Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] see [art] reason " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could see no reason for panic . |
| 2 | At that moment I could see no reason for ever wanting to leave Koraloona . |
| 3 | ‘ I could see no reason why she should have invented them . ’ |
| 4 | I could see no reason for keeping me alive . |
| 5 | I 've replaced both gauges and the voltage stabiliser with DO effect and I can see no reason for this problem . |
| 6 | But Tory leader on the council , Reg Hales , said : ‘ I can see no reason for spending this type of money on a problem that does not exist in Birmingham . ' ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I can see no reason why I should n't keep my job because I have not committed any offence under military law , ’ he said at the time . |
| 8 | Even if it were valid , I can see no reason for supposing that the argument relies upon it . |
| 9 | A libel which falsely accused a local authority of applying policies of sex or racial discrimination in the recruitment of staff could , in my view , damage that authority in its reputation in the performing of its statutory functions and I can see no reason , other than the public nature of the authority , to deny to it the remedy which the law allows to a trading corporation in respect of similar damage . |
| 10 | This being so , I can see no reason to force on to section 2 an unspoken qualification with which it has nothing to do . |
| 11 | I can see no reason in principle to have restricted the original wide basis of recovery to this limited class of case . |
| 12 | Certainly this principle applies in private nuisance — Sturges v. Bridgman ( 1879 ) 11 Ch.D. 852 , 856 — and I can see no reason for a different approach in public nuisance , at least of the kind alleged in this case . |
| 13 | If , however , a creditor has taken reasonable steps , such as advising the surety to take independent advice , or , if the surety declines to do so , offering a fair explanation of the security document before the surety signs it , I can see no reason why equity should intervene . |
| 14 | Again , so far as the language of the statute is concerned , I can see no reason in principle why the constable in the course of explaining to the driver his rights under section 8(2) should not tell him , if it be the case , that he , the constable , will require the replacement specimen to be of blood . |
| 15 | ‘ If you intend me to infer that she was pregnant , then for the life of me I can see no reason why you do n't actually say so . |
| 16 | This is the kind of thing that we really ought to be addressing because this actually addresses the safety of people in this county , not only the safety of people , this addresses the safety of property as well and there 's no disagreement about the fact that this enormous development that 's happened over the last few years in an area where you 've got a regular traffic snarl-ups mean that you have got a potential disaster there on your hands and we 're jolly lucky we have n't any more serious incidents than we 've had already and so I can see no reason why these two mo these two amendments should n't both happily be accepted though I 'm very cynical about the number of times we 've spent the airport money already and sooner or later we 've obviously got to actually seriously address that but the important thing is that we do all take it seriously and it seems that we all do now take it seriously . |
| 17 | Selby are looking for an allocation of twice that , and if you a if you accept that the County are correct and I can see no reason to erm to vary from that , in fact our submissions er set out very clearly why we think every parameter is stretched to its limits , i if you st i if you accept that then at the very least I think its incumbent upon Selby to put forward a cogent argument for doubling that figure . |
| 18 | I am sure you 'll see de reason for de rhyme , |
| 19 | She wanted to marry him and she could see no reason to delay simply because of religious differences . |
| 20 | He ran his hand the length of her spine , making her aware that he wanted her as badly as she wanted him , and for a wild moment she could see no reason why they should n't make love . |
| 21 | ‘ Yes , ’ she agreed , though while she felt it would not be right for her to question him about his employer , she could see no reason — since he must be aware of the contents of Ven Gajdusek 's desk diary — for not mentioning , ‘ I came here specifically to interview Mr Gajdusek last Friday , but — ’ |
| 22 | It was beginning to make sense and now she could see the reason behind his original greeting in the foyer , the machine-gun fire of seemingly irrelevant questions , the offer of coffee . |
| 23 | She can see no reason why , at the very least , serious threats of this kind should not negative consent for the purpose of the law of rape . |
| 24 | Although it is a commercial decision for the banks we can see no reason for the delay , ’ said one . |
| 25 | We can see no reason why the court in the Leighton case should have regarded the equities as being any different , as between the mother and the chargees , merely because the land happened to be registered land . |
| 26 | In a very important class of case , namely , actions upon cheques and other bills of exchange , the rule does not apply and we can see no reason why it should apply at all . |
| 27 | The dominant factor is that A thought it worth his while to make the promise to B in order that he should feel more certain that B would do the thing bargained for , and we can see no reason in general why A , having got what he wanted , should be allowed to evade his promise . |
| 28 | We can see the reason if we go to the opposite end of the scale and focus on selfishness . |
| 29 | Once I 've met everyone and we 've had a chance to get to know one another , they 'll see no reason to continue this quarrel . ’ |
| 30 | As for Labour , they liked SERPS mainly because it was state provision and they could see no reason to allow future governments the freedom to devote public spending to other areas . |