Example sentences of "[noun sg] for this was that " in BNC.
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| 1 | She later achieved her Financial Planning Certificate — the incentive for this was that she needed a new tumble drier , so the bonus for completing the qualification was perfectly timed ! |
| 2 | The chief reason for this was that people were living longer . |
| 3 | The reason for this was that he followed the methods of the scholastics ( medieval theologians ) whom he admired very much . |
| 4 | One reason for this was that its officers were not bound by past conventions or the class structure that so dominated MI6 . |
| 5 | not only was the undergraduate teaching poor , but there was only a minimal amount of postgraduate education in this subject ; part of the reason for this was that there was a shortage of suitable qualified and experienced doctors who knew enough to take on such postgraduate teaching ; |
| 6 | He was sure , too , that she had believed him and he knew that the reason for this was that the story he had concocted was so very unlikely that no liar could possibly have put his faith in it . |
| 7 | The reason for this was that she did n't like Mr. Gordon . |
| 8 | The reason for this was that Angela was a very neat , spruce and tidy little person . |
| 9 | The reason for this was that he was contaminated with radon decay products from his house . |
| 10 | The reason for this was that they had a different view of tradition from the locals and this caused them to turn to ‘ progressivist ’ ideas and to new ventures put forward by planners in order to effect an entry upon the local political scene . |
| 11 | We now know that the reason for this was that they did not dwell or traffic within the walls ; that Lundenwic like Hamwih lay outside , along the Strand or foreshore of the Thames . |
| 12 | The reason for this was that the fallen leaves blocked our sluice and had to be removed manually with a hay rake at least three times a day and often at night as well . |
| 13 | Her reason for this was that he was a very quiet child and seldom communicated with her . |
| 14 | The fundamental reason for this was that between 1880 and 1900 there was coming to an end that Concert of Europe which , in spite of the wars of the mid-century , had avoided a general war since 1815 . |
| 15 | The reason for this was that the nominally dry samples were not oven-dried and would contain small amounts of remaining pore fluids . |
| 16 | Our researches have confirmed Shandruk 's indication that the reason for this was that the Ukrainian Division was simply permitted to make its own way to Italy . |
| 17 | One reason for this was that all officers of the Associations were honorary and had other jobs which kept them busy . |
| 18 | The reason for this was that his real name was probably known to the Syrian forces controlling Beirut airport , and certainly to the pro-Syrian Christian Lebanese Forces under Shamir Geagea who controlled the port of Jounieh and had already threatened his life after the NBC broadcast . |
| 19 | An additional reason for this was that the oil rigs were established and " on stream " and things were very quiet in the area , any new developments occurring in the summer months . |
| 20 | It was certainly true that there were very few Labour Party full-time agents in the armed forces , but one major reason for this was that there were so few of them even in peacetime , and , of those who existed , many were above the age of military service . |
| 21 | It was concluded that the reason for this was that the prospect of litigation against a trade union was too formidable for individual members . |
| 22 | Maybe the reason for this was that she was vindictively happy not to do anything , and it is the opinion of my sergeant here that she probably hated her husband almost as intensely as the murderer himself did . |
| 23 | The main reason for this was that the units themselves resented a very young officer , heavily laden with acting rank , which meant that an existing officer of the same rank had to he disposed of to make way for an operational type doing a rest period . |
| 24 | The justification for this was that it saved the skyline of the Granite City . |
| 25 | Our explanation for this was that unions might feel they had less control over the conditions of indirectly employed temporary workers than over the conditions of those who are directly employed . |