Example sentences of "it for reasons " in BNC.

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1 We scoff at the pretentious person who buys the Tatler to exhibit it on the coffee table , so why should we not view with less than admiration the newspaper which bribes its readers to buy it for reasons other than its content ?
2 Or he may know exactly what he 's doing — and be doing it for reasons his companions know nothing of , his meaning anything but benevolent .
3 He also considered an argument based on freedom of speech , but rejected it for reasons which I consider in the next section of this judgment .
4 Such stories , in the words of Raymond Chandler , one of their great exponents , " gave murder back to the kind of people who commit it for reasons , not just to provide a corpse . "
5 Scarlet was beginning to believe she did it for reasons of her own , proselytizing for converts so as not to feel so lonely , so as to feel assured of the validity of her views , surrounded by like-minded people .
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