Example sentences of "he have [adj] reason " in BNC.
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| 1 | In making his decision , he seeks the advice of the judiciary , but if he has good reason for doing so , he is , as a matter of law , entitled to set a tariff period different from that recommended by the judges . |
| 2 | ‘ He has good reason . |
| 3 | While his involvement in the affairs of the West Bank , in co-operation with the PLO or with Israel , could prevent things boiling over , he had good reason to remain involved . |
| 4 | He had good reason to look apprehensive , Dexter thought . |
| 5 | Rob and Heather had just joined them then , and presumably Luke had felt that he had good reason for not wanting to prolong any conversation about Elise . |
| 6 | That Act also places the onus on the knife carrier to show that he had good reason for possessing it in public . |
| 7 | He had good reason , of course . |
| 8 | She moved , uncomfortably aware that he had good reason to be annoyed . |
| 9 | The bill , which makes it an offence to carry a knife and puts the onus on the carrier to prove he had good reason to carry the knife , will have its third reading on Friday and could now become law before summer after the Scottish Office accepted a Labour amendment that the act should come into force on the day it is passed rather than at the end of a two month period . |