Example sentences of "[pron] be little reason " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although notice accounts are normally worthwhile , the return on them has been cut so much that there 's little reason for people to choose them over postal accounts . |
| 2 | Many haberdashers , drapery stores and knitting shops too , stock beads and sequins nowadays so there 's little reason not to have some around and that is the secret of adding beads . |
| 3 | There 's little reason why you need to sub-contract cleaning , transportation or other functions unless you ca n't be bothered to manage . |
| 4 | The menu at Manze 's , in London 's Tower Bridge Road , by Bermondsey Antiques Market , may not be extensive but at £1.20 for one pie , one mash - sloshed with parsley sauce — there is little reason for customers to argue . |
| 5 | There is little reason to doubt that they are being incarcerated because of their trade union membership . |
| 6 | We know this from Soviet accounts , but there is little reason to doubt them . |
| 7 | Alas , there is little reason to be optimistic that this will develop into an influential enough movement to provoke radical change . |
| 8 | This is not surprising , for there is little reason for disparity . |
| 9 | But it will emerge that there is little reason to believe that much of the confusion is classical . |
| 10 | There is little reason to doubt that these pristine people are able to impart their special vision to those whom they choose to be the recipients of their ancient knowledge . |
| 11 | There is little reason therefore to prefer one to the others , e.g. : . |
| 12 | Such a move was clearly designed only to better a bad situation rather than remedy it completely , since it would be expected that the availability of refined sugar would be subject to the same seasonal fluctuations as availability of gur , and there is little reason to suspect that refined sugar was more readily available than the ( unrefined ) gur . |
| 13 | There is little reason to doubt O'Neill 's honesty : clearly she had a very unusual experience . |
| 14 | For the moment , there is little reason to doubt that he regards ‘ internationalism ’ as the highest form of patriotism . |
| 15 | There is little reason to believe that this will not be the pattern in the future too . |
| 16 | Leading Liberals , including Asquith , frequently asserted their desire for radical reform of the Poor Law and there is little reason to doubt their sincerity . |
| 17 | With regard to traditional conflicts of interest , which are also liable to be efficiency-reducing , there is little reason to think that the separation of ownership and control has contributed significantly to the scope for management self-dealing , but it does pose problems for the effectiveness of the mechanisms that regulate it , the design of which is premised on shareholder involvement . |
| 18 | There is little reason to suppose that the consequences of these changes will in themselves lead farm workers to become more militant . |
| 19 | Soviet cases with political implications were given a great deal of publicity in the West , but there is little reason to believe that the great majority of cases in the Soviet Union were dealt with any less fairly than elsewhere . |
| 20 | A relative novelty for this important property was that , for once , Sotheby 's did not give the consignor a guarantee , correctly judging that with material this good there was little reason to feel the sale would not do splendidly . |
| 21 | It did not occur to him to look for a seat outside Worcestershire , and even if it had there was little reason why he should have secured one . |
| 22 | Although the number of cars registered in Wales fell slightly during 1992 , there was little reason to think that in the long term we will not be faced by an unsustainable surge in the number of private vehicles using Welsh roads . |
| 23 | There was little reason to stay on in an empty house , Belinda decided as she covered and refrigerated the kedgeree after her father had left . |
| 24 | So it looked as though there was little reason for her to think of backing out of the deal they were planning . |
| 25 | There was little reason , certainly in primary schools , to identify some teachers only with some subjects . |