Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] [prep] [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So for reasons of logic and fairness you ought to say his or her . |
| 2 | The Arrowana has representatives in South America ( Osteoglossidae ) , Africa ( Heterotis ) and Southern Asia/Australia ( Scleropages ) , but for reasons of cost and availability , we will only be concerned with the South American species . |
| 3 | Although it may hold back for reasons of cost and supply , and because the housing market is static , during this decade I believe we will see an increasing spread of relocation moves to those parts of the country which offer a better quality of life than London and the South-East . ’ |
| 4 | The Act Two ball dress , the emerald gown with the huge stiffened collar embroidered with pearls , looked even better than the Act One dress and she realized that , without knowing quite how , she had quelled Gesner — not for reasons of rivalry but because she had had to get the production back on course . |
| 5 | For reasons of classification and sample size , not all the headings in Tables 3.1 and 3.2 are comparable , and law is omitted from the first and medicine from the second . |
| 6 | It is important to recognize , then , that a variety of different indexing approaches are inevitable , not only for reasons of history and indexer preference , but because different situations demand different approaches . |
| 7 | However , for reasons of clarity and simplicity , this level will be regarded as being implicit within discourse rules and ( to a lesser extent ) world knowledge . |
| 8 | Unless you take a different view , our own preference would be to pursue the question of a travelling display as actively as we can , recognising , however , that if it does not prove feasible for reasons of finance and other resources to mount such a display in the foreseeable future we may have to fall back on the reduced-size Barrel Vault display . |
| 9 | The circulars also recommended that those respectable aged who , for reasons of infirmity or lack of friends or family to care for them , required institutional care , should be allowed greater comforts in the workhouse . |
| 10 | The Trust welcomes photography in the grounds of its properties , but for reasons of conservation and security and to avoid inconvenience to other visitors , we regret that we can not allow photography of any kind inside our historic buildings . |
| 11 | The second ( not so relevant today ) has , for reasons of sentiment or expediency , been to adopt arms similar to , but not technically identical with , a feudal protector or ally . |
| 12 | The earlier test will be considered here for reasons of comparison and because it still provides the basis of the remoteness test in some other torts . |
| 13 | If you are absent for reasons of sickness or injury , your entitlement to pay will be as set out in your letter of appointment and/or statement of principal terms and conditions of employment , on condition that : |
| 14 | Crèches were abandoned in the early twentieth century partly for reasons of economy and partly as a result of the pressure exerted by the infant welfare movement on mothers to stay at home with their children . |
| 15 | The explosive charge used , for reasons of economy or verisimilitude , was an unexploded German bomb . |
| 16 | Another way in which the new narrative extends the range of traditional realism is by re-creating modes of spoken speech , not for reasons of costumbrism or authenticity , but to portray a society through the way in which it expresses itself orally . |
| 17 | Once employed , they became difficult to dismiss either for reasons of inefficiency or economy , not only because they felt that they had acquired a vested interest in the job , but also because they " possessed information which would have been very useful to the union 's opponents " . |
| 18 | On the other hand , there were those who gave up work reluctantly and would have preferred to have kept on working , but for reasons of health or lack of alternative employment chose early retirement . |
| 19 | In July 1663 , Richard Baxter left London for reasons of health and went to live in Acton , which was then a village six miles west of the capital . |
| 20 | If the legislature finds that limitations on the common law principle are needed for reasons of policy or good administration then they can be adopted by legislation , e.g. by a short limitation period , presumptions as to validity , even ( which I mention but do not necessarily think appropriate since the matter has not been discussed ) a power in the courts to limit the effects of any order for recovery comparable to that conferred on the European Court of Justice by article 174 of the E.E.C . |
| 21 | Pupils with little or no sight need the opportunity to explore the classroom , not only for reasons of access and safety but also to find out where the key activities take place and where the objects needed for their work and play are kept . |
| 22 | And er it 's strange to me how an employer would be happy to have a room with a hundred and hope to get one or two who were n't , either for reasons of information or things that one could n't trust from a worker . |
| 23 | The losers are those who , for reasons of poverty or principle , decline to partake . |
| 24 | The losers are those who , for reasons of poverty or principle , decline to partake . |
| 25 | Unlike most clergy houses , which had either too little furniture in them for reasons of poverty or too much from the wrong sort of inheritance , Canon Wheeler 's had just the right amount in the right places . |
| 26 | Only two decades are shown for reasons of labour and clarity . |
| 27 | Advocates of the Act claimed that it would update the restrictive licensing system which had its basis in the 1930 Road Traffic Act , which itself discouraged newcomers from entering the industry for reasons of safety and standards . |
| 28 | This is because in a growing economy , business units multiply and existing businesses expand , leading to an increased demand for cash holdings for reasons of safety and liquidity . |
| 29 | Lighting in halls , corridors and staircases should be clear and bright for reasons of safety as well as aesthetics . |
| 30 | Ceauşescu 's distancing himself from his fellow countrymen , whether for reasons of security or hygiene , meant that his daily life involved him in regular contact with relatively few people . |