Example sentences of "[adj] reason for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indubitably , too much land was concentrated in too few hands though the agricultural reasons for extensive farming were not always appreciated . |
| 2 | Even though there are valid medical and technical reasons for this state of affairs , it can lead to difficulties for women and girls . |
| 3 | The official compilation was of moment because it ensured that certain general claims of the papacy , and the specific reasons for these claims , were not lost sight of in the later history of the papacy . |
| 4 | Forster , too , acknowledged both the economic and the political reasons for elementary education : ‘ Upon the speedy provision of elementary education depends our industrial prosperity . |
| 5 | Those that did criticize or review the film , while being in total agreement with the mainstream that it was a ‘ good film ’ , were unable to find any particularly political reasons for such valuations . |
| 6 | How absurd she was , and what absurd reasons for this euphoria . |
| 7 | It is worth pausing to look at the degree of crowd disorder associated with these sports and the possible reasons for such profiles . |
| 8 | While your commentary should naturally be unbiased , it is reasonable that it should include possible reasons for any patterns revealed . |
| 9 | There are four possible reasons for these depletions . |
| 10 | There are various possible reasons for these failures , including errors of recognition and errors of spelling . |
| 11 | The possible reasons for these changes are manifold , and mostly unquantifiable . |
| 12 | There are lots of possible reasons for this problem . |
| 13 | Possible reasons for this spread of results include issues related to both the origin of the dictionary and the origin of the test data : |
| 14 | Possible reasons for this difference are revealed through closer examination of the definitions within these two dictionaries . |
| 15 | Possible reasons for this difference include a different prevalence of asthma , different access to care , different environmental factors , and different genetic factors . |
| 16 | There are a variety or possible reasons for this interest . |
| 17 | ( Some ontological reasons for this type of treatment are suggested by Lyons , 1977 : 502 . ) |
| 18 | Here and elsewhere , the police also came in for a fair amount of criticism — Punch portrayed London 's genial giants Gog and Magog dressed as policeman , defending themselves from the wrath of the respectable populace — and there were perfectly sound reasons for such discontent . |
| 19 | There were sound reasons for this view . |
| 20 | However , the validity of these findings is challengeable as respondents may feel encouraged to give socially acceptable reasons for early retirement such as ill health rather than factors such as self-interest . |
| 21 | There are two clear reasons for these losses ( Woollett , 1981 ) . |
| 22 | This is despite the fact that the Tribunal is appointed by the Government ; that it has no real powers ; and that it is under a duty not to give published reasons for any decision it makes . |
| 23 | The detailed reasons for these increases in productivity at higher trophic levels are unknown . |
| 24 | I still think that there are valid scientific reasons for continued exploration , however . ’ |
| 25 | We may identify a number of different reasons for this lack of clarity . |
| 26 | There is a very sound reason for this provision . |
| 27 | There was no justifiable reason for differential treatment of the part-time employees concerning the increase in salary and reduction in work hours . |
| 28 | If women are refused credit because of some credit-worthiness factor ( say , not having a full-time job ) which applies more often to them than to men , that is lawful only if that credit-worthiness factor can be shown to be a justifiable reason for withholding credit regardless of the sex of the applicant . |
| 29 | It is working closely with HSE , and has been impressed by the progress made since 1974 in moving towards a much more thorough understanding of the real reasons for major breaches of safety , and of how to make them less likely . |
| 30 | The principal reasons for this state of affairs lie in the explanations given at the beginning of this chapter ; scholars with museum backgrounds laid the foundations for an artefact-based subject in the first half of the twentieth century and introduced the strong historical background to such studies . |