Example sentences of "main reason for [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is sometimes argued that the main reason for allowing such matters as provocation to reduce murder to manslaughter is to avoid the mandatory penalty for murder . |
| 2 | I accept Mr. Lester 's submissions , but my main reason for reaching this conclusion is based on principle . |
| 3 | The point serves as a corrective to behaviourist tendencies in general , and therefore to Behaviouralism in International Relations , since it undermines a main reason for holding that science must stick to observable behaviour . |
| 4 | Then , luckily , Old Red had the bright idea of suggesting General Francis used his spinal trouble as his main reason for making this unexpected trip to Town . |
| 5 | The main reason for adopting this definition will reveal itself in Sections 3.6 and 3.7 . |
| 6 | The main reason for showing this example is not its intrinsic value to applied scientists ( the problem of space-charged-limited diodes is no longer in the forefront of interest ) but to demonstrate the applicability of Poisson 's equation under conditions of steady current flow . |