Example sentences of "i [vb base] the reason for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I think I know the reason for his death and I think I could have stopped it . |
| 2 | Gran and I … well , Gran opened up and I know the reason for her succession of illnesses , real and imagined . |
| 3 | Chairman chairman there seem to be when I looked at it there seem to a number of headings here that I could n't account for and I 've asked the chair of the finance committee , she could n't account for them either , and I think it 's , whilst I understand the reasons for going and I 'm sure we would have approved them , I think it 's actually quite important that all these small sums , wh when you add them up over this erm over this month and you look at them , are quite large over the budget that we have have already adopted and the things that we wanted to do , and it concerns me that some of these things which are maybe very sensible , actually reduce our effectiveness of doing things that the council 's agreed that they are going to do this year and next year , the seventy six pounds here , the thirty pounds later on , fifty four pounds for large thorn plants et cetera , et cetera , and a hundred and fifty pounds over the budget on the Christmas lights . |
| 4 | I believe I understand the reason for this too . |
| 5 | The game was already lost in Berne when Gough went and I think the reason for that was that the Scots had failed to find the fire that brought them so close to success in Sweden . |
| 6 | I think the reason for the defeat was mainly due to the , the biannual conference issue . |
| 7 | ‘ I think the reason for that is that we spend about 45 minutes hitting balls on the range and 10 minutes putting before we tee off . |
| 8 | I 'm saying to Glasgow city council that I think the reason for the poor health of its people is due to factors outwith health services and more to do with social and economic factors such as unemployment and bad housing . ’ |
| 9 | And I think the reason for that was because they did n't have a say in what was happening . |
| 10 | I presume the reason for the change is to ensure prompt receipt of the subscriptions — I only wish we could do the same with our customers ! |
| 11 | I take the reasons for this to lie in the heroic myth shared by doctors and public . |