Example sentences of "reason [Wh adv] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I see no more reason why everyone should read the ‘ classic ’ English novels than why everyone should be acquainted with ‘ classic ’ English paintings or music . |
| 2 | But can you tell me a reason why everyone else on the Base must die to protect your secret ? ’ |
| 3 | There 's no reason why they should n't be able to develop their own dishes . |
| 4 | There 's no reason why they should n't be funny or gripping even if they do n't use many words . ’ |
| 5 | However , while returning home with the Cup might not quite be an occasion for breaking out the ticker tape and launching into an orgy of street parties , it would be nice to see England do well , and there is no reason why they should not . |
| 6 | Recently 55 more trade unionists have been arrested , yet those who were detained immediately after the 30 June coup have been neither interrogated , charged nor given an explanation of the reason why they are being held . |
| 7 | Quite apart from educational and other handicaps , this was one reason why they and even their social betters took so little part in government , leaving it so often to Balts or Germans before 1917 , and to other non-Russians after that date . |
| 8 | There is no reason in the nature of the technology itself why men should not gather fruits , berries , and roots , and consequently no reason why they should spend so much less time in productive activities . |
| 9 | The reason why they turned to anthropology and history had more to do with their analysis of capitalism than with a concern with pre-capitalist societies for themselves . |
| 10 | The relationship between American distributors and British producers was an unequal one , but when British studios started to make films that went down well in America , executives became optimistic that they could turn the new relationships formed with US companies in their favour , and brushed aside Maxwell 's repeated warnings that ‘ as their films were produced in a manner most acceptable to their own people , there was no reason why they should go outside for pictures . ’ |
| 11 | This was one reason why they played such an important role in the renaissance of interest in the classical world from the fifteenth century onwards : here were many examples of objects giving tangible evidence for events which could otherwise only be read about . |
| 12 | They believe it will sell because , if consumers are boycotting tropical hardwoods stocked by DIY stores , there is no reason why they should condone burning them on the barbecue . |
| 13 | This left the way open for those prominent in the Essex Federation to argue that if such arrangements were acceptable during a temporary absence of tutor-organiser , there was no reason why they should not apply on a more permanent basis if the voluntary members wanted to give their ‘ voluntaryism ’ full rein . |
| 14 | Another reason why they are peripheral is that they are so largely rural — in the developing countries too , the rural areas are in a peripheral relation to the urban centre . |
| 15 | The people of Lewis saw no reason why they should not have their crofts and jobs as well , as they had always done since the boom days of the kelp industry . |
| 16 | Because they operate at grassroots level , they involve people in the issues that really matter to them , which may be the reason why they have often been so dynamic . |
| 17 | Macbeth ( 1989 ) argues that there is no reason why they should , in that children are the consumers of education and parents are the clients of the school . |
| 18 | Patients are usually barefoot , unless there is some special reason why they need shoes . |
| 19 | The endurance of rivers , which is part of what makes them such a potent symbol in our culture , is also precisely the reason why they matter so much to ecologists and scientists . |
| 20 | They simply rebuilt the fallen walls , and carried on with their normal efficient and highly organized lives ; they did not associate the earthquake with Vesuvius , and there was no particular reason why they should . |
| 21 | Unless the job stretches subordinates there is no reason why they should need , or seek , your help . |
| 22 | Brittle bones is a condition that affects all older people to some degree , but post-menopausal women in particular ; and it is the reason why they break their bones so easily if they fall . |
| 23 | For example , many people see no reason why they should run any risk from factories making nuclear weapons when they disapprove of nuclear weapons in the first place . |
| 24 | ‘ Yeah , there 's no reason why they should like me , ’ he said . |
| 25 | It was not long since every family of considerable substance was haunted by a spirit they called Browny , which did several sorts of work and this was the reason why they gave him offerings on what was called Browny 's stone . |
| 26 | There is no bar , no alcohol ; no obvious reason why they 're here at all … |
| 27 | ‘ I think one reason why they never married was that Uncle Phil would n't have asked her . |
| 28 | The whole reason why they succeed or fail is management . ’ |
| 29 | The whole reason why they succeed or fail is management |
| 30 | These additions to a basic service may persuade customers to sign up with a particular factor , but the reason why they stay comes back to the quality of the service provided . |