Example sentences of "be [verb] for [adj] reasons " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the pressures are probably much greater within the public sector , if only because of the difficulty of obtaining further employment in the public sector if one has been dismissed for disciplinary reasons . |
| 2 | The sentence of Poindexter 's former subordinate , Oliver North , had been overturned for similar reasons in July 1990 [ see p. 37605 ] , but the appellate panel now went further by refusing to allow Walsh to return to the trial judge and attempt to show that the trial testimony was not tainted , as had been permitted in North 's case . |
| 3 | However , there is a possibility that State aids , which have been given for domestic reasons , may reduce competitive pressure between nations , since such assistance may give a competitive advantage to industry within a particular country vis-à-vis its trading partners . |
| 4 | But the jury accepted that a page of the statement had been substituted for legitimate reasons . |
| 5 | There was of course no longer need for missio , a remedy which had been designed for equitable reasons to allow a trust beneficiary to triumph over the constraints imposed by the limitation of trust protection to remedies in personam . |
| 6 | Dr James D Gallagher , director of medical research at Lederle Laboratories , has said : ‘ Animal studies are done for legal reasons , and not for scientific ones . ’ |
| 7 | [ 4 ] Premature babies are routinely subjected to heel lancing in order to obtain blood samples which are needed for crucial reasons . |
| 8 | All foreign branches seem to have been closed for financial reasons in 1891–1892 , but Wilson , after the refloating of the union in 1894 , persisted in his international endeavours , establishing new branches in Hamburg , Rotterdam and Antwerp in the following year and an agency in New York , and accepting the logic of the shipowners ' often repeated argument that British claims to higher pay would be more convincing if foreign rates were brought up to British levels . |
| 9 | In these situations metals are preferred for mechanical reasons but problems can arise owing to toxic reactions to either the metal , or wear debris . |
| 10 | While some elements of this group are simply following the decentralization of jobs that has already occurred , others are moving for non-economic reasons , attracted by the quality of life in non-metropolitan zones . |
| 11 | However , this is a direction in which we would already have been moving for other reasons , and the installation of a digital telephone exchange for the provision of extra lines to our new accommodation will greatly facilitate the process . |
| 12 | This account of urban housing in the reign of Queen Victoria has been protracted for three reasons . |
| 13 | Restorations should not be undertaken for aesthetic reasons alone , but only for carefully controlled maintenance , because of the inherent possibilities of damage in any restoration . |
| 14 | Other sales which were planned but would be delayed for various reasons were those of Coalcorp , the former state coal mining operation ; Landcorp , which administered government buildings and land ; and Electricorp , which operated the power stations and the national grid . |
| 15 | Government grants to local authorities may be justified for two reasons . |
| 16 | Psychotropic drugs should only be prescribed for good reasons . |
| 17 | The optional words in brackets in subclause 8.1.2 should be included for obvious reasons , and it is suggested that if those words were included then so should the words at the end of subclause 8.1.4 so as to avoid a conflict . |
| 18 | ANY OF THESE MIGHT BE HAPPENING FOR OTHER REASONS . |
| 19 | Earlier yesterday , the Court of Appeal refused an application by Mr Goodwin 's employers , the publishers Morgan Grampian , to revoke the order forcing him to hand over notes containing confidential financial information concerning a company , which can not be named for legal reasons . |
| 20 | The customer 's brother — who can not be named for legal reasons — came into the shop a little later and started an argument . |
| 21 | The woman , who can not be named for legal reasons , denied assault but was found guilty and given a conditional discharge . |
| 22 | While on bail , the 44-year-old machine operator — who can not be named for legal reasons — attacked his wife 's boss believing they were having an affair . |
| 23 | The child , who can not be named for legal reasons , was staying with her grandparents in south Devon . |
| 24 | A full care hearing about the girl , from Rotherwell , Leeds , — who can not be named for legal reasons — will be heard on February 23 , Leeds County Court decided . |
| 25 | The sex sessions started after the teenager , who ca n't be named for legal reasons , moved in with 53-year-old Lineker because she was unhappy at home . |
| 26 | He is now living apart from the children 's mother , but can not be named for legal reasons . |
| 27 | The son , who can not be named for legal reasons , enjoyed a new-found freedom while his mum lay dying , the inquest was told . |
| 28 | The man , who can not be named for legal reasons , was on police bail in Liverpool after being arrested over a burglary . |
| 29 | The boy , who can not be named for legal reasons , stole thousands of pounds of property from cars , garages , school changing rooms and sheds in the company of two other youths , both aged 14 . |
| 30 | Mr Justice Potts told the 17-year-old youth , who can not be named for legal reasons but comes from the Bury St Edmunds area , a custodial sentence was ‘ essential ’ . |