Example sentences of "be for [adj] very reason " in BNC.
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| 1 | If she was going to decline Mr O'Hara 's proposal , it was going to be for that very reason . |
| 2 | It is for that very reason that I am moving this motion today as it gives us the opportunity to implement the rules of the union and at the same time would enable us to put into position , people who would be able to do all those things that are necessary to achieve what we require , recruitment , organization , paperwork , back-up service to full-time officials . |
| 3 | It was for that very reason that I declined appointment as a judge . |
| 4 | Although almost all working-class housing in the novel is of that type , since it can better be represented as a ‘ home ’ , it was for that very reason much too expensive for the very poor . |
| 5 | It was for this very reason that banks , prior to the 1970s , avoided such risky long-term lending and concentrated on short-term trade financing . |