The phrase "constitute a reason" is correct and commonly used in written English.
It means to be a basis or justification for something. Here is an example: "The rising cost of living and lack of job opportunities constitute a reason for many people to move to a different city."
I pause, wondering how this can possibly constitute a reason not to go for a ride.
"It certainly didn't constitute a reason to go out and beat somebody up".
The failings do not by themselves constitute a reason to go to war.
As a retired director of investigations for a major life insurance company, I disagree with George Gibson (letter, March 7) that failure to use seat belts should constitute a reason to invalidate insurance claims.
And if the great mouse-nest-in-the-car incident of 2004 doesn't constitute a reason to ban in-car snacking (even if a little belatedly), I don't know what does.
It is possible that structural changes in nitrogenase may also constitute a reason behind the observed decrease in its activity at 10 µg mL−1 nano-ZnO concentration (Table 1).
Jonsen's moderate casuistry requires consistency in such cases, and appeals to consistency constitute a reasoned argument offered to those who might initially disagree with our judgment in the instant case.
The fourth article of impeachment urges that his failure properly to respond to those questions constitutes a reason for impeachment.
Rather than this constituting a reason to ignore feminism, this achievement differential is screaming out for an approach to teaching and learning which takes account of gendered difference.
The fact that relying on some consideration would undermine the possibility of reaching a decision is itself a consideration relevant to deliberation; if one has good reason to reach a decision, and relying on some consideration precludes one from reaching a decision, that very fact constitutes a reason relevant to one's deliberation.
