Sentence examples for nominal reason from inspiring English sources

And what of al-Qaida, the nominal reason why Cory Remsburg was asked to fight for his country?

It called participants "hypocrites, monarchists, ruffians and seditionists" and ridiculed them for not chanting slogans about Egypt, the nominal reason for the protests.

A two-bit talent who is the film's nominal reason for being, Mr. Reeves is best remembered, if at all, for two things: playing Superman on TV, and a bullet in the head.

While the threats and violence may get people to tune in, the nominal reason behind 60 Days In is that Noel needed to find out what was going on in his jail.

The nominal reason for the delay: It gives the State Department, which is saddled by a 1968 executive order with permitting authority over infrastructure projects that cross a U.S. border, more time to explore alternative routes in Nebraska.

Both turn out to be true, as the nominal reasons for Michael's pained smile are excavated through fluid flashbacks and somber revelations.

In "Thérèse," a 1920s woman is driven to commit a terrible crime, for all sorts of nominal reasons, though, in truth, her paramount motive is the accident of her birth: she's bourgeois.

In a hospital in Hong Kong, the two most cited reasons for leaving AMA were wanting to observe symptoms at home or for ‘personal reasons;' in this setting, medical fees were nominal, and financial reasons were not cited as a reason for leaving [19].