Example sentences of "reason [verb] that [det] was " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jenna saw no reason to hide the truth and no reason to pretend that this was some sort of family gathering . |
| 2 | There is no reason to believe that this was not true also of the world 's earliest volcanoes . |
| 3 | While I have no reason to believe that this was the case in respect of Wilson , or indeed any senior member of the Labour Party , I can understand why such a person would be reluctant to try to abort the inquiry . |
| 4 | A major defence by many of those prosecuted was that the enclosures had taken place before the practice had been made an offence , and although the practice continued after this date there is good reason to believe that this was often the case . |
| 5 | There is no particular reason to believe that this was caused merely by the newer properties being of higher value . |
| 6 | Children of parents with means were more likely than the children of the poor to have capital ; but enterprise was even more essential , and there is no reason to suppose that this was the prerogative of any group or class in the Europe of the day . |
| 7 | A little later , in the four years 1776–80 , over 42,000 men deserted from the British navy ; and there is no reason to suppose that this was an unusual number by contemporary standards . |