Example sentences of "has reason " in BNC.
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| 1 | The commission said : ‘ We feel he is a genuine political refugee who has reason to fear persecution . |
| 2 | It is that of ‘ a thinking , intelligent being , that has reason and reflection , and can consider itself as itself , the same thinking thing in different times and places ’ . |
| 3 | The legislator , for example , has reason to impose a certain tax . |
| 4 | It is true that once a useful co-ordinating convention is established every person has reason to adhere to it , a reason which is independent of the existence of the authority , a reason deriving entirely from the existence of the useful convention . |
| 5 | The authority is in a better position to achieve ( if its legitimacy is acknowledged ) what the individual has reason to but is in no position to achieve . |
| 6 | Since one has reason to express such an attitude in this way doing so enables one to conform to reasons which apply to one , which is the condition laid down by the normal justification thesis . |
| 7 | The Christian psychologist Paul C. Vitz has said , ‘ From Freud 's example , one has reason to suspect that behind many an atheist , agnostic or sceptic of today lies shame , disappointment or rage directed at the father . |
| 8 | The Intoxicating Substance Supply Act , passed in 1985 , makes it an offence to supply to a young person under 18 a substance which the supplier knows , or has reason to believe , will be used ‘ to achieve intoxication ’ . |
| 9 | Now if these maxims of co-operation are not honoured by a speaker on a particular occasion and the hearer has reason to suppose that this is intentional , the hearer will look for meanings other than those which are explicitly expressed . |
| 10 | The Council of Europe nevertheless survived and within its limited competence has reason to be proud of the work it has done since its inception . |
| 11 | But , as a multinational state with restless minorities and a multinational empire with resentful subjects , the CPSU has reason to confront the prospect of major war with apprehension and a long war with dread . |
| 12 | While waiting for these elements to become commercially viable partly accounts for the delay , IBM also has reason to be cautious about allowing its mainframe customers to run existing transaction processing applications on smaller — and far cheaper — RS/6000s . |
| 13 | They include power to enter , at any reasonable time , any premises which he has reason to believe it is necessary for him to enter for the purpose of carrying into effect any of the legal provisions within the field of responsibility of his enforcing authority . |
| 14 | Sally has reason to be proud of the part where it counts . |
| 15 | ( 2 ) The Director may by notice in writing require the person whose affairs are to be investigated ( ‘ the person under investigation ’ ) or any other person whom he has reason to believe has relevant information to answer questions or otherwise furnish information with respect to any matter relevant to the investigation at a specified place and either at a specified time or forthwith . |
| 16 | ( b ) The builder has reason to doubt that the certificate is still valid . |
| 17 | The findings of these investigations , together with the Chief Constable 's proposed course of action , are passed on to a key monitoring and supervisory body , the Police Complaints Authority ( PCA ) , which may , if it has reason to be dissatisfied , overturn the Chief Constable 's decision . |
| 18 | ( c ) Sexual penetration occurs under circumstances involving the commission of any other felony. ( d ) The actor is aided or abetted by one or more other persons and either of the following circumstances exists : ( i ) The actor knows or has reason to know that the victim is mentally defective , mentally incapacitated or physically helpless . |
| 19 | ( g ) The actor causes personal injury to the victim , and the actor knows or has reason to know that the victim is mentally defective , mentally incapacitated , or physically helpless . |
| 20 | ( c ) Sexual contact occurs under circumstances involving the commission of any other felony. ( d ) The actor is aided or abetted by one or more other persons and either of the following circumstances exists : ( i ) The actor knows or has reason to know that the victim is mentally defective , mentally incapacitated or physically helpless . |
| 21 | ( g ) The actor causes personal injury to the victim and the actor knows or has reason to know that the victim is mentally defective , mentally incapacitated or physically helpless . |
| 22 | ( c ) The actor knows or has reason to know that the victim is mentally defective , mentally incapacitated , or physically helpless . |
| 23 | ( b ) The actor knows or has reason to know that the victim is mentally defective , mentally incapacitated , or physically helpless . |
| 24 | at some stage before A has completely performed his obligations under the contract B has reason to doubt whether A will , or will be able to , complete his side of the bargain and |
| 25 | At present , your monster has reason to spare your life . |
| 26 | Chronicle writings bear out the validity of this comment , for many of them are strongly patriotic , sometimes , as in the case of the Gesta Henrici Quinti , combining patriotism with exhortation : ‘ Our England ( Anglia nostra ) has reason to rejoice and reason to grieve ’ ( at the victory of Agincourt and at the destruction and death of Christians ) , ‘ Let our England be zealous in pleasing God unceasingly . ’ |
| 27 | A difficulty with this provision is that it is enforceable only by the person issuing copies of the copy-protected work in question to the public , and the person making , importing , selling or hiring , etc. the device , means or information knows or has reason to believe that it will be used to make infringing copies . |
| 28 | If the occupier has reason to anticipate the presence of a child trespasser he would do well to erect an obstacle to entry that is not in itself dangerous . |
| 29 | yeah — Sheff Utd fans has reason to be satisfied . |
| 30 | ( 7 ) Where a bona fide offer has been communicated to the board of the target company , or the board has reason to believe that a bona fide offer may be imminent , the issue of any further shares in the target will ( unless it is made pursuant to a contract entered into earlier ) constitute frustrating action under Rule 21 ( see para 18.2.2.2 below ) and will be prohibited unless approved by shareholders in general meeting . |