Example sentences of "reason why [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No reason why even the most unfortunate mortal should ever have a breath of depression . |
| 2 | That is just one reason why TODAY will not weep if tonight 's vote goes against the Prime Minister . |
| 3 | Now the District Council is thinking in terms of this as a reason why perhaps sixty ac sixty hectares may not be entirely enough and we should seek to compensate for transfers out of industrial land . |
| 4 | I think the the key point about patriotism is one reason why perhaps people in , in Britain and so on should n't be patriotic too , but if you see the rather cynical attitude of the Western countries towards recent events , not just in Russia but right across the Eastern block , very good example was condemned , erm but when , following the massacres erm , the West has gone on to sort of do deals with the winners and cultivate links er with the people responsible for that massacre , the killing of the Soviet Union went the other way and consequently erm that 's where you know Western resources are directed . |
| 5 | That is the reason why only one oboe is usually found in small orchestras . |
| 6 | One reason given for this is that a distinction is created within the Treaty between those matters ( under Titles II , III and IV ) which , as amendments to the Treaty of Rome , are changes to the law of the land , and those aspects ( Titles I , V , VI and VII ) which concern the new entity of the European Union and are the subject of intergovernmental agreement and which do not therefore in a strict sense affect British law ( the stated reason why only Titles II , III and IV are subject to parliamentary ratification ) . |
| 7 | Also , the reason why only a small proportion of subjects with this common infection develop duodenal ulceration is unclear . |
| 8 | The most common reason why so many families come to such a harsh decision is because their dog has behaviour problems they ca n't control . |
| 9 | Any policy which aims at exorcising envy and the concomitant sense of guilt — the reason why so many intellectually eminent individuals are attracted to levelling doctrines , because they aspire to purge the sense of guilt to which eminence itself is prone — by measures of social or economic equalisation is foredoomed to failure , because it rests on the false presumption that envy and envy-guilt exist only because they are ‘ justified ’ , because the materials exist on which they feed . |
| 10 | The reason why so many books and articles on the 1931 crisis end with the formation of the first National Government is that their authors are still obsessed by the time-worn and stale debates about Ramsay MacDonald 's supposed ‘ betrayal ’ of Labour , about a hypothetical ‘ plot ’ , and about the ‘ bankers ’ ramp' . |
| 11 | Mr Smith is the main reason why so many voters are prepared to trust Labour . |
| 12 | Madame was there every night , she was The Bar and she was also the reason why so many of us went there all the time . |
| 13 | There is no good reason why so few educationalists sit on company boards . |
| 14 | The same approach prevailed following publication of the JCT 1963 form , which is probably one reason why so many surveyors still cling to its use long after publication has ceased . |
| 15 | Warm up first ( follow the exercises in Chapter 6 — The Walker 's Workout ) , start slowly and do n't hurt yourself , for that is the fastest way to break the routine in your programme and is often the reason why so many exercise programmes fail . |
| 16 | In the club atmosphere of La Cigale , the spark was always there , the reason why so many have gone out on a limb to should their name from the rooftops , but the Mondays are in danger of slipping into routine . |
| 17 | The reason why so many more women than men suffer from Cystitis is partly explained by the way their bodies are made . |
| 18 | Reliance on technology alone is the reason why so many information systems , no matter how impressive on paper , fail to deliver the results you hoped for . |
| 19 | Perhaps the reason why so many people say it or use the other favourite , ‘ yoU know ’ , at the end of sentences is that they are uncertain whether other people understand them . |
| 20 | A major reason why so many people live on low incomes is that national insurance benefits , such as old-age pensions and unemployment pay , are paid at below the income support and housing benefit levels . |
| 21 | Ironically , one reason why so many antiracist initiatives have failed is because they have assumed some kind of transitive relation between policy and practice . |
| 22 | However , the difficulties involved in providing a safe and reassuring environment for staff working with this group of people are one reason why so many professional staff still clamour to retain the old asylums ; in such asylums staff know they can summon help at a few minutes ' notice from a neighbouring ward and from resident medical staff . |
| 23 | Another reason why so many women reject the battery of contraceptive weapons on offer at the family planning clinic is that the arsenal has not been designed with their needs in mind . |
| 24 | The reason why so many of us are here is the immense regard which we all have for the hon. and learned Member , our friend , for Leicester , West ( Mr. Janner ) . |
| 25 | And that , say police , is the reason why so many cyclists are hit on the roads . |
| 26 | ‘ The reason why so many of Britain 's 16 year olds continue to grasp regular jobs , when they are available , are not only because they prefer immediate earning to studying or training , though the pay is usually a distinct attraction . |
| 27 | That 's the reason why almost all of our R and T activity is specifically targeted at demands which have been identified in the markets . ’ |
| 28 | In addition to these defects , there is another reason why merely being against cruelty to animals is not enough . |
| 29 | ‘ That is the reason why everywhere in the world where people are suffering and where men , women and children are in danger we can not stay quiet , ’ he said . |
| 30 | In Vienna , the architect Hans Hollein has produced small new shopfronts that are a sensation ; so there is no reason why appropriately sited new shopfronts , in a contemporary or even futuristic style , can not sometimes add zip to a high street . |