Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] for [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's only natural for defeated parties to grab at such explanations , but there are some reasons for believing that the result of the general election in Scotland owed more to Conservative skill at exploiting the mechanics of registration and demography than to any ‘ principled ’ decision-making by voters . |
| 2 | As will be seen in my concluding remarks , there are some reasons for believing that the era of a true psychoanalytic psychology of the superego is about to dawn . |
| 3 | Nevertheless there are some reasons for thinking that we are acquainted with the ‘ I ’ . |
| 4 | While the evidence is not conclusive , there are therefore some grounds for believing that trusts for performance would be enforced directly and in specie . |
| 5 | We so much take these matters for granted that we forget that these abilities are constitutive of what we mean by ‘ higher education ’ . |
| 6 | There are many reasons for supposing that the small family is here to stay . |
| 7 | There are several reasons for believing that the answer is a resounding Yes . |
| 8 | Two supermarket chains — Sainsbury 's and Tesco — have their own systems for checking that fresh foods do not contain significant pesticide residues . |