Example sentences of "main reason for " in BNC.

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1 In the 31-page submission , the profitability of Ford is adduced as one of the main reasons for the claim for a ‘ substantial ’ rise .
2 One of the main reasons for the introduction of NEP had been the peasants , ability to throttle the industrial towns of European Russia by withholding food supplies .
3 Since that would mean that the World Bank would talk less to governments , one of the Treasury 's main reasons for bullying the IFC is in order to get at the Bank .
4 Mr Ziff , who launched an attack on the Government 's decision to increase value added tax in his annual report last year , yesterday blamed the rise as one of the main reasons for the company 's loss .
5 It was also one of the main reasons for people returning for more training .
6 He gives three main reasons for his doubts : —
7 This lack of symptoms in the female is one of the main reasons for the continuing endemic levels of gonorrhoea in the community .
8 This broad spectrum of the work-load was one of the main reasons for changing the name of the specialty from venereology to genito-urinary medicine .
9 There are two main reasons for the changes in these proportions .
10 Although it is unlikely that Members will be asked to vote on conversion until some time in 1989 I am writing this letter to give an early indication of the main reasons for the recommendation .
11 All functions scored reasonable marking between 3 and 4 , but book selection and acquisition obtained the lowest average marking at 3.14 — the main reasons for dissatisfaction being given as lack of currency , inaccuracy of cataloguing-in-publication data , and lack of comprehensiveness .
12 There are two main reasons for weeding .
13 Large-scale cattle ranching is also one of the main reasons for forest decline in Central America .
14 There can be little doubt that one of the main reasons for the urban problem is a reduction in both economic activity and employment opportunities in the older conurbations .
15 One of the main reasons for the government introducing the system is to ensure that more residents pay for local services .
16 The main reasons for the development of international banking have been dealt with in this chapter .
17 There are two main reasons for this .
18 We give here the main reasons for doubting the validity of Urquhart 's population dose estimates , and for rejecting the conclusions of the accompanying contribution ‘ Looking for an increase in deaths from cancer ’ ( pB74 ) .
19 The next witnesses , on behalf of the CEGB , said that there were three main reasons for going for a PWR .
20 The main reasons for writing to the Lancet are frustration that we have been discredited , that our grants depend on this work and also that all the evidence is in writing . ’
21 There are two main reasons for this .
22 There are three main reasons for taking care of an elderly person .
23 It seems odd , in retrospect , to see governments delegating so passively their most important educational function , but there were two main reasons for it at the time .
24 Opposition from German Catholics was one of the main reasons for the brutal policy of expropriation being largely suspended .
25 The main reasons for using expert systems in aircraft maintenance are as follows :
26 One of the main reasons for the increase was the 15 percent rise in crematorium fees .
27 One of the main reasons for this range lies in the electronics ; these have been developed in collaboration with a whizz-kid colleague , Dick Straker , who has an electronics company called Tamtec .
28 There are two main reasons for this .
29 She had two main reasons for fearing pregnancy .
30 There appear to be two main reasons for this factor of ten difference between estimate and practice .
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