Example sentences of "for [adj] [was/were] that [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | he said in spite of the fact that I 've been in parliament for longer than he has , which surprised me cos I would n't have thought so this is the young Winston Churchill of course so the Chinese man said to him erm oh well the reason for that was that he had a famous grandfather |
| 2 | The reason for this was that they had a different view of tradition from the locals and this caused them to turn to ‘ progressivist ’ ideas and to new ventures put forward by planners in order to effect an entry upon the local political scene . |
| 3 | We now know that the reason for this was that they did not dwell or traffic within the walls ; that Lundenwic like Hamwih lay outside , along the Strand or foreshore of the Thames . |
| 4 | The reason for this was that he followed the methods of the scholastics ( medieval theologians ) whom he admired very much . |
| 5 | The reason for this was that he was contaminated with radon decay products from his house . |
| 6 | Her reason for this was that he was a very quiet child and seldom communicated with her . |
| 7 | The justification for this was that it saved the skyline of the Granite City . |
| 8 | The reason for this was that she did n't like Mr. Gordon . |
| 9 | The reason she gave for this was that she felt that experiencing repeated failure was bad for pupils . |
| 10 | She later achieved her Financial Planning Certificate — the incentive for this was that she needed a new tumble drier , so the bonus for completing the qualification was perfectly timed ! |
| 11 | Maybe the reason for this was that she was vindictively happy not to do anything , and it is the opinion of my sergeant here that she probably hated her husband almost as intensely as the murderer himself did . |
| 12 | The two main reasons given for this were that it was too ambitious and it was too far removed from bureaux experience until too late in its development . |
| 13 | The only complaint from Sam Torrance after his par 72 for 146 was that he could not get the ball into the hole . |
| 14 | One thing we did know for sure was that it was not keep-fit exercises that we needed but homes that were ‘ fit ’ to live in and incomes or benefits that prevented us from having to choose between dying from hypothermia or malnutrition ! |