Example sentences of "[adj] reason was [adv] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The second reason was precisely that a single Carolingian world still existed , and men of the high nobility moved within it . |
| 2 | Certainly suspect committee members had attempted to go abroad , but the real reason was probably that the committee had served its purpose by acting as a bait to attract foreign relief organizations ( the ARA drew up an agreement on 20 August ) . |
| 3 | Binding was the second most frequent reason for the non-availability of material , and — since the most frequent reason was simply that a requested item was already in use — it was the main reason which could be considered as in some measure attributable to the Library 's own procedures . |
| 4 | The most fundamental reason was evidently that Hitler was proving incapable of bringing about the fervently desired end to the war , either victoriously or even through a creditable compromise peace . |
| 5 | A fourth reason was simply that the lobon-gur mixture was not very pleasant to taste . |