Example sentences of "reason for the [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The report said close examination would be given to : — Possible reasons for the progressive descent into the sea ; — The helicopter 's performance under the prevailing conditions ; — Flight crew actions and procedures ; — Observance and applicability of any operational limitations and guidelines ; — Survival aspects including structural integrity , survival aids and search and rescue assets . |
| 2 | Reasons for the thematic ill-formedness of the above extract will become clear as we explore various aspects of thematic organization . |
| 3 | Whatever the reasons for the current state of affairs , selling overseas has been , and always will remain , one of the keystones of our national prosperity . |
| 4 | It is important therefore to understand the reasons for the current practice of non-disclosure . |
| 5 | In a papal register of 1322–3 an Avignonese clerk noted that there were two reasons for the disturbed state of Aquitaine at that time : the existence of laws and customs which were neither written down nor consistent with justice or reason ; and the maintenance of excessively large households and retinues by the nobility . |
| 6 | Nevertheless , the reasons for the striking decline in infant mortality in this period remain rather mysterious . |
| 7 | The letter concluded with a request for a final session of the USSR Supreme Soviet in order to hand over power constitutionally , because " it is gross discontinuities , destructive revolutions and usurpations in the course of social development which are one of the reasons for the historic misfortunes of our peoples " . |
| 8 | I propose three main reasons for the present bias against women in sociology ; the nature of its origins , the sex of its practitioners , and the ideology of gender roles , borrowed from the wider society , which is reproduced uncritically within it . |
| 9 | The reasons for the present re-think about fluoridation are twofold . |
| 10 | The inadequacies of management in state enterprises have been described in dramatic terms by several Nigerian academic observers , one of whom wrote in 1974 that the reasons for the poor performance of the state-owned sector could be seen in the words of one observer ‘ in the over centralization of authority … inspired by sheer love of power ’ or by another : |
| 11 | The perceived difficulty of ending marriages was doubtless one of the reasons for the increased concern with wife-battering which was of major import in the 1860s and 1870s . |
| 12 | It is a re-analysis of the reasons for the industrial revolution in Britain . |
| 13 | So far we have considered reasons for the general increase in local government expenditure over the years . |
| 14 | Fourth , ‘ and most importantly there were four practical reasons for the general extension of control over demolition : |
| 15 | ‘ Effective Intervention ’ states that parents need to know the reasons for the professional concern about their children . |
| 16 | The reasons for the apparent change in relative incidence at different sites are poorly understood and there is controversy about whether the increase of cardia cancer represents an absolute increment or whether the apparent increase is related to a decreased incidence of antral tumours . |
| 17 | There are two basic reasons for the apparent anomalies in what generally appears to be a steady expansion of the vineyard area : first , the uprooting of old , commercially non-productive vines ; and second , the decimation of large patches of vines due to natural causes like frost , hail , disease , pests , etc . |
| 18 | One of the reasons for the beneficial effect of dietary fibre is that it reduces the absorption of cholesterol — but there are other ways , too , in which it would appear to perform useful functions in keeping the heart healthy . |
| 19 | The reasons for this difference — and the reasons for the mysterious presence of the introns is not understood . |
| 20 | In this chapter we will attempt to examine some of the reasons for the continued use of custodial sentences . |
| 21 | First , by analysing the strategies of the leading firms in the area , the study will explain the reasons for the limited impact of the recession . |
| 22 | Loretta guessed there were legal reasons for the terse nature of the item . |
| 23 | Historians have been divided as to the reasons for the political changes of these years . |
| 24 | We wanted to do a research project on the reasons for the low take-up of Health Clinics and Health Services by Asian women . |
| 25 | I believe that the publication of these results will cause people to focus on the reasons for the low standards in some places , except for hon. Members representing Bradford and Newham — the two lowest scoring local authorities — whose reaction is that one should not have such testing and that it is merely a problem forced on the local authority . |
| 26 | New York City IDUs accurately perceive themselves as vulnerable to TB , and correctly identify some of the major reasons for the recent resurgence in TB . |
| 27 | More generally , there is no direct correlation between the reasons for the procedural restrictions of Ord. 53 and the criteria used to decide when Ord. 53 procedure must be used . |
| 28 | The Italians see many reasons for the sharp increase in numbers . |
| 29 | will also review the reasons for the European invasion of their continent and discuss the significance of the celebration of the 500th anniversary . |
| 30 | There were other reasons for the long use of the sickle . |