Example sentences of "[prep] the same reason [that] " in BNC.

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1 Various Grand Met managers and executives now take the Institute of Chartered Secretaries ’ exams for the same reason that I did .
2 Perhaps it was for the same reason that Mrs Parvis , so Gloria claimed , put crushed up egg-shells into powdered egg so that the lodgers would think they were eating something which they were n't .
3 Fortunately the driver made up for this heresy by roundly cursing the French , whom he disliked for the same reason that most Englishmen do — the way they clutter up the place , never get out of the way and ca n't speak English .
4 A ribbed shell of this kind is often stronger than one without ribs ( for the same reason that corrugated iron is used for roofing ) , and it is probably no coincidence that ribs may be developed on bivalves too .
5 The RCM held aloof for the same reason that it kept out of Poland — the resources did not stretch to additional responsibilities , or so it was argued .
6 He wears white for the same reason that he never drinks raksi , and that he 's eaten no food since morning .
7 There are no powerful pressure groups to speak for them , for the same reason that no pressure groups speak for the needs of children with special needs already in ordinary schools .
8 Although Darwin had turned in the right direction , he could do very little with mind and culture during his lifetime for the same reason that he was helpless before the mysteries of heredity : the basic information and modes of thought were lacking to produce the stable foundation which he correctly viewed as essential .
9 For the same reason that UCP Article 25 applies to air waybills it also applies to sea waybills .
10 We talk about whatever interests us perhaps for the same reason that Willis draws it and paints it . "
11 It was for this reason that his master-class in Spanish history took the form of a film , Raza ; and for the same reason that the frequency of his appearances in the state-produced cinema newsreels , No-Do , varied according to external circumstances and internal convenience , increasing when things were going well , decreasing when they were not .
12 Let's just think about well first of all the incoming elasticity argument right , manufactures greater than one agriculture less than one right , that 's one reason why agriculture is a declining sector right , it 's also a declining sector in world trade for the same reason that it has got a low income elasticity whereas manufacturing had a high income elasticity now , consumers like variety in food just as much as they like variety in manufactured goods alright , but what 's the problem with agricultural goods ? they 're essentially homogenous alright wheat is wheat sugar is sugar .
13 Again perfectly good adaptive reasons — they have two pairs of fins for the same reason that sensible aeroplanes , i.e. the aeroplanes that I used to design before people went crazy , have a wing in the front and a tailplane behind , and basically they do so because two surfaces — one in front of the other like that — is the minimum number of surfaces needed if you want to produce a vertical force through any point along your body .
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