Example sentences of "[det] reason [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is a pity because , as Hazel Mews has indicated , there is some reason to be cautiously disappointed about the effectiveness of library instruction programmes at present : |
| 2 | ‘ Maybe I believe I have some reason to be . ’ |
| 3 | Everyone has some reason to be afraid of the police , and fear , like money , can be spent on something quite unrelated to what has created it . |
| 4 | It is not ( like the rain in the example of my going to London ) just another reason to be added to the others , a reason to stand alongside the others when one reckons which way is better supported by reason . |
| 5 | Another reason to be grateful for all the publicity and discussion about child abuse is that former victims are seeking treatment at a far earlier age than was previously the case and therefore are able to go on and live a normal life once that treatment is complete . |
| 6 | The monkey had another reason to be happy … it was about to give birth and was looking forward to raising a family . |
| 7 | Another reason to be wary of explaining linguistic differences as products of gender roles , and leaving it at that , is that such a proceeding just encourages stereotyping . |
| 8 | Another reason to be cautious of over-reliance on the mean is that there are certain important between-group differences which a simple comparison of group means can not reveal . |
| 9 | Milan … just another reason to be thankful that the war was finally over . |
| 10 | Students of cancer had more reason to be interested in chromatin and its role in cell division , but chemical approaches to cancer were predominantly concerned with molecules which could be identified at the time , i.e. with molecular weights under 1000 . |
| 11 | Esther Ward had more reason to be ashamed than her vulnerable sister Elizabeth , for she had taken advantage of the forbidden love which had grown between Elizabeth and Richard , and she had never once opened her heart to the innocent girl-child who was born out of that love . |
| 12 | Jack was on call anyway and had more reason to be there than her , but if anything that was an added incentive to stay . |
| 13 | All those smug fellows in Charlotte Square have far more reason to be alarmed by this cogent , lucid Leftism than the silly Red Romance of a world run between the DHSS and Lothian Regional Council . |
| 14 | Alas , there is little reason to be optimistic that this will develop into an influential enough movement to provoke radical change . |
| 15 | Simon had little reason to be grateful or even appreciative of Jesus because he did not have a sense of wrong . |
| 16 | There is no reason why having some coincidental sperm-and-egg relationship with a child should entitle someone for that reason to be seen as a ‘ natural expert ’ , as distinct from a very clever , highly qualified one . |
| 17 | I did some shows with Ritchie Blackmore and Ritchie himself was really nice to me , but some of his team were real jerks , and we really did n't give them any reason to be that way . |
| 18 | Nevertheless , when it came to seeking allies in Congress , Carter 's position was much weakened , first , by the fact that so few members had any reason to be grateful to the president for their election and , second , because he had so conspicuously run against the existing political order which included , of course , Congress . |
| 19 | And I 'm sure I never gave her any reason to be so high-and-mighty ! ’ |