Example sentences of "reason [adv] [noun pl] [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However necessary it might sometimes be to put down rebellious non-Europeans , there was no good reason why Europeans should fight among themselves over spheres of influence . |
| 2 | ( Because this was a prospective study there is no apparent reason why doctors would have lied about these . ) |
| 3 | He played the game of Murder in the dark through the vast rooms of the bishop 's vast palace and told his nonconformist father that at last he found a reason why bishops should live in such large houses . |
| 4 | She could think of only one reason why Barbs should have been jealous of her , and he was sitting there laughing at her . |
| 5 | But once some set of rules has been established in this way , we might well think it more important that these rules be publicly regarded as settled , so that people can plan accordingly , than that they be the best rules that could have been found ; this provides a reason why courts should leave the rule untouched even when they think the wrong choice was made in the first instance . " |
| 6 | This fact provides another good reason why courts should decline to entertain polycentric disputes . |
| 7 | The other reason why women should organise and educate separately is because we have more important work to do than to have our attention and energy continually claimed by men . |
| 8 | However , there seems no reason why creditors should pay for the costs of the Certificate . |
| 9 | Needless to say , this is no reason why feminists should cease their demands ( quite the reverse ) , but it is a reason why the demand for abolition will never be met in isolation ; and even if it were it would be pointless overall , since further anomalies would be created and the burden of injustice simply shifted to other women . |
| 10 | ( Gledhill 1984 , p.31 ) Film structures our fantasies ( entertainment or escapism ) as well as our realities ( film as documentary ‘ evidence ’ or information ) and each function in itself is ample reason why feminists should have a keen interest in the cinema . |
| 11 | For this reason alone , there was no reason why individuals should have been pressing their case to be personally excluded from repatriation . |
| 12 | Although I wrote to the Corporation drawing attention to Captain Roskill 's account of the incident , the letter was neither published nor acknowledged — presumably on the basis that the BBC saw no reason why facts should spoil a good story about a ‘ cover-up ’ . |
| 13 | There are various reasons why authorities might choose to issue coins , although the common factor is that there would be some benefit , however indirect , to the state . |
| 14 | The regulations state that to work part time one must be looking after small children or caring for disabled relatives , but there are many more reasons why women would want to work part time . |
| 15 | We distinguish three reasons why governments may wish to nationalize industries . |
| 16 | In a competitive market-place , there are three main reasons why consumers should know the cost of what they buy . |
| 17 | Apart from the moral justification for such a legal responsibility , there are also the self-evident economic and social reasons why children should attend school . |