Massine has the right to attempt this .
15 ‘ Just because he wants to leave is no reason for us to strike a bargain price , ’ Bassett said yesterday .
16 But there is no reason for Britain to differentiate herself into the sidelines .
17 Mr Cameron claims there is no reason for this other than to favour Germany 's balloon makers .
18 There is no reason for anyone to be concerned about the ram 's ability to work because he ca n't get around his ewes .
19 Note that there is no reason for anyone to restrain their thoughts or their reflections on the reasons which apply to the case , nor are they necessarily debarred from criticising the arbitrator for having ignored certain reasons or for having been mistaken about their significance .
20 There will be little generalization to B , however ; there is no reason for generalization to occur between X and B ( they have no elements in common , Fig. 5.10(b) ) , and the c elements of B itself will , we are assuming , have lost their strength over the retention interval .
21 Having achieved orgasm , many men find later in life that the interval before the next erection increases to hours , or even days ; but this is no reason for abandoning sexual activity .
22 If the theories are not unified there is no reason for these particles to exist with the masses given above .
23 It is dangerous , however , to argue that there is no reason for the large antlers just because it seems unnecessary to give a reason .
24 It would be pretentious to suggest that librarians can overturn the practice of censorship in non-democratic states , yet that is no reason for inaction .
25 ‘ Job training may be , in its simplest form , almost universal but that is no reason for complacency .
26 In a libertarian world there is no reason for the government to do anything about the poor ; the matter is conveniently left to private charity .
27 The observables , the exotic items of gold , amber , shell , garnet , pottery ( and perhaps what it contained , for instance wine ) , glass , mercury , ivory , may give us a distorted image of the nature of exchange , but there is no reason for rejecting the acceptance of the pattern at face-value .
28 There is no reason for that to change and we fully understand their decision . ’
29 Since compensation would be easily affordable , there is no reason for further delay .
30 Yet there is no reason for anybody to believe that the company has behaved dishonourably .
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