Example sentences of "for [adj] [be] that [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I believe that the reason for that is that when the Bible is used in school or in church it is nearly always in the form of a modern version , which is entirely unmemorable and unpoetic . |
| 2 | The reason for this is that if you put the female pupae in the tube before they hatch to the adult stage , you will ensure that females mate only with the type of male you put in the tube . |
| 3 | In my opinion , the explanation for this is that until the vernal equinox ( 21 March ) the length of the day increases from north to south in the Northern Hemisphere . |
| 4 | The reason for this is that as the core begins to saturate , the voltage available for saturation falls , tending to slow down the approach to saturation . |
| 5 | The reason for this is that as soon as the opportunities for investing in fixed capital begins to diminish — mainly because the capacity for producing consumer goods has been substantially expanded — any further growth in the production of consumer goods would reduce their price , and — cet. par . |
| 6 | One of the reasons for this was that while the border districts bred massive ambition for simplistic solutions , it also bred an open cynicism about the effectiveness of all solutions . |
| 7 | The explanation which Hall later gave for this was that although the War Department competition was dead , he was seeking official approval for the principle that , for all important government buildings in London , ‘ a competition , limited or otherwise , should take place , instead of the work being committed , as a matter of course to an officer of the establishment ’ . |