Example sentences of "reason [prep] [verb] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Indeed one 's own reason for looking to this community was presumably that , as a Christian , one needed oneself to make some reference to Christ . |
| 2 | One reason for insisting on such an analysis is our need ( as Rowntree ( 1974 ) reminds us ) to " beware of implicit objectives " . |
| 3 | One reason for insisting on this possibility is to prevent us from being too complacent and self-congratulating about what we are engaged in , here and now . |
| 4 | ‘ Buddha grass , ’ he murmurs , ‘ the main reason for staying in this god-awful country — ’ |
| 5 | There is very little objective reason for choosing among these approaches at the present time . |
| 6 | The reason for going over that threshold is often straightforward : candidates simply do not have the skills that are in demand . |