Example sentences of "no reason for " in BNC.

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1 In the bustle of everything , none of us noticed her do it — there was no reason for us to .
2 ‘ There were a lot of problems with the welfare state , ’ I said , ‘ but that was no reason for trying to do away with it . ’
3 The most we can get is convincing parallelisms between the two and the fact that some parallelisms are much more difficult than others and have hitherto not been attempted is no reason for denying that a choreographic genius like Massine has the right to attempt this .
4 ‘ Just because he wants to leave is no reason for us to strike a bargain price , ’ Bassett said yesterday .
5 ‘ There was no reason for me to pull in . ’
6 ‘ It is up to this meeting to decide what happens to those stocks , but we see no reason for Hong Kong to be penalised . ’
7 But there is no reason for Britain to differentiate herself into the sidelines .
8 Mr Cameron claims there is no reason for this other than to favour Germany 's balloon makers .
9 We 're trying to bring the knowledge of black history out so that people know where we 're coming from and have no reason for prejudice and fear . ’
10 There is no reason for anyone to be concerned about the ram 's ability to work because he ca n't get around his ewes .
11 Since Vic was not a forester , there was no reason for him to follow the quaint ways of the forest .
12 I have no reason for acceding to your request for a second opinion .
13 As a successful merchant banker there was no reason for her to know where the back door was in a BAC One-Eleven , and that the tail opened downwards with the stairs !
14 In 1548 , therefore , there was no reason for the Scots to fear the alienation of their queen .
15 ‘ There was no reason for this to happen .
16 I 've replaced both gauges and the voltage stabiliser with DO effect and I can see no reason for this problem .
17 Note that there is no reason for anyone to restrain their thoughts or their reflections on the reasons which apply to the case , nor are they necessarily debarred from criticising the arbitrator for having ignored certain reasons or for having been mistaken about their significance .
18 There will be little generalization to B , however ; there is no reason for generalization to occur between X and B ( they have no elements in common , Fig. 5.10(b) ) , and the c elements of B itself will , we are assuming , have lost their strength over the retention interval .
19 ‘ And there 's no reason for you to . ’
20 There was no reason for not talking , and the two young soldiers listened to the tall quietly spoken officer as he explained the skills of silent movement .
21 A full-scale attack on the evanescent substance would have diverted many resources from other problems equally as or more important , and Raistrick had no reason for making such upheaval .
22 In situations where sex is not an ‘ essential determinant ’ of a legal relationship , he appears to see no reason for denying recognition of the transsexual 's change .
23 I could see no reason for panic .
24 He could think of no reason for it at all , in fact .
25 Having achieved orgasm , many men find later in life that the interval before the next erection increases to hours , or even days ; but this is no reason for abandoning sexual activity .
26 If the theories are not unified there is no reason for these particles to exist with the masses given above .
27 It is dangerous , however , to argue that there is no reason for the large antlers just because it seems unnecessary to give a reason .
28 It would be pretentious to suggest that librarians can overturn the practice of censorship in non-democratic states , yet that is no reason for inaction .
29 They made slow progress and as there was no reason for haste they soon made camp again and this time were particularly careful to conceal themselves and their horses among the trees well away from the ride ; they also arranged for watches through the night which they had not done before .
30 ‘ Job training may be , in its simplest form , almost universal but that is no reason for complacency .
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