Example sentences of "main reason for the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | One of the main reasons for the identification of the number of elderly ( or any other age group ) suffering from any disease is to establish information for service delivery and the planning of future services . |
| 3 | 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 ) . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The main reasons for the development of international banking have been dealt with in this chapter . |
| 6 | There are two main reasons for the changes in these proportions . |
| 7 | The pro-Washington stance of most post-war regimes in Latin America , along with the onslaught of anti-Communist propaganda generated by the Cold War , were the main reasons for the refusal of all but three nations to have diplomatic relations with the USSR during that period , and of all but one ( Perón 's Argentina , which was undergoing a near-total trade embargo imposed by Washington ) to engage in commercial activity . |
| 8 | Indeed one of the main reasons for the failure of Marxists to make headway amongst the Latin American working classes is that labour organisations in many of these countries were originally the creation of the state . |
| 9 | That , if anything , reveals the main reasons for the failure of the community charge system . |
| 10 | Babbage had argued that one of the main reasons for the cheapness of manufactured articles was |
| 11 | In the 31-page submission , the profitability of Ford is adduced as one of the main reasons for the claim for a ‘ substantial ’ rise . |
| 12 | One of the main reasons for the introduction of NEP had been the peasants , ability to throttle the industrial towns of European Russia by withholding food supplies . |
| 13 | As Brian Harrison has remarked , one of the main reasons for the bitterness of the suffrage struggle was that so many on both sides had roots in the philanthropic world . |
| 14 | There are three main reasons for the importance of market segmentation . |
| 15 | It highlights the importance of theory ( although it covers only Marx , Freud and feminist approaches in its brief summaries ) and the argument is made that ‘ positivism ’ is the main reason for the rejection of research use by practioniers . |
| 16 | The main reason for the lack of definition is that the response of the amp and speakers changes with an increase in volume . |
| 17 | " The main reason for the size of the [ military ] budget " , Miliutin wrote in 1862 , " is the number of troops " . |
| 18 | The main reason for the fall in profits at Sekers has been the unsettling effect on world markets for silk products of the unprecedented 75% retroactive rise in raw silk prices from China since April , as reported at the AGM in September . |
| 19 | The main reason for the flow of emigrants was the farm crisis in Europe , and the circumstance that made it possible was the availability of cheap steamers . |
| 20 | It is generally believed that persecution by man was the main reason for the extinction of this magnificent bird as a breeding species in Shetland . |
| 21 | The main reason for the closure of Redheugh is that ‘ it is in the wrong area with very few young people now coming from the local community , ’ said an Salvation Army statement . |
| 22 | Nevertheless , administrative change was not the main reason for the decline of the networks in the Southern Band . |
| 23 | The main reason for the decline in housebuilding in the public sector is the strict control of local authorities ' capital spending by the central government , as part of the government 's attempt to control overall public expenditure . |
| 24 | The ‘ search ’ for a ‘ strategic ’ role was , of course , the main reason for the creation of the metropolitan authorities . |
| 25 | This take-some-of-it-or-leave-some-of-it approach to Scripture is the main reason for the fuzziness between Christianity and some forms of the psychic . |
| 26 | In the author 's view the main reason for the emergence of the formulation lies in a confusion of observed fact for theoretical postulate . |
| 27 | On all three issues , the accumulation of conflicting evidence is the main reason for the discomfiture of the dogmatists , the discrediting of easy , universal theories about economic growth or political progress . |
| 28 | It would seem that the special state character of Northern Ireland , with its very legitimacy always under threat , has been the main reason for the maintenance of this pattern of politics . |
| 29 | The main reason for the growth in numbers was the migration of linenweavers , and their families , from the country to the linen factories and spinning mills . |
| 30 | The growth of services , with many opportunities for small businesses , was the main reason for the growth in absolute numbers . |