Example sentences of "[be] reason for [v-ing] [conj] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are reasons for believing that the official UK unemployment figures , measured as the number of people claiming benefits , may understate the actual number of people unemployed . |
| 2 | However that may be , there are reasons for thinking that the abandonment of England , and of any hopes for her , was not much less momentous for Pound than it is for his English readers . |
| 3 | Although no direct connection can be shown between the revolt of Gundovald and the conspiracy of 587 , there are reasons for thinking that the two affairs may have been related . |
| 4 | Given these considerations I think Warnock is wrong to claim that there are reasons for saying that the baby saw these things . |
| 5 | This power existed where , as the statute provided , it appeared to him that there were reasons for doubting whether the trade union members , in taking part in industrial action , were acting in accordance with their own wishes . |