sufficient reason

collocation in English

meaningsofsufficientandreason

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sufficient
adjective
uk
/səˈfɪʃ.ənt/us
/səˈfɪʃ.ənt/
enough for a ...
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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 ofsufficientandreasonfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsufficient reason

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In fact quite the opposite, as the agent now hassufficientreasonnot to adopt (3).
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The fact that their model is, in their view, "rational" is not asufficientreason.
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In 7% the physician's suggestion that tubal ligation be performed wassufficientreasonfor the choice.
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To it one should add the principle of contradiction and the principle ofsufficientreason.
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But such ambiguity does not amount to asufficientreasonfor claiming in-principle undecidability.
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Others allow that all that is needed is that duty is asufficientreasonfor the action.
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There issufficientreasonto believe that children younger than three are capable of disambiguating novel facts.
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The desire to solve a problem does not constitute asufficientreasono r basis for actually solving it.
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We shall have to decide whether the alternative positions give ussufficientreasonto abandon or modify the primary rationale.
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This principle (or the principle ofsufficientreason) is the first and essential foundation of the conservation law.
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In the case we are considering, is not the wish to have a healthy childsufficientreason?
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The desire to solve a problem does not constitute asufficientreasonor basis for actually solving it.
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But the principle ofsufficientreasondemands that (1), (2), and (3) all be rejected, as there is no sufficient reason for an agent to opt for any of them.
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Is that asufficientreason?
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That may be asufficientreason.
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That seems to be asufficientreason.
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There may have beensufficientreason.
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If there issufficientreason, yes.
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That is not asufficientreason.
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That alone should be asufficientreason.
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There is asufficientreasonfor that.
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Is theresufficientreasonfor it?
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It is not asufficientreason.
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That is no longer asufficientreason.
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He has not hadsufficientreason.
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