Example sentences of "a [noun] for [det] reason " in BNC.
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| 1 | Darren had been dead a couple of months ; I had fallen out with my father and I 'd been in London for most of the summer , staying with Aunt Ilsa and her long-term companion , whose only name appeared to be Mr Gibbon , which I thought made him sound like a cat for some reason … |
| 2 | Environmentalists dubbed it a failure for this reason , but acknowledged its importance as the first occasion on which all major world governments had agreed that global warming was a reality . |
| 3 | It 's on a slant for some reason ! |
| 4 | G. decided not to take a stat for this reason , though there was every reason to , as he acknowledged . |
| 5 | It 's so long I do n't need a map for some reason . |
| 6 | The sentence took account of the fact that the offender had to face the prospect of being sentenced on two occasions , and the Court had made a deduction for that reason . |
| 7 | They they feel they ca n't keep to a timetable for that reason . |
| 8 | It is important to identify why this occurs , and then to find a solution for each reason . |