Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [prep] [art] reason for " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ) . |
| 2 | Subjects will also be interviewed about the reasons for unemployment and about the kind of people who experienced unemployment . |
| 3 | These needs should be seen as a reason for unifying rather than for dividing educational provision . |
| 4 | It enshrined the so-called " precautionary principle " , agreeing that lack of scientific certainty should not be used as a reason for postponing cost-effective measures to halt environmental degradation ( this was seen as directed in part at the US administration 's reluctance to agree to action to combat global warming ) . |
| 5 | It enshrined the so-called " precautionary principle " , arguing that lack of scientific certainty should not be used as a reason for postponing cost-effective measures to halt environmental degradation ( this was seen as directed in part at the US Administration 's reluctance to agree to action to combat global warming ) . |
| 6 | In the absence of any notable achievement , these rather ineffable qualities of character must be counted among the reasons for Irwin 's despatch to India . |
| 7 | By notice of appeal dated 15 February 1991 Mr. Smart appealed against that refusal on the grounds that the Divisional Court had erred ( 1 ) in holding that the principles of natural justice did not endow a prisoner serving a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment with the right to know the factors ( including the views of the trial judge and the Lord Chief Justice ) which the Secretary of State took into account when fixing the tariff , the right to make informed representations to the Secretary of State about the length of the tariff to be applied and the right to be provided with the reasons for the period chosen by the Secretary of State as the tariff period ; and ( 2 ) in holding that the practice of the Secretary of State in murder cases of fixing a tariff in excess of that recommended by the trial judge and/or the Lord Chief Justice was lawful . |
| 8 | There are also important questions to be asked about the reasons for admission to residential care in the first place , for that in itself is an aspect of dependency . |
| 9 | These claims were never universally accepted ; the destruction of the unity of Christendom by the Reformation helped to undermine the authority of the Pope to allocate territory , but it was Catholic France that first challenged Spain 's position in the West Indies and that conflict had been going on for some years when in 1559 , at the end of one round of European wars , France and Spain included in the peace treaty a clause which stated that fighting in regions west of the Azores or south of the Tropic of Cancer was not to be taken as a reason for resuming hostilities in Europe . |
| 10 | Of course , possible historical relationships between different sign languages should not be excluded as a reason for similarities between two sign languages . |
| 11 | The resident should be advised of the reasons for the case conference and the result . |
| 12 | Moreover , in the case of a prisoner who has been released on licence under section 61 , if his licence is revoked , he is entitled under section 62(3) to make representations in writing with respect to his recall and to be informed of the reasons for it . |
| 13 | Although not a high form of participation , employees were likely to be informed of the reasons for change , how and when it will be implemented , what the new system will mean to them and its benefits . |