Example sentences of "reason why [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was certainly no reason why cancer should ever return , and the dreaded secondary was forever expelled once one had started the prescribed path . |
| 2 | To a great extent this is the reason why Forester 's self-deprecating Hornblower is more believable than Alexander Kent 's Bolitho or Dudley Pope 's Ramage . |
| 3 | This heavy burden of debt , especially among consumers , is a plausible reason why spending has slowed in recent months : borrowers are striving to ease their financial position by spending less and saving more than they otherwise would . |
| 4 | The most important single reason why diamond is a good abrasive material is that the individual carbon atoms in a diamond are bonded together extremely strongly . |
| 5 | The reason why reliance is more deserving of protection than expectations is that the former involves merely a resto-ration to the position once held , whereas the latter entails a transfer of wealth or the enrichment of one party at the expense of the other . |
| 6 | This is one reason why TV buyers may wish to keep part of their budgets flexible beyond the time when they might usually prefer to commit themselves — they may , of course , find that they can not buy the time they want , but this is a risk they may be willing to take in order to get a better price . |
| 7 | What evidence there is , however , suggests that provided the parties involved can handle the situation in a constructive and positive manner and without acrimony and recriminations there is no reason why contact should be harmful to the child . |
| 8 | But nevertheless that 's human nature and perhaps it 's also a reason why life should not stand still , whatever progress we make both in housing and in quality of housing and the quality of life , once people are used to that , to that they expect more and this is what progress , what forward thinking is all about . |
| 9 | The current level of intelligence is so poor that over half the members of active service units on the mainland have no previous police or intelligence ‘ form ’ ( which is one reason why internment would not work ) . |
| 10 | Before the 1970s , one reason why wife battering was not perceived as a social problem was because it was argued that those who suffered it could leave and those who stayed could not be suffering . |
| 11 | A main reason why lapis lazuli was so highly regarded in antiquity was the brilliance of its colour , blue flecked with gold . |
| 12 | It was argued in chapter 4 , however , that there is no reason why portfolio matrices should be interpreted in that way . |
| 13 | There is a separate and alternative reason why Clause 16 must be ignored . |
| 14 | There is , therefore , no reason why taxation always encourages people to work less hard rather than harder , as so many have claimed . |
| 15 | And there is no reason why giving instructions should be more difficult than receiving them . |
| 16 | That 's one reason why boss Kevin Keegan was prepared to off-load Mick Quinn to Coventry . |
| 17 | But the main reason why defensiveness is not enough , is that it has never been enough . |
| 18 | you see salesmanship is applying psychology , you know , and a lot of people , I mean , wha the reason why insurance companies are justified is a lot of people are protected by it , you know . |
| 19 | There is another reason why hierarchy will become obsolete . |
| 20 | A second reason why law can contribute to commercial activity , although on the surface unhelpfully incongruent , is its flexibility . |
| 21 | So at last — science has discovered the reason why agony aunts always give you the same advice : if your marriage has got stale , brighten yourself up , get fitter , take up a hobby or surprise your husband . |
| 22 | There is no intrinsic reason why education , an equally universal and vital need , should remain in local control . |
| 23 | The reason why dementia is seen as problematic by those who experience it or who are involved in the care of old people will be apparent to anyone who has encountered the frequently devastating effects of this illness : an illness ( if of the Alzheimer 's type ) with , as yet , no known cause , no means of prevention , no treatment , and no cure . |
| 24 | The reason why communication is achieved here by lexical means only is of course because the context of shared knowledge makes it possible to use minimal cues . |
| 25 | Problems with maintenance on timber cladding have been the main reason why upvc ( unplasticised polyvinyl chloride ) versions have been gaining popularity in recent years . |
| 26 | This could even be the reason why drinking coffee is so addictive . |
| 27 | The hollowing-out of the deep self is pure pleasure , a release from the subjective correlatives of dominant morality ( normality , authenticity , etc. ) — one reason why camp also mocks the Angst -ridden spiritual emptiness which characterizes the existential lament . |
| 28 | The reason why development has not yet proceeded is not the objection by Scottish Natural Heritage , but the refusal of planning permission by Lothian Regional Council because of the impact of a large number of houses in this sensitive location . |
| 29 | This suggests another reason why memory might be related to subjective risk , simply because it is advantageous to the organism to have memory organized that way ( c.f. J. R. Anderson , 1990 ) . |
| 30 | The second main reason why handling grief is different these days is that death has become less and less an event that takes place within the confines of the family circle . |