Example sentences of "a reason for the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Quincx had insisted on telling both of them the details of Zambia 's difficulties , despite protests from Tammuz , feeling both women needed to be given a reason for the delay in Ari 's treatment . |
| 2 | If it creates a set of images in your mind ( whether real or imaginary ) , there has to be a reason for the selection of that particular set of images as opposed to any other . |
| 3 | Consideration means a reason for the enforcement of a promise . |
| 4 | The coincidence between the ordinary predicative and clausal positions is all the more striking in that the inherently restrictive adjectives can not be so used in predicate qualifying position ( where restriction for identification is not appropriate ) ; this is why there is a further contrast between ( 57 ) and ( 59 ) , even though the adjective is one of this inherently restrictive group in both cases , and despite the fact that the property THIRD is certainly compatible in itself with the noun ox : ( 57 ) she considers the Admiral ( to be ) the worst ( e.g. of the village 's gardeners ) ( 58 ) she declared the squire ( to be ) the lazy ( 59 ) the revellers had eaten the ox the third ( 60 ) they ate their steaks well done Example ( 60 ) shows that eat can support predicate qualifiers , so that incompatibility between the verb and the construction can not be given as a reason for the ungrammaticality of ( 59 ) . |
| 5 | None of these military and diplomatic successes for Charles V was in itself a reason for the renewal of war in 1369 , though they strengthened his hand and were an indispensable preparation for the war which Charles believed would eventually reopen . |
| 6 | The postponement of the conference was cited as a reason for the extension of the transition period . |
| 7 | Paraphrase : The question focuses on the rise of the Labour party 1906–24 as a reason for the decline of the Liberal party . |
| 8 | This may well be why older children do succeed at these tasks — they have independent resources on which they can rely — but it seems less convincing as a reason for the failure of younger children . |
| 9 | If there 's a reason for the collapse in sales , it 's not simply that acts are worse than before , but that there are fewer teenagers to buy their records . |