Example sentences of "be [pron] any reason " in BNC.

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1 Nor is there any reason to suppose that the peaks and valleys of the fluctuations have greater neural or psychological significance than any other intermediate point .
2 Nor is there any reason why the state should tell firms how to attract and keep good staff in a country where qualified labour can be hard to find .
3 If not , is there any reason why I can not put ‘ T ’ pieces on the heater hoses to run another heater to the rear of the Land Rover thus running two heaters ?
4 Nor is there any reason why the Articles of the Company should depart from the pattern of other major companies .
5 Is there any reason why I should n't use this water for my aquarium ?
6 Is there any reason why the ‘ decibel ’ rating of an amp ca n't be given by the manufacturer and/or yourselves ? ( 3–4 years ago I was in a band where we always had a decibal reading at the soundcheck .
7 Is there any reason why I should not send you to prison for a very long time ’
8 In practice a question to the defendant on the lines of ‘ Is there any reason why you are n't wearing your seat belt ? would cater for the cases where he or the vehicle is exempt .
9 Quite apart from any question of how polishing and scuffing influences the behaviour of the ball , is there any reason why any interference with its state should be allowed ?
10 Nor is there any reason to think that claims based on private law rights will not sometimes hold up public programmes if they are allowed to be brought after the short time-limit in Order 53 ; or that claims based on public law rights will necessarily cause trouble if brought after that time limit has expired .
11 Is there any reason to suppose that individual decisions on family size will result in an average which happens to be the replacement rate ?
12 Is there any reason why a party to litigation in England , either as plaintiff or defendant , should not take advantage of any procedures which might be open to him to obtain discovery or other access to relevant material in some such foreign jurisdiction ?
13 Is there any reason why the minority , or any minority , should not be accounted part of the people ?
14 Is there any reason why the same debate , or a debate on the same question , should not be conducted at more or less the same time in a great number of different places ?
15 Is there any reason why the conference which is budgeted for might not be used to reflect the mind of presbyteries on the proposal that Mr was putting forward ?
16 Is there any reason why that should not apply equally to the words ‘ has carried on business ? ’
17 Is there any reason why it should n't be ? ’
18 The ceremony began , and soon I heard the priest come to the point in the wedding where he had to ask , ‘ Is there any reason why these two people should not be married ? ’
19 Is there any reason to suppose her otherwise , or has anybody taken it into his head to try her ?
20 ‘ That 's what I said ; is there any reason why I should n't ? ’
21 Is there any reason that I should not take an early stroll on the beaches like Mr Dickens himself ? ’
22 Is there any reason why I should n't have ?
23 What we are saying there are other emergencies and I get down to the word loneliness now is there any reason why senior citizens should n't have the facility whereby they can make telephone calls if those , they so desire , to members of the family who in many instances they have n't seen for long periods of time ?
24 ‘ Is he — is there any reason why he should be scared of your father ? ’
25 Is not the timing of that exercise particularly insensitive , and is there any reason why it should not be postponed for a period of , say , a week as a mark of respect to the crew of the Antares , all of whom perished when the vessel was sunk ?
26 Again , however , is there any reason why rangers or wardens could n't be employed , using subsidy money , to clean up litter and maintain the countryside in good order ?
27 I think the issue as you rightly as Miss rightly put it , is the normal vacancy rate and is there any reason to suppose as the County Council must be supposing , that this shrinks to a degree .
28 a minute , is there any reason why he has got to do that , because he has no other contact with year nine at all ?
29 Now that the spectre of pregnancy is out of the way , is there any reason why we ca n't just continue with the relationship begun on Gullholm ? ’
30 But is there any reason why we ca n't be friends ? ’
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