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The phrase "a reason for retaining" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing justifications or motivations for keeping something, such as a policy, employee, or practice.
Example: "The committee provided a reason for retaining the current policy despite the proposed changes."
Alternatives: "justification for keeping" or "rationale for maintaining".
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While it might be expected that in this context there would be greater patient involvement in decision-making there is some evidence from the data that, conversely, this may be a reason for retaining paternalism.
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Our results suggest a possible reason for retaining a constant CSC proportion of many established tumour cell lines.
This provides a reason for seals retaining recognition abilities despite supposedly leading mostly solitary lives outside of colony environments.
C. obtusiflora retains the four protein-coding genes in Epifagus not related to transcription or translation and presumably the reason for retaining a plastid genome in that species: accD, clpP, ycf1, and ycf2 [ 8]. accD and clpP both are less constrained in Cuscuta than in Epifagus, and in clpP, dramatically so, with all three Convolvulaceae taxa exhibiting higher d N / d S for both genes.
"But China will then say, 'But this has been our traditional zone of influence.' Their worsening relations will inevitably have grave consequences here, and could prove to be the most persuasive reason for retaining an American presence".
This is an attractive option when there is some good theoretical reason for retaining the initial concept.
Part of the reason for retaining the Ayr-Stranraer line was a compromise to keep politicians and businessmen in Northern Ireland happy, says Mr Livingston.
Other experts are more open about the real reason for retaining the dwindling nuclear arsenal.
The reason for retaining so many similar myosins in plants has, however, not been determined yet.
Noise reduction was also the reason for retaining only the coordinates on the first five axes of the MCA.
However, recycling carbon dioxide back to carbohydrate through the Calvin cycle is not the only potential reason for retaining photosynthesis.
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