Example sentences of "reason for the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

  Previous page   Next page
No Sentence
31 This was despite the fact that one member of the Court of Appeal , Sir Denys Buckley , thought the reasons for the order to be ‘ meagre ’ .
32 The main reasons for the development of international banking have been dealt with in this chapter .
33 One of the principle reasons for the development of anti-school attitudes amongst these young people is the separation and ranking of students according to a multiple set of criteria which make up the normative , academically oriented value system of the school .
34 During times of economic recession , especially , employees fear job losses and it is important to stress genuine reasons for the development of the database project which are not associated with cost savings .
35 The first six paragraphs described events leading to the setting up of the Select Committee and the reasons for the choice of witnesses .
36 Outlines reasons for the choice of the Channel Tunnel Group/Grande Manche option and examines the impact on roads , the railway system , economic development , employment and the environment .
37 The recommended model form of Letter of Request as revised in 1985 includes questions as to the date by which a response is needed , and the reasons for the choice of that date .
38 This is one of the reasons for the choice of hymns and other music being so often limited to a few old war-horses .
39 How unfortunate that Adrian Furnham 's interesting article on the reasons for the popularity of astrology and graphology should close with the exhortation to ‘ … beware … the astronomer ’ ( ‘ Hooked on horoscopes ’ , 26 January ) .
40 This is an excellent characteristic and one of the reasons for the popularity of casein .
41 One of the main reasons for the popularity of withdrawal , especially prior to World War I , was its cheapness ; sheaths cost an average of 2/ to 3/ a dozen , during a period when the average weekly wage of a labourer did not rise above 20/ a week .
42 The same is true for published research papers in these sciences , and this is one of the reasons for the popularity of KWIC ( Key Word In Context ) indexes within chemistry and the earth sciences — the papers lend themselves to automated index production .
43 One of the reasons for the popularity of this order with the Romans was that , since all four faces of the capital are alike , it presented an interesting view from different angles for the decoration of public buildings and triumphal arches .
44 An action is relevantly similar if it too has the properties which constituted one 's reasons for the judgement in the first case .
45 McNamara 's ban ( 75p ) : Kevin McNamara 's ‘ refreshingly frank ’ reasons for the ban on Northern Ireland membership .
46 The reasons for the ban on News International publications were essentially as follows :
47 As mentioned in the previous section , there are sound reasons for the slowdown in big-city population decline .
48 There are many reasons for the separation between environmental intelligence and decision making .
49 Historians have long debated the reasons for the rise of the Labour Party .
50 Among those in the middle age band , that is between 30 and pension age , the main reasons for the rise in the number of households are the increase in marital breakdown and the tendency for non-married people to live on their own ( Haskey , 1987a ) .
51 The main parties also agreed on constitutional changes to stem the influx of immigrants , one of the main reasons for the rise in attacks on foreigners .
52 However , there appear to be no obvious reasons for the variation in number of libraries in total , or their divisional spread .
53 Nevertheless , they could be said to be implicit justifications of an almost fully formulated nature , in that they provide reasons for the existence of the monarchy and its ceremonial occasions .
54 This study examines the reasons for the existence of the wall .
55 There are often pragmatic reasons for the preference of certain types of conjunction and the frequency with which conjunctions are used in general .
56 Various authors have suggested reasons for the building of expensive new homes .
57 The written decision is usually relatively brief , though it must be sufficiently full and complete that the claimant can tell what facts have been accepted and rejected , the reasons for the rejection of any evidence and how the law has been applied to the facts as found .
58 There are two main reasons for the changes in these proportions .
59 ‘ I also want to point out we have been refused access to the match referee 's and umpires ’ reports as to the reasons for the change of ball on August 23 . ’
60 whilst there remain widely varying explanations of the reasons for the disturbances of 1981 , 1983 and 1985 , there can be no doubt that the fear of social disorder , and its association with the needs and demands of black people , has been a major factor in sustaining central government interest in inner cities policy .
  Previous page   Next page