Example sentences of "[vb -s] [pron] reasons for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ITC has its reasons for such mealy-mouthedness . |
| 2 | But the Phnom Penh government also has its reasons for favouring instability . |
| 3 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 4 | Allan Fromme , a clinical psychologist and therapist , gives his reasons for believing that persistent , excessive punishment is a policy of defeatism : |
| 5 | Polybius gives his reasons for reporting the figures : " so that it may appear from actual facts what a great power it was that Hannibal ventured to attack , and how mighty was that empire boldly confronting which he came so near his purpose as to bring great disasters on Rome " ( 2.24.1 ) . |
| 6 | ‘ I had not worked for a few months so I was ready to do something , ’ is how he explains his reasons for doing it . |