The phrase "a likely reason why" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when you are suggesting a plausible explanation for a particular situation or behavior.
Example: "A likely reason why the project failed is the lack of communication among team members."
Alternatives: "a probable explanation for" or "a possible cause of".
According to the researchers, this is a likely reason why nearly three-quarters of the strains they analyzed had identical levels of THC and CBD.
Fear is a likely reason why the Boy Scouts' "new" policy still enables faith-based troops to exclude LGBT adults from membership in their units.
A 1.5 degree ceiling would mean a near-immediate cease to burning fossil fuels, which is hugely controversial in developed nations and a likely reason why the developed world won't endorse it strictly.
The mother of three was herself malnourished during pregnancy, a likely reason why Nevia is so vulnerable.
This could be a likely reason why Sanchez-Vives and McCormick (2000) in their pioneer work on oscillations in slices found that large layer V pyramidal neurons were responsible for active state initiation.
However, many CSA model parameters would considerably increase the computational burden in this case, which is a likely reason why so far only limited use of Bayesian statistics has been found in this area.
We thus suggest that a more likely reason why high turning angles and speeds do not co-occur ([ 2], figure 1) is at least partially power-based rather than being related to the capacity of limbs to withstand the forces generated [ 2] or environment conditions impeding the speeds seen in captive cheetahs running on a straight course [ 10].
Finally, for guidelines that did not cite the matched IPD meta-analysis, we looked for any likely reasons why it had not been included or for information about alternative evidence sources that had been used to inform the guideline recommendations.
The issue in this type of case is usually about the penalty and not whether the company can be convicted, so that is the likely reason why an agreement has not been reached.
The most likely reason why metformin has a beneficial effect on pregnancy rates in older and viscerally obese women is that IR is common in these women (Cowie et al., 2006; Lord et al., 2006).
His run of 20 goals in his last 17 Champions League games make Gómez the most likely reason why there could indeed be a festival come midnight in Bavaria.
