Example sentences of "for no good [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For no good reason that I can see . |
| 2 | ‘ I deeply resent being dragged away from my office for no good reason that I can see . |
| 3 | There was a moment while everybody thought about that , probably for no good reason except that they did n't like to see twenty years go by without offering up a few seconds ' respect-ful silence , then Sir Bruce asked : ‘ So she did n't go back to the GDR ? ’ |
| 4 | The computer can check for towns that are missed off signs , those that appear for no good reason or appear only intermittently , to the great confusion of amateur navigators . |
| 5 | He was famous , people flocked to catch a glimpse of him , they stood for hours in the freezing cold in the hope that he would choose their hand to shake — for no better reason than an accident of birth . |
| 6 | And for no better reason than that it might be ‘ time for a change ’ ? |
| 7 | They can be the names of plants , birds or insects ( the author had a school friend called ‘ Chickweed ’ for no better reason than his name was Hickwood ) , or styles of dress , manners or speech . |
| 8 | One government , anxious to steam-roller its programme through , scheduled five such Bills in a single motion , for no better reason than that they were likely to be vigorously opposed . |
| 9 | I had imagined , for instance , that I would be able to catch a glimpse of Mount Silisili , a mile-high peak in the centre of Samoa , just a few miles away across the water : I had hoped to do so for no better reason than that Mount Silisili would be enjoying precisely the same clock time as here in Tonga , but exactly one day before . |
| 10 | John o' Groats is commonly but wrongly regarded as the most northerly tip of the country and because of this popular misconception attracts many visitors , most of whom come for no better reason than to be able to say they have been there and , having satisfied this ambition , turn round and return south . |
| 11 | Fees in general were listed under land , in some cases perhaps for no better reason than that they were annual income . |
| 12 | As the courts were unwilling to look behind the minister 's affidavit , there was a clear risk that the minister might misuse his power to ensure secrecy for no better reason than administrative convenience . |
| 13 | The decision clearly affected the Chief Constable 's legal right for no better reason than that it would affect pension rights . |
| 14 | Taken together these two propositions suggest that the traditions of conspiracy are liable to continue into the future on the extreme right , for no better reason than that this is where these traditions have existed and where they presently continue to exist . |
| 15 | Jack might be jolly enough and a fine fellow when spending his hard-earned cash ashore , but he very quickly became " Poor Jack " when , after months cooped up at sea , he found himself fleeced by prostitutes , brothel keepers , slop-sellers and crimps for no better reason than exploitation of his hunger for female company and his desire for entertainment and refreshment . |
| 16 | He was genially detached , as though brought along to Sleet for no better reason than to admire and be pleasant . |
| 17 | This is for no better reason than that few readers of such newspapers would respond and we would get a very low return on our advertising investment . |
| 18 | It seems quite likely , since the ancient inhabitants of Crete and other Mediterranean islands wiped out the indigenous populations of elephants , pygmy hippos , giant dormice , and owls , for no better reason than that they needed to eat . |
| 19 | And for no better reason than this Dickensian Government will not provide the cash . |