principal reason

collocation in English

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principal
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈprɪn.sə.pəl/us
/ˈprɪn.sə.pəl/
first in order ...
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reason
noun
uk
/ˈriː.zən/us
/ˈriː.zən/
the cause of an event or situation or something that provides an excuse ...
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(Definition ofprincipalandreasonfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Aprincipalreasonwas timing.
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Most mentioned more stems as theprincipalreasonfor cultivation.
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This fact was theprincipalreasonfor the alpha-group collaboration.
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Theprincipalreasonfor this disparity is, again, a temporal one.
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Second, that theprincipalreasonfor this is farmer and pastoralist mismanagement of the land.
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Mechanised harvesting in wet weather was thought to be theprincipalreasonfor the worse performance.
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Theprincipalreasonis based on the text of human rights instruments themselves.
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Clines' assessment of theprincipalreasonfor the removal of the religious elements in stage three is persuasive.
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One reason (and indeed theprincipalreason) in favour of political controls relates to arguments of democratic legitimacy.
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Theprincipalreasonwas political.
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That is theprincipalreason.
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That is theprincipalreasonput forward.
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There is oneprincipalreasonfor this.
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Indeed, that is theprincipalreason.
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Theprincipalreasonrelates to the directive.
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Is not that theprincipalreason?
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Theprincipalreasonis public morality.
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That was not theprincipalreason.
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Myprincipalreasonfor raising the subject is this.
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That is theprincipalreasonfor the congestion.
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That was theprincipalreasonfor their removal.
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That is theprincipalreasonfor my objection.
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That is theprincipalreasonfor our amendment.
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Perhaps hisprincipalreasonfor that is economic.
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The evidence points to smoking habits as theprincipalreason.
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