Example sentences of "reason for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Much of the reason for the recent surge in popularity of upmarket ice-creams is due to the entrance of a bold newcomer to the market : Haagen-Dazs . |
| 2 | Lack of access to absent voting rights is only one reason for the low take-up of proxy/postal voting . |
| 3 | One reason for the low conviction rate was that a large number of cases were dismissed without trial , sometimes because the complainant did not follow through with the prosecution . |
| 4 | The fact that the female work-force in general had a different age profile from that of the male , and that many ( though by no means all ) women left work in their mid-twenties , was yet another reason for the low pay and status of " women 's work " . |
| 5 | We suspect , however , that the reason for the low positivity in their experiment could be due to differences in sensitivity , and this study failed to include positive control tissue infected with tuberculosis to detect this . |
| 6 | The reason for the low upper limit on the internal magnetic dipole moment is not properly understood . |
| 7 | It is essential that patients are told why they are being isolated and the reason for the various precautions should be explained . |
| 8 | The reason for the increased confidence behind the mud-loving Carroll House was the overnight deluge that had softened the ground . |
| 9 | Another reason for the increased acceptability of the use of executive search firms by a wide range of industries has been a noticeable improvement in their quality . |
| 10 | A final reason for the possible failure of an appraisal system is that it is conducted as a top down , rather than a bottom up approach . |
| 11 | It lies to the left of the work while the main carriage needs a waiting place while the lace carriage is in motion and that is the reason for the right extension rail . |
| 12 | Now that oil is the main fuel for ships and other transport , the export of coal has almost ended but it was the reason for the early growth of Cardiff and for the long ribbons of terraced houses in the valleys of the coalfield . |
| 13 | Rose now understood fully the reason for the early visit . |
| 14 | Senior management decided the reason for the crushing defeat had to be found , and a project team was set up to investigate the problem and recommend appropriate action . |
| 15 | The failure of the line to attract traffic was doubtless the main reason for the ultimate decision that led to the abandonment of the lift . |
| 16 | ‘ We may guess at something like a good reason for the terrible earthquakes in South America , ’ observed Kingsley . |
| 17 | Then as we pass the slaughterhouse at Karantina , I ask the Christian driver the reason for the appalling smell . |
| 18 | This is , of course , an old and central dilemma as well as a major reason for the general acceptance of decentralization in large businesses in the last 40 years . |
| 19 | The main reason for the first three failures to carry the Bill through Parliament was that the then Secretary of State for Education , George Kekewich , objected to the clauses in the Bill whereby it was not compulsory for local authorities to make any provision for the education of deaf children in their area . |
| 20 | One reason for the confusing variety of interpretation found in the review was that different aspects of tests were being stressed . |
| 21 | The reason for the apparent lack of confidence was clearly the fact that Elsworth had suspended operations for some while because of coughing in his yard and had not had a winner for almost six weeks . |
| 22 | A major reason for the apparent conflict is the tendency for scholars to focus , in their study of language , either on the internal structure of the language system or alternatively on the uses to which the resources of language are put in inter-personal communication . |
| 23 | One reason for the apparent failure of international cooperation in macroeconomic strategies is political , since any individual country has an incentive to deviate from an agreed plan of coordinated policies . |
| 24 | One reason for the apparent failure of whooping cough immunization may lie in the ability of the virus to mutate to new forms which evade destruction until a new vaccine can be devised and introduced ; this problem does not arise with diphtheria and measles . |
| 25 | The reason for the actual results is not hard to determine ; as Mandel pointed out : |
| 26 | Secondly the deliveries of the equipment from the equipment suppliers who had been selected er generally fell behind the promises which they had made , so the main reason for the technical delays has been lack of equipment of the correct standard to proceed with the integration programme erm the erm the problems which beset the programme in nineteen ninety two after the German minister started questioning its future clearly had a direct bearing on that because many of the equipment suppliers , particularly those in Germany , suddenly began to think hey this programme is not going anywhere , why should we invest a lot of effort and and money into it and they slowed down so that has had a knock on effect in in terms of delaying the total programme and erm the result of all of that has been that the current development programme schedule which we have supplied to the committee is probably about as fast as the programme is capable of running . |
| 27 | If that is so , it constitutes a general reason for the ordinary and perhaps irresistible belief that reality is in whole or in part a matter of causal and other nomic connections . |
| 28 | The strength of the general reason for the ordinary belief depends partly on the resolution of large philosophical issues . |
| 29 | This is the reason for the internal head-band in helmets which looks as if it was put in in order to provide ventilation . |
| 30 | The main reason for the changing pattern of marriage is probably a rather different attitude to the starting of a family . |