Example sentences of "reason for [det] " in BNC.

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1 The reason for that is simple .
2 Eliot had known Lawrence 's work for some time , but in 1931–2 he had grown particularly interested in that writer , whose ‘ travels to more primitive lands ’ and use of Mexican divinities in The Plumed Serpent were physical embodiment of Eliot 's anthropological reading and a likely reason for that title , After Strange Gods .
3 A major reason for that was the timing .
4 They have not affected the determination of the British people to carry on their lives as normal and I do n't see any reason for that to change now . ’
5 The reason for that is partly the attitude of the people involved ; they will identify with individual cows and know them .
6 The reason for that is principally to protect people who are hunting ; I think that is unreasonable .
7 And I 've got my reason for that .
8 ‘ Do you think there might be a reason for that ? ’
9 Any specific reason for that ?
10 There is no reason for that to change and we fully understand their decision . ’
11 The main reason for that is John Birt , the BBC 's boss , and his belief that Radios One and Two must be different to justify their bit of the licence fee .
12 Near the entrance of the open-plan dining area was a large bird-table , and we saw the reason for that when meal-time came .
13 While he retained his criticisms of rationality , Foucault substituted the idea of an otherness at work within reason for that of a repressed alterity existing outside or beyond it .
14 That has now changed Eastern arts no longer support the gallery now one obvious reason for that is the gallery started so well because of the enthusiasm from a number of professional people who came along and gave their advice and much of their time and such a body of people has not been called upon for a number of years now and once again a request to discuss this with Mr was refused .
15 There must be some basis in reason for that sauce .
16 They rotate the hips , all babies are routinely examined at delivery and they 'll find quite a number I would , of babies with slightly clicky hips , the reason for that is because of the hormones that have , er are in the baby 's body to relax all the muscles , those will go away after a few days , so when they 're re-checked at twelve days a number of the clicks they heard originally will no longer be there .
17 And you know they have a very distinctive characteristic do n't they , they have round faces and they 're short and they have slightly slanting eyes , etcetera etcetera , well these children have very marked physical erm appearance they 're fair haired and blue eyed the reason for that is that this substance venial alanine is responsible for the production of pigment , so if that 's interfered with they 're going to be fair haired and blue eyed , they get eczema a lot , they have small heads and they have very widely spaced teeth , sorry down a bit , is that what you want ?
18 And when they sited their power stations , they decided erm , again for good economic reasons , to site them er along the channel coast and actually down the , down the Rhine most of the power stations are , are er th they have power stations elsewhere but a lot of the power stations are in these areas here and the reason for that was , by putting it near to their borders , they were able to export electricity to their neighbours .
19 They think so totally different and there 's got to be a reason for that .
20 Now , this happens in nearly all er cases o of tuberculosis but , interesting , the vast majority of infections microbacterium tuberculosis are asymptomatic and the reason for that is that after a period of growth and dissemination does not lead to clinical symptoms , cell mediated immunity , C M I , comes into comes into play and you end up with a balance between the macrophages , and fi and M T B , where there 's a constant turnover of macrophages dying , and M T B winning out .
21 And Hume 's point is that it is impossible to have any reason for that last belief .
22 What was the true reason for that remedy ?
23 The reason for that failure can be summed up in one word : ‘ Next ’ .
24 The reason for that I understand is that erm the sort of former universities , it 's something to do with the superannuation scheme quite separate so it 's all sort of based on their superannuation schemes .
25 Yes well the reason for that was the erm the name is to do with the way we commercially market the product .
26 The reason for that is because those two notes also come in the minor scale .
27 I did n't believe what Rodriguez had said about the reason for that soubriquet .
28 One of the gruesome factors about this particular stitch in the Arran is that every family had its own pattern and the reason for that was often the menfolk were lost at sea and the only way they could identify them was through the pattern .
29 ‘ I presume you had a reason for that very colourful outburst ? ’ she said lightly , far too busy to look up .
30 ‘ There is no reason for that . ’
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