probable reason

collocation in English

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probable
adjective
uk
/ˈprɒb.ə.bəl/us
/ˈprɑː.bə.bəl/
likely to be true or likely ...
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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 ofprobableandreasonfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofprobable reason

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Theprobablereasonfor this is that it is not generally realized how easy it is to undo rigorous dieting.
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Theprobablereasonfor this lack of statistical difference between the experimental groups is the large variation in fatigue experienced by individual patients undergoing radiotherapy.
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Theprobablereason, and the hypothesis motivating the present study, is that a significant proportion of individuals who are born deaf have underdeveloped language proficiency in any language.
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The disorganization of macromolecules could be theprobablereasonfor a larger population of water in the bulk state, resulting in release of water held in hydration layers.
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The mostprobablereasonfor low toxicity of organophosphates and pyrethroids is the evolution of multiple resistance mechanisms; however, further studies are required to establish these mechanisms.
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Theprobablereasonis that the day fixed for the poll does not suit particular constituencies.
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Theprobablereasonis fear that the manufacturer might cut off supplies or slow down deliveries.
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Incompletely sealed rubber liners fitted to a milking machine shortly before the outbreak started was theprobablereason, allowing faecal material to contaminate the milk over the period concerned.
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They had no intention of dating them from an earlier time, and the link between increased benefits and contributions is theprobablereasonfor that.
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Our inquiries in this connection do not suggest that weather conditions were the mostprobablereasonwhy no distress signal was heard.
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My object in rising is to call attention to theprobablereasonwhy there is a deficit in connection with women's employment insurance.
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Indeed, theprobablereasonwhy they hold hereditary office is that they have been around almost as long the current monarchy itself.
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However, in my experience theprobablereasonthat it emerged in discussion was the distress of another child in the same class.
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This characteristic is theprobablereasonfor the exceptionally long lifespan of wizards.
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A moreprobablereasonis that he chose to focus on his political career.
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Oneprobablereasonis the production of large amounts of secondary metabolites in plant cells.
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It is speculated by many that this is theprobablereasonfor having no season 2 of claymore.
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Anotherprobablereasonfor the decline, and eventual end, of retainer sacrifices is the creation of shabti-figures.
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Aprobablereasonfor the abandonment of land taxes was the greater revenues raised by taxes on property and income.
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When such an alert is issued, theprobablereasonis the loss of capability to validate the position data (insufficient satellites being a potential reason).
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Theprobablereasonmay be that being a coastal area most of the tubewells draw water from less contaminated deep aquifers.
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The moreprobablereasonis that early tracks were used to pull wagons smoothly in the days before paved roads, and that they fit a different gauge.
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