weighty reason

collocation in English

meaningsofweightyandreason

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weighty
adjective
uk
/ˈweɪ.ti/us
/ˈweɪ.t̬i/
heavy:
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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 ofweightyandreasonfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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There is, therefore, a veryweightyreasonwhy a representative of the purchasing public should be on this committee.
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It is aweightyreason; for in my view the present practice runs contrary to the national interest.
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That is not a sufficientlyweightyreasonfor rejecting our course of action.
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That may be so, but there is another moreweightyreasonfor the alarming fall in price: that reason is economy; the necessity to eat less.
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If they are, are they not bound to state some grave and weighty reasons why they do it?
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There should be extremely weighty reasons for breaking what was an understanding implicit in the situation at the time the treaties were made.
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In addition, in the case of this agreement there are other weighty reasons for rejecting it.
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Both these committees reported against setting up service appeal courts, and gave weighty reasons for their views, which are fully set out in their reports.
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Those very weighty reasons require careful examination before legislation of this kind is contemplated.
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There must be fairly weighty reasons that the security services can provide if any of them should not be admitted.
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Therefore, unless there are weighty reasons to the contrary, surely it is of vital importance that bail should be granted in every case.
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If we do so, it is only for the most weighty reasons of constitutional propriety, and in defence of human rights.
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There must be weighty reasons for them to do so; they do not do it for fun.
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There are a good many weighty reasons why it should not be accepted.
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I hope to satisfy them that there are, indeed, weighty reasons for not doing so.
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According to the court, it is wrong unless there is an objective and reasonable justification or very weighty reasons for it.
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We believe that this possibility has been exaggerated and that there are weighty reasons why this suggested alteration in the law should be accepted.
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He also pointed out the vital necessity of providing all the men who can be spared, and gave the most weighty reasons.
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They will have to give very weighty reasons for not doing so.
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