Sentence examples for having reason from inspiring English sources
But if reasons do not transmit in this way, the picture appears to be one of 'rational irrationality': having reason to adopt or sustain an irrational pattern of reasoning, on the ground that the results of doing so are mostly for the best.
The rules that govern our lives need to be rules that we can see ourselves as having reason to follow.
If I have a passion for gambling, my fortunes might ricochet up and down without anyone having reason to think it all very unfair.
The government accuses Manning of leaking the embassy cables despite having reason to believe that they could be used to the injury of the US.
Early drafts of the bill provided a prison sentence for any person who profits, "knowing, or having reason to know," that a worker will be subject to involuntary servitude.
They show that: UK intelligence agencies sent more than 1,600 questions to be put to the two opposition leaders, Sami al-Saadi and Abdul Hakim Belhaj, despite having reason to suspect they were being tortured.
The Bostonians had reason.
He had reason for caution.
They had reason to cheer.
