Example sentences of "reasons [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The thing is that , when you 're not in touch with your body , you 're not in touch with the earth , with our reasons for being here . |
| 2 | Millie had her reasons for being concerned . |
| 3 | On the other hand , order out of chaos and the rebirth of a defeated nation were admirable reasons for being attracted to Fascism , yet they were n't the real ones in her case , and even if Hitler had mesmerised her very conclusively for a time , she was older and wiser now and able to revise her view of a man who could change his principles so casually in the light of expediency . |
| 4 | We try to give a picture of Israel as a democracy , a country that has strengths and weaknesses , that has reasons for being distrustful . ’ |
| 5 | He could have many reasons for being vindictive . |
| 6 | The philosophies of Rousseau and of David Hartley , whose work had become a powerful influence on Coleridge , convinced them both that ‘ Vice is not natural to Man ’ , and that given strong reasons for being virtuous , ‘ Man would approach very near perfection ’ . |
| 7 | There are many different reasons for being alone and equally different needs to be considered for the people who find themselves in this position . |
| 8 | ‘ The deployment of sexuality has its reasons for being , not in reproducing itself , but in proliferating , innovating , annexing , creating , and penetrating bodies in an increasingly detailed way , and in controlling populations in an increasingly comprehensive way . ’ |
| 9 | It was such a collective experience that John was n't mine any more , I had to share him with all these people , each with different motivations and reasons for being here . |
| 10 | Then the priestess — for that is what she was — began to weave a web while talking about her reasons for being at Greenham . |
| 11 | Gazing into grey eyes that seemed incredibly gentle and soft , she forgot all about his reasons for being there , forgot everything except this infuriating giant who was slowly but surely destroying her peace of mind , ‘ Why ? ’ she whispered . |
| 12 | Often the reasons for being passed over or failing a job interview will not be properly explained . |
| 13 | The horse paced , high-stepping , wheeled and returned , wheeled again and Maggie watched , awe-struck , her reasons for being here initially completely forgotten . |
| 14 | It is absurd , every time we introduce another element of our policy , for him to leap on to the populist pitch and then , as he no doubt will in a few minutes ' time , find some detailed reasons for being opposed to it . |
| 15 | Now I would see as one of the erm powerful reasons for being in the leading position that if we are in the leading position , and we know that the right solution from a technical , and probably from an overall cost point of view is the sixteen double O three , or a six eight O seven , come to that , and we know it far enough ahead , |
| 16 | No she does n't live with us but she does live locally and that was one of the reasons for being here because it 's a little bit easier to get to her . |
| 17 | She composed herself and outlined briefly her reasons for being on the island and Fernando listened , occasionally nodding . |
| 18 | Once I 'd discounted the story you gave me about Lori 's reasons for being there , I realised the note could only have come from her , and therefore she must have taken the jade . ’ |
| 19 | Despite inclusion in the Christie 's preview and plans for a pre-sale tour before the sale , the picture was suddenly withdrawn for undisclosed reasons before being catalogued . |
| 20 | It is a piece with few reasons to be a film , and mercifully few pretensions to cinematic status . |
| 21 | Rugby League : Iro offers the only reasons to be cheerful |
| 22 | Bradford Northern .. 8 New Zealand ....... 26 BRADFORD NORTHERN have been making an effort this season , and reasons to be cheerful at Odsal have included cheerleaders , improved results , increased gates , two men in the Great Britain rugby league squad , an Australian at half-back and a Welshman on the wing . |
| 23 | Men , dusty people and folk of diverse devices , people of business and of leisure , folk of the frontiers and foreign men … trackers of beasts and of seasons , breakers of camp in the little dawn wind , seekers of water and watercourses over the wrinkled rind of the world , O seekers , O finders of reasons to be up and be gone … |
| 24 | So there are plenty of reasons to be unalarmed by the economic outlook for 1991 . |
| 25 | THERE are at least three reasons to be glum . |
| 26 | For reasons to be examined below this belief commonly expresses itself in a belief in a defeasible obligation to obey the law . |
| 27 | Principles of neutrality state that there are reasons to be neutral . |
| 28 | All that Montefiore 's example shows is that there are circumstances in which it is unfair to act neutrally , where there are not even prima facie reasons to be neutral . |
| 29 | Together they allowed their enthusiasm to formulate seemingly perfect reasons to be called The Smiths . |
| 30 | But even with that clutch of reasons to be glassy-eyed , I 've stayed almost sober for an entire month , sitting miserably at the bar wondering why low-alcohol lager has an after-taste like floor polish , and disturbing old friends with the rapt attention I give to such enquiries as : ‘ Ice and lemon in your tonic water , sir ? ’ |