Example sentences of "a reason for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The alternative , of choosing between artists , is also hazardous , since it refutes the idea that they have a reason for exhibiting together , even if what the critic writes is favourable . |
| 2 | ‘ Choose to think that would be a reason for sending old Jack into the next world if you like , ’ she said . |
| 3 | What 's happening is that I have a reason for rising , for living , for laughing . |
| 4 | Well , if a thesis that it is difficult to make sense of allows a conclusion that is repugnant , then the rational course would seem to be to take this as another reason for distrusting the thesis : not as a reason for admitting the repugnant conclusion . |
| 5 | Union leaders , however , were already invoking probable mortgage rises as a reason for an increase in excess of 10 per cent . |
| 6 | Several indicated they would be looking to Mr Lawson to give the Tory voters a reason for enduring the pain of higher mortgages . |
| 7 | When the motivation of younger constables leads to offences being treated seriously , older or more dominant constables often use the celebration as a reason for discretion , especially in relation to drink-related offences . |
| 8 | Reaction as a reason for going international is often characterised by : |
| 9 | acted in a certain way and then found a reason for it . |
| 10 | An unoccupied person , finding a drum , may be seized with a desire to beat it ; but unless he is an imbecile he will be unable to continue beating it , and thereby satisfying a need ( rather than a ‘ desire ’ ) , without finding a reason for so doing . |
| 11 | Eliot asserts that it is perfectly possible to claim ‘ that primitive man acted in a certain way and then found a reason for it ’ . |
| 12 | Although rarely stated by ministers as a reason for privatization , the funds could be used to finance tax cuts and/or current spending . |
| 13 | The Circle went through the middle of his bed , he told us , so he had a reason for crossing it every night . |
| 14 | Indeed , Lewis was always impatient with ‘ Tollers ’ if he pleaded family commitments as a reason for not attending an Inklings evening . |
| 15 | No firms mentioned reducing their dependence on skilled labour as a reason for introducing new technology — though a significant minority saw it as a way of reducing labour costs . |
| 16 | If ever there was a perfect Queen Anne house , here it is , and perhaps a reason for its extra glow is its delicate restoration by the Mildmay family who came to live here in the 1870s . |
| 17 | Yet when he came to write the chapters on earthquakes and volcanos in Madam How and Lady Why ( 1869 ) , he could not dismiss from his mind the notion that , underlying the scientific explanation of how these disasters occurred , God must have had a reason for permitting them . |
| 18 | In chapter 12 Abraham was given a reason for his going , for the promises came hard on the heels of the command . |
| 19 | This was now ; there was a reason for everything ; it was simply a matter of courage and patience . |
| 20 | Quincx had insisted on telling both of them the details of Zambia 's difficulties , despite protests from Tammuz , feeling both women needed to be given a reason for the delay in Ari 's treatment . |
| 21 | My own view is that these exceptions are so infrequent that they are not a reason for abandoning the neo-Darwinist mechanism as the one which underlies the vast majority of adaptive evolutionary changes . |
| 22 | As Carolyn Douglas of Exploring Parenthood explains , there is a reason for such friendships . |
| 23 | Nevertheless , these entitlements are limited to the recipients having legal residence in Germany and the new law on foreign nationals ( Ausländergesetz 1990 ) can make the receipt of unauthorized assistance a reason for deportation ( Münder , 1990 ) . |
| 24 | Notice they are not only given a reason for observing , which , of course , gives their spectator role a frame through which to watch , but there is also a hint of some responsibility they might have to carry — a necessary engagement is then ensured . |
| 25 | Instead , the wall was used as a reason for seeking conciliation with the East and accepting it as a fait accompli . |
| 26 | And there had to be a reason for a coup . |
| 27 | Is there a reason for this ? |
| 28 | First , the arbitrator 's decision is for the disputants a reason for action . |
| 29 | The only proper way to acknowledge the arbitrator 's authority is to take it to be a reason for action which replaces the reasons on the basis of which he was meant to decide . |
| 30 | One thesis I am arguing for claims that authoritative reasons are pre-emptive : the fact that an authority requires performance of an action is a reason for its performance which is not to be added to all other relevant reasons when assessing what to do , but should exclude and take the place of some of them . |