Example sentences of "a reason for [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nor is the fact that a document is biased a reason for dismissing the document as worthless or unreliable . |
| 2 | The most common type of instrumental argument relies , as a reason for recognizing the validity of consent , on the facts that the agent has the best information to judge whether it is best to create the right or not and that he is sufficiently motivated to act for the best . |
| 3 | Even the Secret Committee had a reason for allowing the Rescript to be promulgated : by committing itself to a relatively modest programme of reform , the government seemed to be discouraging radicals from pressing their case . |
| 4 | Of course , on any theory , the ceremony by which he had been invested conformed to no canonical rules of election or investiture , and it is astonishing — or rather , it would be astonishing in anyone with even a rudimentary knowledge of Canon Law — that among all his other objections , Anselm never mentioned the defective procedure as a reason for refusing the office . |
| 5 | They used the doctor 's appearance and concern as a reason for stopping the interview and made plans to return the next morning . |
| 6 | Several indicated they would be looking to Mr Lawson to give the Tory voters a reason for enduring the pain of higher mortgages . |
| 7 | The Irish Times quoted Craig as claiming that a reason for banning the march had been that it posed a threat to the United States military base in Derry : |
| 8 | A court may regard the likelihood of the hearing making a difference as a reason for denying the necessity of natural justice or fairness , or it may influence the exercise of the discretionary power to grant a remedy . |
| 9 | The commitment to assessing needs in a gender-sensitive as opposed to gender-biased way must not be a reason for ignoring the way old women define their roles . |
| 10 | However , this in itself is not a reason for abandoning the term rape . |
| 11 | It might be said that what Wittgenstein says about the criteria of someone having understood a colour-word provides a reason for answering the question affirmatively . |