Example sentences of "his [noun] for doing " in BNC.
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| 1 | The MacMahon Act only reinforced his reasons for doing so . |
| 2 | It is far from surprising that Mr Llambias stresses the importance of using an intermediary , but his reasons for doing so are cogent . |
| 3 | As in scene six , Anderson withholds information but there are important differences in his reasons for doing so here which implicate a major change of attitude . |
| 4 | ‘ I had not worked for a few months so I was ready to do something , ’ is how he explains his reasons for doing it . |
| 5 | Richard had been rebuilding and strengthening Clairvaux and his motives for doing so have long puzzled historians , since it was a step which could be interpreted as an infringement of his elder brother 's rights . |
| 6 | His capacity for doing several jobs , and simultaneously , seems to have been formed during this period ; he was essentially full-time executive of the London Zoo and its appurtenances while moving from the Ministry of Defence to the Cabinet Office as the most senior and confidential adviser in sight , whence the reference to Pooh Bah . |
| 7 | His motive for doing so is that he thinks that English verse has been ill-served by prosodists in the past . |
| 8 | They all seek declarations to the following effect : ( a ) that as a matter of law in the case of a prisoner serving a mandatory life sentence the Secretary of State is required to set a period for retribution and deterrence which does not exceed the tariff recommended by the judiciary ; ( b ) that the Secretary of State is required by law to tell the prisoner what period the judiciary have recommended , and the reasons for that recommendation , and also if he has departed from that recommendation to tell the prisoner his reason for doing so ; ( c ) that the prisoner is entitled to be given the opportunity to make representations to the Secretary of State before the tariff is set , and for this purpose to be told of any information upon which the Secretary of State will make his decision which is not in his , the prisoner 's , possession . |
| 9 | er , well , Guil erm he wanted to er , go to Guildford I presume because that 's his vicinity for doing all his work you see ? |
| 10 | 1.58 It is not enough for the defendant to argue that he denies liability or denies a conviction in his defence ; he must also show that his grounds for doing so are sufficiently strong to put the plaintiff at risk of either complete or substantial failure at trial or that , on the face of it , the plaintiff 's claim is not worth very much even on full liability . |