Example sentences of "a reason for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think people who go to prison must have had a reason for whatever they did . |
| 2 | This was now ; there was a reason for everything ; it was simply a matter of courage and patience . |
| 3 | ‘ Listen , Dermot , there 's a reason for everything . |
| 4 | Simple answers like this seem to delight younger kids , who demand a reason for everything . |
| 5 | It referred to her earlier pregnancy termination as a reason for her wanting to go away — yet Mark would have known nothing about it , said the prosecution . |
| 6 | But since then there had no longer been a reason for them to meet . |
| 7 | If ever there was a perfect Queen Anne house , here it is , and perhaps a reason for its extra glow is its delicate restoration by the Mildmay family who came to live here in the 1870s . |
| 8 | One thesis I am arguing for claims that authoritative reasons are pre-emptive : the fact that an authority requires performance of an action is a reason for its performance which is not to be added to all other relevant reasons when assessing what to do , but should exclude and take the place of some of them . |
| 9 | Bear in mind that the failure of the lobon-gur solution to halt the purging was cited as a reason for its low usage rate in Chapter 6 . |
| 10 | The letter announcing Podkrepa 's withdrawal from the ASP highlighted unacceptable government proposals on tripartite co-operation with unions and employers as a reason for its abrogation . |
| 11 | The Jockey Club has always declined to give a reason for its suddenly being seen as performance-affecting , saying only : ‘ Our list is being updated all the time . ’ |
| 12 | She probably did tell him to go away and stop following her around , but that would n't be a reason for him screaming he 'd kill her . ’ |
| 13 | Then , realising that sooner or later he must be given a reason for her presence , she repeated the one she had given Stella . |
| 14 | She had n't thought of a reason for her being here . |
| 15 | There 's a usually a reason for their policy is n't there ? |
| 16 | Peter Bateman of Rentokil says there 's a reason for their bad behaviour — they 've been getting drunk on rotten fruit . |
| 17 | Give a reason for your answer . |
| 18 | In chapter 12 Abraham was given a reason for his going , for the promises came hard on the heels of the command . |
| 19 | Reliving the experience ( even if only in his imagination ) will still take away his feelings of foolishness and will provide him with a reason for his phobia . |
| 20 | I assume he gave a reason for his decision ? ’ |
| 21 | Where a person offers a rule in this manner , it is reasonable to assume that the rule constitutes a reason for his actions , and in trying to make sense of the world of the football fan it is reasons , rather than causes , which we are seeking . |
| 22 | The basic principle of law is that assignment of a contract is not possible where the identity of the assignor is an important factor for the other party to the contract either as a reason for his entering into the contract in the first place , or because it is for some reason significant for the proper discharge of the contract . |
| 23 | THE property market will continue to be depressed through 1993 , although this is not a reason for you to become depressed . |
| 24 | acted in a certain way and then found a reason for it . |
| 25 | Eliot asserts that it is perfectly possible to claim ‘ that primitive man acted in a certain way and then found a reason for it ’ . |
| 26 | Perhaps it will make dealing with such a situation a little easier if we realise that there really is a reason for it and that the way in which we handle it may well go a long way towards aiding our spiritual development . |
| 27 | These men , either forgetting or not realising that work is but a component of life and not a reason for it , are likely to have spent too much time working , to the exclusion of family and leisure activities . |
| 28 | ‘ There must have been a reason for it , like not wanting anyone to know what was being carried aboard Titron . ’ |
| 29 | She told me that she was relieved to know that there was a reason for it , even if the root cause had occurred so long ago . |
| 30 | No recommendations of stocks without a reason for it . |