Example sentences of "for [det] [noun] be [conj] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | At a meeting , our ward councillor Mr I. Hartley informed us the reason for this decision was because it was not viable . |
| 2 | A further advantage which is claimed for this legislation is that it spells out precisely what forms of conduct are included within each degree of offence , and thus reduces the discretion of police officers and prosecutors . |
| 3 | However , the reason that the contemporary attacks are different is that the shackling of trade unions was an integral part in Margaret Thatcher 's economic package and if the only reason for this legislation was because it was part of a failed economic strategy then that in itself should be enough , but the real effect of anti-trade union legislation should be examined in the context of a wider social and industrial parameter , and if we take just one Act , the Employment Act of nineteen eighty , we can get some idea of the effect of Tory employment legislation . |
| 4 | The particular benefits of this approach for this study were that it provided quantitative data on important treatment/intervention issues in a population where group-comparison studies alone would be inappropriate , because of the individual nature of each person 's challenging behaviour and the small number of potential subjects . |
| 5 | The policy basis for this solution is that it is desirable that some points of law of general public importance be finally resolved by the House of Lords . |
| 6 | The reason for this policy is that it is relatively easy to obtain the first few marks ( say 10 per cent ) for an examination question . |
| 7 | One of the great attractions of DIY for many householders is that it avoids the notoriously difficult relationship between householder and the professional builder or decorator . |
| 8 | Her criterion for any purchase was that it was the only example of its kind . |
| 9 | The obvious difficulty of having the same method of election for both Houses is that it would tend to produce a mirror image and devalue the House of Lords as a check . |