Example sentences of "be no reason for [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nothing could reduce its probability , and hence there could be no reasons for supposing it false . |
| 2 | In the event the union leaders were wholly justified , as the result of the ballot showed , in their claim that there were no reasons for doubting that the industrial action was in accordance with the wishes of the workers . |
| 3 | They have pointed out that the existence of other remedies for wives in this situation is no reason for disentitling a wife to the protection of the criminal law and that the possibility of bringing charges for assault or wounding is an inadequate substitute for a rape prosecution which focuses upon the denial of another 's sexual autonomy and integrity . |
| 4 | But that is no reason for trying to make them contradict each other . |
| 5 | On the other hand , there is no reason for thinking that Syagrius 's power ever extended beyond Soissons . |
| 6 | The rule in Rylands v. Fletcher was not considered in The Wagon Mound ( No. 1 ) , though it has been argued elsewhere in this book that there is no reason for refusing to apply the principles of foreseeability as developed since The Wagon Mound . |
| 7 | The fact that this conclusion enables the ombudsman to investigate complaints that a professional man has failed to use due care and skill otherwise that in accordance with the common law , is no reason for reaching a contrary conclusion either . |
| 8 | has said that actual damage is an essential ingredient in unintentional trespass to the person and if this is so there is no reason for distinguishing the case of trespass to goods . |
| 9 | If the seduction misfires , if the woman does not consent , then there is no reason for attenuating the degree of her non-consent … a seduction that ends in rape is still rape . ’ |
| 10 | The observables , the exotic items of gold , amber , shell , garnet , pottery ( and perhaps what it contained , for instance wine ) , glass , mercury , ivory , may give us a distorted image of the nature of exchange , but there is no reason for rejecting the acceptance of the pattern at face-value . |
| 11 | But the fact that the coin caused the mechanism to operate is no reason for saying that the coin caused the bar to come out . |
| 12 | The most we can get is convincing parallelisms between the two and the fact that some parallelisms are much more difficult than others and have hitherto not been attempted is no reason for denying that a choreographic genius like Massine has the right to attempt this . |
| 13 | Yet it seems that according to Lord Diplock such reasoning is merely the invention of a fancied ambiguity , which is no reason for denying the ‘ plain ’ meaning of a statute . |
| 14 | Yet this is no reason for ignoring what , taken as a whole process , is so general a social fact . |
| 15 | Having achieved orgasm , many men find later in life that the interval before the next erection increases to hours , or even days ; but this is no reason for abandoning sexual activity . |
| 16 | But that 's no reason for repeating the exercise ! |
| 17 | But that 's no reason for taking advantage of her weak points . " |
| 18 | There 's no reason for doing it . |
| 19 | She was too plain , and too shy , to bring out into society ; but that , as Dinah told herself , was no reason for allowing the young woman to idle her days away in the Hampstead house . |
| 20 | ‘ There were a lot of problems with the welfare state , ’ I said , ‘ but that was no reason for trying to do away with it . ’ |
| 21 | The rudder felt as if it were covered with barnacles , and the engine sounded old and tired , but there was no reason for grounding the plane . |