Example sentences of "reason give for " in BNC.
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| 31 | The official reason given for the committee 's demise was that it had indulged in counterrevolution and illicit dealings with foreign powers . |
| 32 | The main reason given for restricting investment in new technology was cost . |
| 33 | The chief reason given for closure ( by 78% ) was that there was not enough competition in the school ; that against closure , that pupils received more individual attention ( 67% ) . |
| 34 | Although such figures might create public alarm , the main reason given for non-reporting was because the offence was considered too trivial to waste police time ( 38 per cent of reasons given ) , or that the police could do nothing about it ( 16 per cent ) . |
| 35 | Kreitman and Chowdhury ( 1973b ) found that the most common reason given for not getting in touch with a helping agency was that the overdose was seen as a way of relieving strain or going to sleep . |
| 36 | One reason given for Cruise 's divorce from his first wife , 39-year-old actress Mimi Rogers , in January 1990 , was their inability to have children . |
| 37 | Another reason given for increased central control — and one which I have heard frequently in Tanzania — was that there was a danger of confusing illiterate peasants if the media did not speak with one voice . |
| 38 | A third reason given for non-use of LGS was a non-availability of gur ( the unrefined sugar which was used to make LGS ) . |
| 39 | The reason given for selling is to raise funds for the restoration of the Rosebery seat , Dalmeny House , near Edinburgh , where the painting was on show to the public until a year ago . |
| 40 | Often , unpredictability is the reason given for doing nothing . |
| 41 | The reason given for the unique capacity of English to offer a truly democratic education is the peculiar nature of the poetic process : |
| 42 | One reason given for the alleged lateness of the phenomenon is its apparent absence from colonial English ( Wyld , 1927 : 220 ) . |
| 43 | The major reason given for the closure of railway lines and stations was that the 1950s modernization plan for the railways had had little effect on stemming an ever-rising deficit in running costs . |
| 44 | The third reason given for not pursuing a more radical reform is that a prohibition system would bite on fewer market situations than present legislation . |
| 45 | The reason given for this change is that there was recent wide coverage in the press of the case of an American paramedic who succeeded by fraudulent means in obtaining limited registration from the council . |
| 46 | The usual reason given for the Jewish and Moslem strictures against eating pork is that they began a public health measures , to prevent pork-borne diseases such as trichinosis . |
| 47 | One reason given for the pig 's bad name ( ‘ pig-headed ’ etc ) is that it is probably the least subordinate of the mainstream domestic animals ( pace cats ) . |
| 48 | Another reason given for his own preference was the ability of his favourite novel to ‘ allow pupils to be drawn into the emotional climate of the book . ’ |
| 49 | One reason given for this is that a distinction is created within the Treaty between those matters ( under Titles II , III and IV ) which , as amendments to the Treaty of Rome , are changes to the law of the land , and those aspects ( Titles I , V , VI and VII ) which concern the new entity of the European Union and are the subject of intergovernmental agreement and which do not therefore in a strict sense affect British law ( the stated reason why only Titles II , III and IV are subject to parliamentary ratification ) . |
| 50 | One reason given for the termination at Machynlleth was the risk of setting fire to the wooden Dovey Bridge ! |
| 51 | The inability to protect children from such abuse has been the subject of a succession of inquiry reports , in which the main reason given for this failure has been some failing in procedure such as the lack of communication among the agencies involved . |
| 52 | The reason given for refusal was ‘ The proposed development would be in a prominent location within Scorton , and its construction would be unduly obtrusive in the street picture and detrimental to the character and appearance of both the Scorton Conservation Area and the Forest of Bowland AONB ’ ( See council minutes PL113 ) |
| 53 | The reason given for this is that the costs of installing and maintaining an accounting information system that computes individual cost centre rates is complex and expensive . |
| 54 | The major reason given for giving them the boot was the requirement for a shit-hot pitch when the Euro championships come round in 96 . |
| 55 | The reason given for this conviction has been that assessment , in grading pupils ' performance in any given test , would leave some pupils with a sense of being of less value than others in the class . |