Example sentences of "reasons for the popularity " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ) . |
| 2 | This is an excellent characteristic and one of the reasons for the popularity of casein . |
| 3 | The actual reasons for the popularity ( albeit relatively short-lived ) of the high-rise phase are many : it was architecturally fashionable ; it may have suited municipal prestige ; it answered immediate problems of increasing density as the big cities ran out of building land within their own boundaries ; and it met the spurious argument about saving agricultural land ( mounted by the farming lobby and the Conservative-dominated shire counties ) . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |