Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unfortunately this evolutionary attraction of the causal theory is also illusory , for reasons that similar to those that established the circular nature of the Weber-Fechner and other psychophysical laws . |
| 2 | Here the Sicilian reference , in itself a very slight one but worth pointing out for reasons that will emerge , is in ‘ Federico Secondo ’ , who is identical with the ‘ Frederic ’ of canto 25 , glossed above . |
| 3 | The memory of fire and plague , of slaughter , gaping earth and venomous snakes , and the great Moses barred from God 's land for reasons that are hard to discern and even harder to call sufficient , still haunts our minds , and the stink of those quails will not leave our nostrils . |
| 4 | FOR reasons that go deep into its past , Hungary has not done well out of the twentieth century . |
| 5 | They are a lovey-dovey couple , much given , for reasons that remain obscure , to roguishly gagging each other with bits of masking tape , but tension sets in with the arrival of Clara 's best friend Lillibet from America . |
| 6 | But the climate changed about 65 million years ago ( perhaps exacerbated by a bombardment of meteors ) and the dinosaurs , for reasons that are still unexplained , were unable to cope with the shift . |
| 7 | In any event , the Act makes it clear that it is not unlawful for a teacher to inflict corporal punishment ( as defined in the Act ) where it is necessary ‘ for reasons that include averting an immediate danger of personal injury to , or an immediate danger to the property of , any person ( including the pupil concerned ) ’ . |
| 8 | ‘ For reasons that will become apparent , I can not reveal the name of the subject . |
| 9 | However , many of these locally developed techniques have been discontinued for reasons that are discussed later in Chapter 8 . |
| 10 | Whereas not all clinics necessarily do a full general examination , it is vital to the doctor to be able to examine the genitalia both externally and internally , because , for reasons that should be clear from preceding chapters , it is impossible to make an accurate diagnosis without such examination . |
| 11 | They generally , for reasons that we shall come to , gang together into large communal survival machines or ‘ vehicles ’ . |
| 12 | But there are parents who lose control of their children most often for reasons that are entirely understandable . |
| 13 | It is quite hard to obtain direct evidence against this claim in English , for reasons that will become apparent below . |
| 14 | I could have called it k instead , but for reasons that become apparent in a moment we will be interested in the size of the square root of the number , so I have used |
| 15 | In the eyes of some observers , Rio Tinto has become a force in Cornish mining for reasons that have little to do with the profitability of the mines . |
| 16 | To tell the truth I have only hazy memories of the magazine that I took for a long time and until it ceased publication for reasons that were beyond me . |
| 17 | In 1819 , when Danzig had been the provincial capital for only three years , and for reasons that are unclear , the Prussians moved the function of administrative capital to Königsberg . |
| 18 | They seem to creep up on us gradually for reasons that medical science is only now beginning to understand . |
| 19 | ‘ We are tired , ’ said Andy Bean , newly appointed US Captain ( for reasons that will become apparent ) ‘ with the usual way of compiling Ryder Cup teams . |
| 20 | For reasons that no-one can yet explain , teetotal Leslie 's Rolls-Royce careered off the M5 motorway , mounted an embankment and flipped onto its roof . |
| 21 | Throughout all these Commando and Ranger operations , however , the raiders wore military uniform , although often without their commando shoulder flashes for reasons that will become obvious . |
| 22 | When the constable called , he left his bicycle leaning against the signalbox wall and it screeched a little way along the wall before coming to a rest ; the sound was to remain in Mr Daubney 's memory for reasons that will be revealed . |
| 23 | ‘ People look for reasons that are n't there . ’ |
| 24 | Wars that were to end abruptly and , ironically , for reasons that had nothing to do with internal musical divisions . |
| 25 | But , for reasons that will become clear , the backstage facilities at Reading '88 attained a special importance . |
| 26 | ‘ For reasons that I can not understand , ’ he continued , ‘ we in Britain seem to have a negative response to winners . |
| 27 | For reasons that will become apparent I hesitated in order to make a true and careful answer , and Richard jumped in with ‘ He did n't adopt me ; I adopted him . ’ |
| 28 | For reasons that will become clear below , we called these primary danger clues . |
| 29 | For reasons that were probably unconnected with wine-tasting , Dr. Prior 's subsequent entries became very sparse until , some years later , the chairman of the Board made a note of his own saying that he ‘ would be obliged if Dr. Prior would make more frequent entries in the book as to the general condition of the house and its inmates ’ . |
| 30 | For most Americans the Balkans are a place far away , stocked with people who , for reasons that pass comprehension , delight in murder and mayhem . |