Example sentences of "[been] [vb pp] for [adj] reasons " in BNC.
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1 | And the pressures are probably much greater within the public sector , if only because of the difficulty of obtaining further employment in the public sector if one has been dismissed for disciplinary reasons . |
2 | The sentence of Poindexter 's former subordinate , Oliver North , had been overturned for similar reasons in July 1990 [ see p. 37605 ] , but the appellate panel now went further by refusing to allow Walsh to return to the trial judge and attempt to show that the trial testimony was not tainted , as had been permitted in North 's case . |
3 | However , there is a possibility that State aids , which have been given for domestic reasons , may reduce competitive pressure between nations , since such assistance may give a competitive advantage to industry within a particular country vis-à-vis its trading partners . |
4 | But the jury accepted that a page of the statement had been substituted for legitimate reasons . |
5 | There was of course no longer need for missio , a remedy which had been designed for equitable reasons to allow a trust beneficiary to triumph over the constraints imposed by the limitation of trust protection to remedies in personam . |
6 | All foreign branches seem to have been closed for financial reasons in 1891–1892 , but Wilson , after the refloating of the union in 1894 , persisted in his international endeavours , establishing new branches in Hamburg , Rotterdam and Antwerp in the following year and an agency in New York , and accepting the logic of the shipowners ' often repeated argument that British claims to higher pay would be more convincing if foreign rates were brought up to British levels . |
7 | This account of urban housing in the reign of Queen Victoria has been protracted for three reasons . |
8 | But the American plan promotes only steps that have already been taken for other reasons . |
9 | In fact , since the legislation was introduced warrants have been issued for unspecified reasons of national security but unrelated to subversion , terrorism , and espionage ( Lloyd , 1987 ) . |
10 | A total of 2,500 civilians had been killed for political reasons in Colombia [ see also pp. 37484-85 ] , while in Peru hundreds had " disappeared " or had been murdered or tortured by government security forces [ see also pp. 37485-86 ] . |
11 | The shortest route through Kent , entering London from the south , was clearly the best but had been rejected for political reasons , he added . |
12 | The famous Curé d'Ars would have failed an ACCM on academic grounds and St Paul would have been rejected for other reasons . |
13 | These sectors have been chosen for several reasons : their services are provided for wide sections of the community ; they are major employers ; and new technology is being introduced into their central work activities . |
14 | The figures had been changed for political reasons . |