Example sentences of "[verb] for [adj] reason " in BNC.
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| 1 | – This means that the outer G forme was removed from the press part way through — printing stopped for some reason — and someone dropped it , scattering the letters everywhere . |
| 2 | I set off again , maintaining for some reason — perhaps because I expected further farm creatures to wander across my path — my slow speed of before . |
| 3 | At the same time , you will have a full 30 days to consider the benefits of the plan — and if you decide to cancel for any reason , you can return the policy to PPP without obligation . |
| 4 | Some of these workers may have just entered the labour market from school , some may have been made redundant from their previous jobs , some may have been sacked for one reason or another and many will have quit their previous jobs in order to create time to search for more satisfactory ones . |
| 5 | The water level is automatically reduced to normal if the machine over-fills for some reason . |
| 6 | The vast majority of them had tried , and failed for one reason or another , to get into one or other of the local preparatory schools . |
| 7 | Many good exercise programmes stop when life and the usual routine starts to get chaotic or change for some reason . |
| 8 | Another suggestion was that an entire class of LMS express locomotives had been withdrawn for some reason . |
| 9 | CPRW has evidence that the sale of holiday units as permanent residences is already beginning to happen where the temporary occupancy clause , which is customarily enforced on caravan and chalet sites , has been withdrawn for some reason . |
| 10 | Some of the ideas which I discuss are currently rated ‘ improbable ’ , but should not be dismissed for that reason alone : their supporters may be in a minority , but that minority is often a very distinguished one . |
| 11 | Though since to find an alternative word was n't going to alter matters at all by the look of it , Fabia began to wonder if perhaps Vendelin Gajdusek was coming back from Prague today to keep his appointment but had been delayed for some reason or another . |
| 12 | For example , in the provisions for extension of time , an extension may be given if the works are delayed for any reason beyond the control of the contractor ( a clause of much wider scope , incidentally , than in other JCT contracts ) , and the contractor is not required to provide information to assist the supervising officer in making an extension . |
| 13 | By the way , friendly , protective neighbours are absolutely invaluable and well worth cultivating for that reason if no other . |
| 14 | She had expected for some reason a warm and well-fleshed figure , dressed in tweeds saturated in the comforting perfume of unsmoked tobacco . |
| 15 | Freud himself expressed the view that some dreams , but not all , may be forgotten for this reason . |
| 16 | If so he wonders if the patient needs to cry and has for some reason stopped himself . |
| 17 | Although paperwork is boring , it is not difficult to do , but there are other duties where there is a risk of being shown to be incompetent , which are disliked for this reason . |
| 18 | If the body is dissolved for any reason the remaining assets shall go to some other charitable organisation . |
| 19 | Since three out of every four owners report behavioural problems with their dogs at some stage , it is clear that probably most strays are discarded for this reason , rather than because of other factors such as family break-ups or emigration . |
| 20 | On the far side of Farringdon Road , Graham passed Easton Street where another painter 's or window-cleaner 's cradle lay on the pavement , up-ended for some reason , neat coils of rope around it . |
| 21 | ABO — cancelled For some reason , it has been decided not to proceed with the DC . |
| 22 | After several public meetings to discuss plann-ing matters the bureaucracy were left confounded , much to the delight of the ratepayers who may have only attended for that reason ! |
| 23 | Should the Programmer be prevented for any reason from completing and delivering the Program by the agreed date , then as an alternative ( in the case of the Programmer 's breach ) to terminating this Agreement the Publisher , after giving the Programmer reasonable notice , may commission the completion of the Program by another programmer on terms that the Publisher shall consider fair to all parties ; the payment due to the Programmer under Clause 2 shall be altered accordingly ; and the Programmer will immediately deliver to the Publisher such materials as he has prepared , and refund any advance of payment which he has received . |
| 24 | Should the Programmer be prevented for any reason from completing and delivering the Program by the agreed date , then as an alternative ( in the case of the Programmer 's breach ) to terminating this Agreement the Publisher , after giving the Programmer reasonable notice , may commission the completion of the Program by another programmer on terms that the Publisher shall consider fair to all parties ; the payment due to the Programmer under Clause 2 shall be altered accordingly ; and the Programmer will immediately deliver to the Publisher such materials as he has prepared , and refund any advance of payment which he has received . |
| 25 | 3.2 Should the Company be prevented for any reason whatsoever from completing the Work in the time agreed in Schedule I then the Publisher after giving the Company reasonable notice may commission the completion of the Work by another writer on terms that the Publisher shall consider fair to all parties and the terms in Schedule II shall be altered accordingly or the Publisher may withdraw from the Agreement . |
| 26 | By the end of 1987 , they were playing live almost every other night , but they were still getting their share of badly organised gigs or ones that flopped for other reason , usually not connected with the band . |
| 27 | He is selected for that reason , because he will not be suspected by the police . ’ |
| 28 | It prevents proceedings being transferred for this reason unless it can be shown that no other method , including transfer to another magistrates ' court , is appropriate and that delay would seriously prejudice the child 's interests . |
| 29 | Well he must have been transferred for some reason or other . |
| 30 | Each disc has a soft jelly-like centre , and if the outer layer is weakened for any reason , such as wear and tear or straining your back then the soft centre bulges backwards and is likely to press on one or more of the sciatic nerve roots . |