Example sentences of "[verb] [pos pn] reasons for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He considered the biographer had entirely misunderstood the period and wanted to know my reasons for doing the book and my qualifications for attempting it . |
| 2 | Essex Water is giving a presentation explaining its reasons for the application and answering questions on March 25 . |
| 3 | The ITC has its reasons for such mealy-mouthedness . |
| 4 | But the Phnom Penh government also has its reasons for favouring instability . |
| 5 | ‘ The deployment of sexuality has its reasons for being , not in reproducing itself , but in proliferating , innovating , annexing , creating , and penetrating bodies in an increasingly detailed way , and in controlling populations in an increasingly comprehensive way . ’ |
| 6 | The MacMahon Act only reinforced his reasons for doing so . |
| 7 | The Jordanian canteen manager noticed that the expiry date stamped on the cases by the Dutch manufacturers had already passed ; he sent a telex to Tripoli explaining his reasons for refusing to accept delivery , and then went on holiday . |
| 8 | While he was there , he got an invitation from Archbishop Hugh to go to Lyons , and from Lyons he wrote to the pope explaining his reasons for leaving England . |
| 9 | All at once Jehan realised that Jehana had not yet given her reasons for consenting to betrothal with Alexei . |
| 10 | I had written my reasons for so thinking ; but as they were not satisfactory to the other noble and learned Lords who heard the case , I do not now repeat them nor persist in them . |
| 11 | I 'll give my reasons for voting against this budget . |
| 12 | Magistrates also had to state their reasons for dismissing a case . |
| 13 | The elderly Fürst zu Fürstenberg has retained the last for unstated reasons ( just as he has also not revealed his reasons for selling ) , but perhaps because of its profound significance to the Romantic conception of Germany and , of course , to Wagner 's Ring cycle . |
| 14 | Let Dr McNab give his reasons for saying that cholera is spread by the drinking of infected water ! " |
| 15 | ( 2 ) 5.18(2) confers the right on an applicant , licence-holder , objector or complainer who appeared at the hearing to request that the board give their reasons for their decision in writing . |
| 16 | They do not understand their reasons for living this way . |
| 17 | The Member who wrote to express his disagreement invited Mark to the House to discuss his reasons for taking the opposite viewpoint . |
| 18 | De Niro does n't seem particularly keen to discuss his reasons for wanting to run a restaurant , and will only say that it 's been a vague dream of his for a while . |
| 19 | Murder brought Raskolnikov to see that he did n't believe his reasons for committing it . |
| 20 | ‘ If I throw names at you , ’ he said , ‘ give your reasons for or against . ’ |
| 21 | I accept your reasons for the visit and interview you afforded Lewis Group , but one must admit that the end result has been an indirect advertisement for the Lewis Group of companies which does not necessarily imply a ‘ consideration ’ for services rendered or anything similar . |
| 22 | If choreographers are to justify their reasons for creating a ballet , they should use or create a style of movement appropriate to and expressive of the characters in the story being told and their moods , emotions and actions . |
| 23 | The partners should resist the temptation to give their reasons for deciding to exercise the power . |
| 24 | From a brief and rather difficult passage in his judgment [ 1991 ] 2 H.K.L.R. 400 , 413 , it seems that Barnett J. was disposed to consider that the submission was correct , but it evidently served only to underline his reasons for concurring with the district judge . |
| 25 | He declines even to give his reasons for his refusal . |
| 26 | He went on to give his reasons for calling this special meeting . |
| 27 | So it was that in indicating my reasons for preferring the West Country for my motoring , instead of leaving it at mentioning several of the alluring details as conveyed by Mrs Symons 's volume , I made the error of declaring that a former housekeeper of Darlington Hall was resident in that region . |
| 28 | Giving her reasons for that the mother said that she wished access to be resumed at some point in the future , that D remembered her as the natural mother , and there was a bond between them which would be cut off or damaged by adoption . |
| 29 | People with a low tolerance for change therefore tend to fight hard to maintain the status quo , often without being able to articulate their reasons for so doing . |
| 30 | I 'd have loved to have built a 10-year career around him , but I fully understand his reasons for going . |