Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] for that reason " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The friend himself does not intend his advice to be accepted for that reason , and is likely to be doubly hurt if he finds out that his advice was judged mistaken on its merits but was followed in order not to hurt him . |
| 3 | Some of the modern hymns have a very shallow doctrinal content and may need to be rejected for that reason , whatever their other virtues . |
| 4 | This man , he was a criminal , he was one of the worst , he had broken the laws of the land and he was being crucified for that reason but the measure of his sin , the gravity of his sin , did not alter his chance of sa being saved . |
| 5 | He is selected for that reason , because he will not be suspected by the police . ’ |
| 6 | The place was fairly close to his parents ' home and possibly had been chosen for that reason . |
| 7 | One thing about him that was widely known was the fact that he was a businessman , and so it was as such that he was welcomed ; the party could even claim some credit for being the first to elect a businessman as its leader — much as it claimed credit in 1975 for electing a woman , although Margaret Thatcher had certainly not been chosen for that reason . |