Example sentences of "for [adj] reason " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is important to identify why this occurs , and then to find a solution for each reason . |
| 2 | I felt like apologising to Redpath for putting him to a lot of trouble for scant reason . |
| 3 | No doubt they mean well where the arts are concerned , he wrote , but for that reason they are the biggest menace . |
| 4 | No doubt they think they have the interests of the artist at heart , he wrote , but for that reason they must be avoided like the plague . |
| 5 | The dreaded gardeners ' garters , of Phalaris arundinacea ‘ Picta ’ manages to creep all over the place but is far too lovely a plant to write off just for that reason . |
| 6 | Taxed with this incident as his reason for contriving Shatov 's murder , Verkhovensky replies : ‘ For that reason , and for something else , too . |
| 7 | Maybe it was for that reason that the party leader singled Mr Prescott 's past year performance out for praise in an interview in The Sunday Correspondent yesterday , calling him , chummily , ‘ Johnny ’ . |
| 8 | ‘ Mr Mallon stated that I was embarked on sweeping the RUC very clean and inferred for that reason that some senior people within the force did not wish that approach to continue . |
| 9 | I felt really devastated that we lost and for that reason I have been looking forward to playing in this event again . ’ |
| 10 | Other viruses , say some experts , might be triggered on 14 October for that reason . |
| 11 | For that reason , the result of the appeal may not be made known until after the last race on 5 November . |
| 12 | For that reason , I feel Meg would have opted for Anna Pavord 's scheme . |
| 13 | For that reason alone , I remain totally unpersuaded that the enterprise Michael Heseltine has embarked upon symbolises any effort to displace or dislodge Mrs Thatcher . |
| 14 | Or was it true that the Church was so short of people of stature ( under the age of 73 ) that only one man among them had enough stature for the see of London and for that reason his scholarship must be sacrificed on the altar of a higher good ? |
| 15 | For that reason , it is worth thinking about what is interesting about you from a journalist 's point of view before trying to woo him or her with your beautiful noise . |
| 16 | For that reason , Sir Adrian looks back with gratitude on the job-rotation policy that was an integral part of basic training when he joined the family firm after coming down from Cambridge in 1952 . |
| 17 | It is for that reason that I include it on the shortlist for the Worst Building in the World title . |
| 18 | For that reason alone , according to sources here , Mr Ortega 's summit game plan could come to naught , leaving the Sandinistas to fight an election and a war , and the peace process close to collapse . |
| 19 | Partly for that reason , too many projects yield poor returns . |
| 20 | For that reason , he might be acceptable as a temporary chief . |
| 21 | For that reason , high-tech firms often pay little or nothing in dividends , in America and Britain as well as Japan . |
| 22 | It was not the last argument he would have with the authorities over pay , though this was the only series he missed for that reason . |
| 23 | It is perhaps for that reason that the pensions industry had been able to get away with such arrangements for so long . |
| 24 | I like big heads that are flat at the back , not pointed , and for that reason in recent years it is Korean males who have attracted me most , with their rich , straight black hair laid perpendicularly on that square-backed skull — always , to me , the sign of a male good at mathematics , the sexiest science . |
| 25 | For that reason , it would be wise to retain a special offence for road-traffic cases , and there may be merit in retaining offences with particular labels in other spheres . |
| 26 | His work matured , even if there is no question that he abused himself and died for that reason . |
| 27 | Did n't I bind myself to Jordan for that reason ? he thought . |
| 28 | For that reason they held a conference last month with delegates from the local authorities , and building and insurance worlds . |
| 29 | Control is therefore going to be important around the greens and for that reason Severiano Ballesteros should be in with a good chance . |
| 30 | For that reason , he is dangerous . |