Example sentences of "be [verb] for [adj] [adj] reasons " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stylometric studies may be undertaken for many different reasons . |
| 2 | Research may be backed by the military or medical or educational grounds ; it may even be supported for diffuse cultural reasons . |
| 3 | It can be lost for two main reasons . |
| 4 | Yet the commercial farmers can be forgiven for believing that the decision to buy the white farms has been taken for short-term political reasons rather than longer-term ones of efficiency or fairness . |
| 5 | Generally speaking , rechunking is done for two main reasons : ( a ) the source text is divided into chunks ( whether sections , paragraphs , sentences , or clauses ) that are either too long or too short in terms of target-language average chunking of similar material ; or ( b ) the nature of the target audience is different in terms of level of specialization , age , etc . |
| 6 | The technique is used for three main reasons . |
| 7 | While the domination of the criminal market was well known within the profession nothing was done for two main reasons : first , solicitors were making a handsome living and were under no pressure to find or create alternative sources of income : and second , there appeared to be no way in which these cartels could be broken by ethical means : |
| 8 | Tension between the races was increasing for two main reasons . |