Example sentences of "main reason [prep] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The main reason for using alloys is to modify the mechanical and physical properties of metals to suit the item being manufactured . |
| 2 | The farm minister also went on to say that the fundamental flaw in the package was the attempt to halt the drift from the land by people whose main reason for leaving farming was that they could attain a higher standard of living elsewhere . |
| 3 | The main reason for pursuing archaeology is , of course , to find out as much as possible about how recent and remote societies lived and operated . |
| 4 | But perhaps her main reason for staying put was that , if she accepted what was plainly a generous offer , she would feel herself placed under some kind of an obligation and put morally in his debt . |
| 5 | The main reason for falling prices continued to be Brazil 's refusal to revive the price support operations of the International Coffee Agreement ( ICA ) [ see pp. 36836 ; 37335 ; 37895 ] . |