Example sentences of "[art] [adv] [adj] reason for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Glaucoma was the most common reason for treatment ( in 25 ) , followed by cataract extraction ( in 13 ) . |
| 2 | To these might be added ‘ binding ’ , which in the case of journals is often the most common reason for non-availability . |
| 3 | The most common reason for testing was screening for , say , those students who need remedial help . |
| 4 | The most common form of challenging behaviour amongst this group , and hence the most likely reason for referral , was serious violence towards other people and the material environment . |
| 5 | But a more powerful reason for conflict than all these is the British education system itself , with its essentially ethnocentric curriculum , its apathy , its built-in attitude that Western culture is the only culture and its pervasive mockery of people who are ‘ different ’ . |
| 6 | A more fundamental reason for failure is the deep commitment of the governments of the nuclear powers to the idea of nuclear deterrence . |
| 7 | Hence there is a very valid reason for building rest days into the system , as well as the normal gaps in the fixture card to allow bodies and minds to recuperate briefly . |