Example sentences of "[noun pl] for [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The thing is that , when you 're not in touch with your body , you 're not in touch with the earth , with our reasons for being here . |
| 2 | Millie had her reasons for being concerned . |
| 3 | On the other hand , order out of chaos and the rebirth of a defeated nation were admirable reasons for being attracted to Fascism , yet they were n't the real ones in her case , and even if Hitler had mesmerised her very conclusively for a time , she was older and wiser now and able to revise her view of a man who could change his principles so casually in the light of expediency . |
| 4 | We try to give a picture of Israel as a democracy , a country that has strengths and weaknesses , that has reasons for being distrustful . ’ |
| 5 | He could have many reasons for being vindictive . |
| 6 | The philosophies of Rousseau and of David Hartley , whose work had become a powerful influence on Coleridge , convinced them both that ‘ Vice is not natural to Man ’ , and that given strong reasons for being virtuous , ‘ Man would approach very near perfection ’ . |
| 7 | There are many different reasons for being alone and equally different needs to be considered for the people who find themselves in this position . |
| 8 | ‘ The deployment of sexuality has its reasons for being , not in reproducing itself , but in proliferating , innovating , annexing , creating , and penetrating bodies in an increasingly detailed way , and in controlling populations in an increasingly comprehensive way . ’ |
| 9 | It was such a collective experience that John was n't mine any more , I had to share him with all these people , each with different motivations and reasons for being here . |
| 10 | Then the priestess — for that is what she was — began to weave a web while talking about her reasons for being at Greenham . |
| 11 | Gazing into grey eyes that seemed incredibly gentle and soft , she forgot all about his reasons for being there , forgot everything except this infuriating giant who was slowly but surely destroying her peace of mind , ‘ Why ? ’ she whispered . |
| 12 | Often the reasons for being passed over or failing a job interview will not be properly explained . |
| 13 | The horse paced , high-stepping , wheeled and returned , wheeled again and Maggie watched , awe-struck , her reasons for being here initially completely forgotten . |
| 14 | It is absurd , every time we introduce another element of our policy , for him to leap on to the populist pitch and then , as he no doubt will in a few minutes ' time , find some detailed reasons for being opposed to it . |
| 15 | Now I would see as one of the erm powerful reasons for being in the leading position that if we are in the leading position , and we know that the right solution from a technical , and probably from an overall cost point of view is the sixteen double O three , or a six eight O seven , come to that , and we know it far enough ahead , |
| 16 | No she does n't live with us but she does live locally and that was one of the reasons for being here because it 's a little bit easier to get to her . |
| 17 | She composed herself and outlined briefly her reasons for being on the island and Fernando listened , occasionally nodding . |
| 18 | Once I 'd discounted the story you gave me about Lori 's reasons for being there , I realised the note could only have come from her , and therefore she must have taken the jade . ’ |
| 19 | The list of appropriate and relevant , even necessary skills for being an effective organizer/activist/motivator is a long one . |
| 20 | The company is also targeting the growing market for children 's cereals with a series of activities for 's Golden Bites , a sugar puff style product . |
| 21 | It 's essential to our plans for being a lower cost producer , in paint markets which are probably the most competitive in the world . ’ |
| 22 | Physical and experimental considerations implied that and so the following values for were established : The results so obtained were in good agreement with predictions from fibre reinforcement theory ( Equations ( 4.21 ) or ( 4.22 ) ) provided that a value of 0.37 for Poisson 's ratio for the butadiene phase was used rather than the more usual figure , for a rubber , of 0.5 . |
| 23 | In fact , Mum had reprimanded me many times for being Sam 's lap-dog , saying that I was too much under my brother 's rotten influence . |
| 24 | In Britain , waiting times for being seen in an outpatient clinic , followed by those for surgery , ensure that most children have waited a considerable time before grommet insertion , adenoidectomy , or a combination can be performed . |
| 25 | Since every manager negotiates at some time , what are the ideal characteristics for being a good bargainer ? |
| 26 | ‘ You ca n't blame the fans for being sceptical , ’ said Beck . |
| 27 | They often suffered from vaginismus , but they invariably praised their husbands for being ‘ exceptionally kind ’ , passive , totally understanding and ‘ so good as not to bother me ’ . |
| 28 | While we 've all been quick to condemn guitar manufacturers for being too timid to boldly go where no other has gone before design-wise , I found myself unwilling to applaud the Valley Arts Carlton for its daring to be different , but not being able to understand exactly why . |
| 29 | The lighting engineer boosts his £15,000 basic pay with bonuses for being on call at Newcastle upon Tyne all through the night . |
| 30 | The DCs became ‘ approved ’ , and would be , probably within a few months , candidates for being hard copied . |