Example sentences of "they have [adj] reason " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or because they had specific reasons ? |
| 2 | Moreover , the Germans had no desire to be saddled with more of BAOR 's sector of the front : they had enough on their hands under-pinning the Dutch and Belgian corps , whose military worth they had good reasons to doubt in the late 1950s . |
| 3 | Only Lieutenant Cherry , my husband , and Leading Seaman Webster were left of that crew , as they had good reasons for leaving her . |
| 4 | If the security services were so concerned about this then it clearly suggests that they had good reason to believe that Blake had not been forgotten by the Russians . |
| 5 | They had good reason . |
| 6 | The continuing electoral hegemony of the Conservatives rested not only on the division of the anti-Tory vote between Labour and Liberals , but also on the fact that large numbers of manual and white-collar workers , benefiting from the rapid growth of new industries , services and housing in the Midlands and the South of England , felt that they had good reason to be grateful to the Government . |
| 7 | They had good reason to support Abram , since their own people had been victims of the attack . |
| 8 | When they arrived at the house , they saw a man whom they had good reason to suppose to be the assailant washing blood from himself . |
| 9 | After sitting in the stalls and watching the summer show , the other two were convinced that they had good reason enough to want him . |
| 10 | They had different reasons for talking . |
| 11 | As some of these are highly paid — a top specialist earns more than £100,000 a year — they have good reason to want to stick to their contracts . |
| 12 | They have strong reasons for wanting the Montego . |