Example sentences of "reason for rejecting " in BNC.

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1 However , I think that his main reason for rejecting the possibility is that he could not imagine a process whereby it could happen .
2 However , the fundamental reason for rejecting the weapons in Britain or elsewhere in Europe lies in a flaw at the heart of NATO 's deterrent strategy .
3 The observables , the exotic items of gold , amber , shell , garnet , pottery ( and perhaps what it contained , for instance wine ) , glass , mercury , ivory , may give us a distorted image of the nature of exchange , but there is no reason for rejecting the acceptance of the pattern at face-value .
4 Another reason for rejecting this causal theory of meaning is that when one asks what is meant by a statement one is normally concerned to know what a reasonable speaker is saying in uttering it .
5 Nor could we expect the adherents of each approach to treat any anomaly as a reason for rejecting it .
6 I shall offer in chapter 7 a reason for rejecting all forms of foundationalism .
7 Quite apart from market failure , another reason for rejecting unregulated market coordination is the inequality of social outcomes it produces .
8 The annal concerned can not in its present form be strictly contemporary , for nobody would have identified Swegen by referring to him as Cnut 's father at this date , but this is not an adequate reason for rejecting its information .
9 This is so widespread a reason for rejecting religion , present in all strata of society and amongst all types of people , young and old , that any RE which fails to help pupils think clearly about it is seriously deficient .
10 So we have no hope of finding here a common reason for rejecting checkerboard solutions .
11 There is no reason , there is no valid reason for rejecting Jesus .
12 Unsoundness which could be due to hereditary factors would be a good reason for rejecting the mare .
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