Sentence examples for common reason given from inspiring English sources

The most common reason given was higher Chinese labour costs.

A common reason given for fiddling with a device is simply that it's there.

But the most common reason given for the change is the reduction of unruly behaviour.

The most common reason given for freezing was having no male partner, according to the HFEA's latest report.

But a report compiled by the Demos thinktank last year found health to be the most common reason given for this abstemiousness.

But the most common reason given is "persistent disruptive behaviour" – or, as I have come to know it, "we can't handle you any more" syndrome.

By far the most common reason given for this was an objection to the possibility of privatisation or profit-making in children's services.

In two earlier surveys in 2008 and 2009, the most common reason given by those who said they planned to work at 67 was "to stay mentally engaged".

When young people were asked by Aviva about what might prompt them to remain with their parents or move back in for six months or more, saving for a house deposit was the second most common reason given, at 57%.

Three in four victims also said they did not report what had happened at the time, with the most common reason given being "embarrassment or humiliation, or thinking that they would not be believed".

The most common reason given for migrating to Britain remains study, the ONS said, with 197,000 foreign students arriving in the period, down 17% or 42,000 from 239,000 in the previous year.