Example sentences of "reason for adopting [det] " in BNC.

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1 Their reasons for adopting this view differed somewhat , but we can take Galileo 's position as not atypical .
2 The Board 's reasons for adopting this approach are explained in paragraphs ix-xiv of ‘ The Development of the FRED ’ .
3 But to attempt to isolate them , in practice , can be no more than an illustrative device since the language-game we use of human beings encapsulates the possibility that at any moment Mary can be summoned from such a state , or summon herself , to one of reflection about her reasons for adopting this or that tactic .
4 The reasons for adopting this view that syntactic production and the accessibility of individual lexical items are closely related are twofold .
5 The recital quoted sets out the reason for adopting such a provision ; and when it comes to interpreting one or other of those detailed provisions , the recital is helpful in setting out the overall purpose to which they relate .
6 The main reason for adopting this definition will reveal itself in Sections 3.6 and 3.7 .
7 Another reason for adopting this approach is that infants born to mothers who have no perinatal risk factors suffer from less severe infections and respond better to treatment .
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