Example sentences of "have [det] reason to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everyone has some reason to be afraid of the police , and fear , like money , can be spent on something quite unrelated to what has created it . |
| 2 | ‘ Love does n't have any reason to it , you know . |
| 3 | Simon had little reason to be grateful or even appreciative of Jesus because he did not have a sense of wrong . |
| 4 | The monkey had another reason to be happy … it was about to give birth and was looking forward to raising a family . |
| 5 | Students of cancer had more reason to be interested in chromatin and its role in cell division , but chemical approaches to cancer were predominantly concerned with molecules which could be identified at the time , i.e. with molecular weights under 1000 . |
| 6 | Esther Ward had more reason to be ashamed than her vulnerable sister Elizabeth , for she had taken advantage of the forbidden love which had grown between Elizabeth and Richard , and she had never once opened her heart to the innocent girl-child who was born out of that love . |
| 7 | Jack was on call anyway and had more reason to be there than her , but if anything that was an added incentive to stay . |
| 8 | Nevertheless , when it came to seeking allies in Congress , Carter 's position was much weakened , first , by the fact that so few members had any reason to be grateful to the president for their election and , second , because he had so conspicuously run against the existing political order which included , of course , Congress . |
| 9 | ‘ Maybe I believe I have some reason to be . ’ |