Example sentences of "[adj] reason for this is [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The prime reason for this is that such warehouses have become machines and will only operate correctly if the logic for their function has been meticulously thought out , checked and rechecked . |
| 2 | A major reason for this is that the high productivity of fully automated plants satisfies the basic consumption needs of workers but , instead of this leading to a high level of satisfaction , workers freed from the immediate concern of making ends meet are then able to pose what Mallet takes to be the more fundamental problem of their alienation from their work . |
| 3 | The major reason for this is that a rather small proportion of the population makes a will-only about 20 per cent on the most authoritative figures available ( Todd and Jones , 1972 ; Manners and Rauta , 1979 ) . |
| 4 | An important reason for this is that it is an entirely partial approach as explained in the section discussing qualifications to the theoretical results , and also because such a case by case approach is never capable of examining anything other than a small minority of all mergers . |
| 5 | The most familiar reason for this is that most reproduction is sexual : an individual has two parents , not one . |
| 6 | Above all , very few of them meet more than one of the criteria used in the inner-city for measuring network strength , and the essential reason for this is that their network ties are not mainly territorial . |
| 7 | ‘ The sole reason for this is that Philips lighting have been unable to increase production to match our orders due to difficulties in obtaining glass for the lamps . |
| 8 | One possible reason for this is that both forward and spot rates may be strongly time-trended . |
| 9 | The normal reason for this is that , although you saw the graphic on the page and it printed correctly on the LaserWriter you copied the publication onto a disk and sent that to the bureau . |
| 10 | The underlying reason for this is that statutes do not really have ‘ corners ’ in the neat way postulated by theory . |
| 11 | The main reason for this is that they do n't know how to and probably neither do a lot of their English solicitors . |
| 12 | A main reason for this is that by comparison its history is so brief . |
| 13 | The main reason for this is that the liabilities of the major investing institutions are are primarily nominal , although some pensions are index-linked . |
| 14 | The main reason for this is that the production cycle , that is the time taken to produce goods for sale , can be relatively long . |
| 15 | The main reason for this is that the simple plan and elevation of the original cathedral have become obscured by later work , for the cathedral was being continuously added to , altered and developed from the eleventh to the sixteenth century . |