Example sentences of "reason give for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reason given for the ban was that Professor Saburo Ienaga , a noted historian , had refused to strike out a reference in his book to bacteriological and other experiments carried out on Chinese prisoners of war by the now-defunct Imperial Army . |
| 2 | The official reason given for the committee 's demise was that it had indulged in counterrevolution and illicit dealings with foreign powers . |
| 3 | The reason given for the unique capacity of English to offer a truly democratic education is the peculiar nature of the poetic process : |
| 4 | One reason given for the alleged lateness of the phenomenon is its apparent absence from colonial English ( Wyld , 1927 : 220 ) . |
| 5 | The major reason given for the closure of railway lines and stations was that the 1950s modernization plan for the railways had had little effect on stemming an ever-rising deficit in running costs . |
| 6 | The usual reason given for the Jewish and Moslem strictures against eating pork is that they began a public health measures , to prevent pork-borne diseases such as trichinosis . |
| 7 | One reason given for the pig 's bad name ( ‘ pig-headed ’ etc ) is that it is probably the least subordinate of the mainstream domestic animals ( pace cats ) . |
| 8 | One reason given for the termination at Machynlleth was the risk of setting fire to the wooden Dovey Bridge ! |