Example sentences of "reasons for adopting " in BNC.

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1 Their reasons for adopting this view differed somewhat , but we can take Galileo 's position as not atypical .
2 His reasons for adopting Indirect Rule were never , in fact , made very explicit , though it appears that scarcity of administrative manpower , usually considered the determining factor , was not of major importance .
3 Do n't blame yourself for that choice ; you had reasons for adopting it at the time .
4 The Board 's reasons for adopting this approach are explained in paragraphs ix-xiv of ‘ The Development of the FRED ’ .
5 But to attempt to isolate them , in practice , can be no more than an illustrative device since the language-game we use of human beings encapsulates the possibility that at any moment Mary can be summoned from such a state , or summon herself , to one of reflection about her reasons for adopting this or that tactic .
6 There were many good reasons for adopting the latter course as Claudius badly needed to be certain of the loyalty of his army , and there was no better opportunity for obtaining this than the prospect of a great victory .
7 There may on occasions be sound educational reasons for adopting a style of interaction in which unfocused questions predominate .
8 The reasons for adopting this view that syntactic production and the accessibility of individual lexical items are closely related are twofold .
9 Their reasons for adopting new technology will be examined and their demand for skilled labour or training policies to retrain existing employees will be quantified .
10 Of the many reasons for adopting the concept of emancipation with land , none weighed more strongly with the tsar than the advice of a proven traditionalist and long-term friend .
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