Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] for [adj] reason " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | For example , in the provisions for extension of time , an extension may be given if the works are delayed for any reason beyond the control of the contractor ( a clause of much wider scope , incidentally , than in other JCT contracts ) , and the contractor is not required to provide information to assist the supervising officer in making an extension . |
| 2 | And the pressures are probably much greater within the public sector , if only because of the difficulty of obtaining further employment in the public sector if one has been dismissed for disciplinary reasons . |
| 3 | The sentence of Poindexter 's former subordinate , Oliver North , had been overturned for similar reasons in July 1990 [ see p. 37605 ] , but the appellate panel now went further by refusing to allow Walsh to return to the trial judge and attempt to show that the trial testimony was not tainted , as had been permitted in North 's case . |
| 4 | Though since to find an alternative word was n't going to alter matters at all by the look of it , Fabia began to wonder if perhaps Vendelin Gajdusek was coming back from Prague today to keep his appointment but had been delayed for some reason or another . |
| 5 | Another suggestion was that an entire class of LMS express locomotives had been withdrawn for some reason . |
| 6 | CPRW has evidence that the sale of holiday units as permanent residences is already beginning to happen where the temporary occupancy clause , which is customarily enforced on caravan and chalet sites , has been withdrawn for some reason . |
| 7 | Some of these workers may have just entered the labour market from school , some may have been made redundant from their previous jobs , some may have been sacked for one reason or another and many will have quit their previous jobs in order to create time to search for more satisfactory ones . |
| 8 | However , there is a possibility that State aids , which have been given for domestic reasons , may reduce competitive pressure between nations , since such assistance may give a competitive advantage to industry within a particular country vis-à-vis its trading partners . |
| 9 | Since three out of every four owners report behavioural problems with their dogs at some stage , it is clear that probably most strays are discarded for this reason , rather than because of other factors such as family break-ups or emigration . |
| 10 | But the jury accepted that a page of the statement had been substituted for legitimate reasons . |
| 11 | There was of course no longer need for missio , a remedy which had been designed for equitable reasons to allow a trust beneficiary to triumph over the constraints imposed by the limitation of trust protection to remedies in personam . |
| 12 | Although paperwork is boring , it is not difficult to do , but there are other duties where there is a risk of being shown to be incompetent , which are disliked for this reason . |
| 13 | Well he must have been transferred for some reason or other . |
| 14 | Dr James D Gallagher , director of medical research at Lederle Laboratories , has said : ‘ Animal studies are done for legal reasons , and not for scientific ones . ’ |
| 15 | [ 4 ] Premature babies are routinely subjected to heel lancing in order to obtain blood samples which are needed for crucial reasons . |
| 16 | This last datum may be accompanied by one of the following letters : S = the company 's shares have been suspended , A = company has been acquired , L = company has been liquidated , e = non-voting shares have been enfranchised for some reason , and lastly F = the shares have been withdrawn from the official list for some other reason than those already mentioned . |
| 17 | All foreign branches seem to have been closed for financial reasons in 1891–1892 , but Wilson , after the refloating of the union in 1894 , persisted in his international endeavours , establishing new branches in Hamburg , Rotterdam and Antwerp in the following year and an agency in New York , and accepting the logic of the shipowners ' often repeated argument that British claims to higher pay would be more convincing if foreign rates were brought up to British levels . |
| 18 | In these situations metals are preferred for mechanical reasons but problems can arise owing to toxic reactions to either the metal , or wear debris . |
| 19 | Another possibility is that the gas density may have been overestimated for some reason . |
| 20 | If the package has changed and the DCs have been aborted for some reason , but you still wish to proceed with the change , raise new DCs , get agreement for the changes , activate the Dcs through your package , then resubmit the package for approval . |
| 21 | This account of urban housing in the reign of Queen Victoria has been protracted for three reasons . |
| 22 | Restorations should not be undertaken for aesthetic reasons alone , but only for carefully controlled maintenance , because of the inherent possibilities of damage in any restoration . |
| 23 | Other sales which were planned but would be delayed for various reasons were those of Coalcorp , the former state coal mining operation ; Landcorp , which administered government buildings and land ; and Electricorp , which operated the power stations and the national grid . |
| 24 | Some of the ideas which I discuss are currently rated ‘ improbable ’ , but should not be dismissed for that reason alone : their supporters may be in a minority , but that minority is often a very distinguished one . |
| 25 | Government grants to local authorities may be justified for two reasons . |
| 26 | Psychotropic drugs should only be prescribed for good reasons . |
| 27 | The optional words in brackets in subclause 8.1.2 should be included for obvious reasons , and it is suggested that if those words were included then so should the words at the end of subclause 8.1.4 so as to avoid a conflict . |
| 28 | Freud himself expressed the view that some dreams , but not all , may be forgotten for this reason . |
| 29 | Earlier yesterday , the Court of Appeal refused an application by Mr Goodwin 's employers , the publishers Morgan Grampian , to revoke the order forcing him to hand over notes containing confidential financial information concerning a company , which can not be named for legal reasons . |
| 30 | The customer 's brother — who can not be named for legal reasons — came into the shop a little later and started an argument . |