Example sentences of "reason for [v-ing] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Organisations ' reasons for wanting more women |
| 2 | Erm , our own is , obviously our own reasons for wanting this change but we ought to know the needs of others to see whether they correspond . |
| 3 | ‘ There were lots of reasons for choosing that race rather than a higher profile one . |
| 4 | For each item , write a short sentence giving your reasons for choosing that form of service . |
| 5 | Disclose the period chosen and the reasons for choosing that period . |
| 6 | Reasons for choosing another institution and course |
| 7 | The reasons for choosing this form fall into two main groups . |
| 8 | Having deuterium in the electrolyte clearly was a useful strategy ; as for the lithium , Fleischmann said to me : ‘ There are a lot of reasons for choosing this . |
| 9 | Nor are the prospects , even for Galway , as bad as they appear at the moment : workers reportedly wept openly in the Digital canteen when told their jobs were being phased out over the next 12 months , but the fear that most of the subcontractors that served DEC will have to close as well is not likely to be realised : where a company has a good relationship with a subcontractor , there are good reasons for maintaining that relationship even after a plant closes , and work should start flowing across the Irish Sea all the way to Galway from Scotland . |
| 10 | To put that another way , there are reasons for thinking that what an econometric model builder might believe is a good estimate of the constant structure of the economy is in fact no such thing , but rather an estimate of a relationship or group of relationships which are dependent upon a particular policy regime . |
| 11 | There are at least two reasons for thinking this may be so . |
| 12 | The reasons for obeying these moral rules are egoistic , that to disobey them is to forward the perils of social chaos , or to risk punishment . |
| 13 | As many of us have mixed backgrounds I would not like to say that ethnic reasons are the main reasons for tabling this motion . |
| 14 | Gouzenko had obvious reasons for perpetuating this myth and was always astute enough to embroider his story with whatever facts the listener wanted to hear , eventually becoming so vain that even he did not know what was truth or fiction . |
| 15 | Subsequent chapters of this book will provide us with plenty of reasons for doubting that claim . |
| 16 | There are persuasive reasons for doubting this . |
| 17 | Second , there may be various political reasons for including these areas in a comprehensive analysis for accounting purposes . |
| 18 | Its limitations are the lack of information on temporary workers employed on open-ended contracts and casual workers , on occupations of temporary workers , on employers ' reasons for using such labour and on associated wage and other costs . |
| 19 | Further data , for example , concerning teachers ' reasons for using these texts , were collected during these visits both through informal discussion and through the use of questionnaires which were completed by some of the staff and returned at a later date ( see appendix 1 . ) |
| 20 | The reasons for using some form of external assistance in recruiting key people are often quite clear : the confidentiality , the know-how and the experience are all obvious factors ; why bring in a headhunter rather than use an advertising consultant is sometimes more difficult to explain . |
| 21 | Those are two good reasons for pursuing such schemes . |
| 22 | ‘ What are your reasons for holding that view ? ’ |
| 23 | They do not understand their reasons for living this way . |
| 24 | What puzzled him was her reasons for meeting all expenses , and some absurd generosities , out of her capital , never opening her legendarily replete jewel box to assuage them . |
| 25 | In the modern world the reasons for accepting any particular authority can be and are challenged . |
| 26 | As we have seen , there are good reasons for accepting this proposal . |
| 27 | The reasons for learning each task are shared with the child and they are encouraged to choose an optimistic alternative in every situation . |
| 28 | He went on to give his reasons for calling this special meeting . |
| 29 | And surely our reasons for allowing this are close to those suggested by the tripartite definition ; he has the right answer , and not by luck . |
| 30 | But there are other even more fundamental reasons for allowing this appeal , and they are concerned with the judge 's actions and decisions which led up to his discharge of the jury . |