Example sentences of "had [adj] reason " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finally , while Eisenhower indicated that he would be more co-operative with a new prime minister , many Conservatives had ample reasons of their own to try to make a fresh start . |
| 2 | Or because they had specific reasons ? |
| 3 | The one group who placed ( i ) after ( e ) and ( k ) had specific reasons for doing so , although they felt unhappy about the overall structure of their narrative . |
| 4 | Rawsthorne had clear reasons for wanting to tackle Women In Love . |
| 5 | Austria not only had historical reasons for taking Russia 's part , but also was at odds with the Turks over the principality of Montenegro in the western Balkans . |
| 6 | They had different reasons for talking . |
| 7 | The picture is thus one of overt factions , with the Woodvilles manipulating the majority of the council against Gloucester and the small group of councillors who supported the idea of a protectorate — an element usually identified with the dead king 's friend and chamberlain William lord Hastings , who had personal reasons for fearing an increase in Woodville power and therefore for backing Gloucester . |
| 8 | The picture is thus one of overt factions , with the Woodvilles manipulating the majority of the council against Gloucester and the small group of councillors who supported the idea of a protectorate — an element usually identified with the dead king 's friend and chamberlain William lord Hastings , who had personal reasons for fearing an increase in Woodville power and therefore for backing Gloucester . |
| 9 | Gouzenko had obvious reasons for perpetuating this myth and was always astute enough to embroider his story with whatever facts the listener wanted to hear , eventually becoming so vain that even he did not know what was truth or fiction . |
| 10 | The Quakers , in particular , had obvious reasons for continuing to support James , for the toleration they enjoyed towards the end of his reign was far more extensive than that allowed under the Toleration Act of 1689 . |
| 11 | Moreover , the Germans had no desire to be saddled with more of BAOR 's sector of the front : they had enough on their hands under-pinning the Dutch and Belgian corps , whose military worth they had good reasons to doubt in the late 1950s . |
| 12 | But he had good reasons . |
| 13 | Only Lieutenant Cherry , my husband , and Leading Seaman Webster were left of that crew , as they had good reasons for leaving her . |
| 14 | The prevalence of the idea of the Second World War as a ‘ good war ’ in Anglo-American culture makes it very hard to appreciate that those who tried to prevent it had good reasons for doing so . |
| 15 | Deng now had good reasons for losing his former close colleague and fellow reformer . |
| 16 | Catholic biblical scholars , theologians and many active lay groups had good reasons to be grateful . |
| 17 | ‘ You all had good reason for wanting Henry Phipps dead . ’ |
| 18 | It said another Kurdish refugee , Selahattin Ozberk , detained in Pentonville Prison , had good reason to fear ill treatment if he was returned to Turkey and should be granted refugee status . |
| 19 | High purpose was something that could be recognized in someone , like a gleam in the eye or a tone of voice ; it meant that even when that person dabbled in something doubtful , they undoubtedly had good reason for doing so . |
| 20 | They each had good reason to voice such a suggestion for they were interested in enhancing the town 's status and saw the advantages and business potential in golf , at that time a ‘ new ’ game enjoying a nationwide boom . |
| 21 | If the security services were so concerned about this then it clearly suggests that they had good reason to believe that Blake had not been forgotten by the Russians . |
| 22 | By now the French government had become quite brazen about the whole affair and the new French prime minister , Jacques Chirac , publicly stated that France had good reason to be proud of what Mafart and Prieur had achieved , a view that was evidently shared by most people in France . |
| 23 | Mrs Carr had good reason to take such a stance as she had been born without arms . |
| 24 | While his involvement in the affairs of the West Bank , in co-operation with the PLO or with Israel , could prevent things boiling over , he had good reason to remain involved . |
| 25 | They had good reason . |
| 26 | Perhaps Mr. Gordon had good reason to feel sore with Mandy , who had chosen to step into the bog just when he wanted Brown Owl to be thinking about becoming his wife . |
| 27 | ‘ How 's that scheme of yours coming on ? ’ you might ask him and he would reply with just a little too much nonchalance to sound natural : ‘ Oh , I had to give it up ; we had good reason for thinking that the goons were on to it . ’ |
| 28 | Shostakovich obviously had good reason for these references , but they are to music so well-known that I worry about finding them in someone else 's piece , even a composer of the supreme integrity of Shostakovich . |
| 29 | Danzigers had good reason to be apprehensive about the Versailles Treaty arrangements , and they were not alone . |
| 30 | But with Pyke to impress in the audience we had good reason to spring energetically over the scaffolding . |