Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [vb pp] for [adj] reasons " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have heard of other appointments which she has blocked for similar reasons , and in my lifetime can recall no other Prime Minister , Labour or Conservative , who felt the need to exercise such petty partisanship . |
| 2 | Elizabeth retired a little earlier than she had planned for domestic reasons but says that she intends to keep in touch with colleagues . |
| 3 | On March 21 it was announced that members of the armed forces who had left for political reasons after June 1978 were to be reinstated . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , the intelligence that we have developed for other reasons may well ensure that we find the right answers to these questions . |
| 5 | We have separated for personal reasons . |
| 6 | The monuments in our care are the best and they have survived for specific reasons — yet they are only the tip the iceberg of our archaeological inheritance . |
| 7 | An indemnity committee considered that he had spied for political reasons and was thus eligible for release under the government 's indemnity programme . |