Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] for [adj] reason " in BNC.
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| 1 | The council may demur for two reasons . |
| 2 | The trail seemed obvious enough , but my intended killer had come and gone that way — must have done — and if he should return for any reason I would n't want to meet him . |
| 3 | We suggest that this present system which I think many of us have doubts about should continue for practical reasons for nineteen ninety four , ninety five only and for ninety five , ninety six , we will have the benefit of the audit . |
| 4 | If the flow rate should increase for any reason , the lava may burst out over the levees , flooding out to form a new branch of the main flow , and this ‘ break out ’ will itself rapidly become established between levees . |
| 5 | This may occur for various reasons ; the suspect may have died or be below the age of criminal responsibility , the victim may not wish to press charges or a witness may be unwilling , or unable , to give evidence or a person already in detention after conviction admits to further offences . |
| 6 | This may happen for many reasons beside business failure — for example , simple bad luck in the shape of injury , illness or death to someone who is vital to the business 's continuing success . |
| 7 | An individual 's diet may vary for many reasons and while starvation is unusual in the Western world because of the availability of food , it is still possible for people in the West to suffer from inadequate nutrition . |
| 8 | the amount of your personal allowances may change for various reasons ; |
| 9 | It will eventually dawn on them that they have killed their son and they will suffer for that reason . ’ |
| 10 | Drills may fail for several reasons . |
| 11 | The nature and modifications of the prey assemblages also may differ for similar reasons . |
| 12 | Some may feel coerced into company-centred behaviour , some may accept for instrumental reasons because there is no alternative while others may see the family analogy as the ideal structure for industrial relations . |
| 13 | Sharp variations in a time series can occur for many reasons . |