Example sentences of "reason for [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 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 | A fifth reason for distinguishing between public and private law arises out of the fact that , although some of the functions of government are peculiarly governmental , not all are : governments make ( and sometimes break ) contracts just as private individuals do ; governments own property in the same way as private citizens ; governments also sometimes commit torts . |
| 3 | One reason for insisting on such an analysis is our need ( as Rowntree ( 1974 ) reminds us ) to " beware of implicit objectives " . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The most strategically important reason for investing in flat panel display technology , however , is that with continued miniaturisation of the integrated circuits the display itself will become the platform on which the system is built . |
| 6 | ‘ Buddha grass , ’ he murmurs , ‘ the main reason for staying in this god-awful country — ’ |
| 7 | There is very little objective reason for choosing among these approaches at the present time . |
| 8 | For them a central reason for concentrating on civil society lies in the social and emotional significance of the home . |
| 9 | The reason for going over that threshold is often straightforward : candidates simply do not have the skills that are in demand . |