convincing reason
collocation in Englishmeaningsofconvincingandreason
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convincing
adjective
uk/kənˈvɪn.sɪŋ/us/kənˈvɪn.sɪŋ/
able to make you believe that something is true ...
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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 ofconvincingandreasonfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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There is still noconvincingreasonto alter this advice.
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There is a thirdconvincingreason.
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But is that, if true, a whollyconvincingreason?
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Whatever it is, it is not aconvincingreason.
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That would appear to be the onlyconvincingreason.
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This is a shabby and not veryconvincingreason.
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That is not aconvincingreasonfor major constitutional change.
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I certainly believe that that is the mostconvincingreason.
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Is there anyconvincingreasonwhy it should not be?
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However, there is noconvincingreasonto exhibit microhabitat specificity for mating as the random selection of niches could also contribute to increasing intraspecific contacts.
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We do not have anyconvincingreasonto suspect that one of these hypothesized effects is stronger than the other for voters holding more extreme issue positions.
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He claims that the book shows that this may not be the case, but there is noconvincingreasongiven as to why the industry should recover.
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No one has given aconvincingreasonwhy there should be a fixed maximum.
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In more recent years, we can look to noconvincingreasonbeyond ourselves and our performance.
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Secondly, noconvincingreasonhas been given for such a change in the rules.
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I think that alone is a mostconvincingreasonagainst putting this case to them.
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He gave noconvincingreasonwhy the amendment should be resisted.
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Can he give oneconvincingreasonwhy petrol rationing should continue?
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That to my mind is aconvincingreasonwhy these licences should not be distributed indiscriminately.
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The first is this: there is noconvincingreasonwhy we should make any change whatever.
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Noconvincingreason, in our opinion, has been advanced for making a change.
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There may be a good andconvincingreasonfor it but it is not self-evident to me.
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That is always a satisfactory andconvincingreason, to my mind, for not proceeding too rapidly in that direction.
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Noconvincingreasonhas been given for treating onshore and offshore workers differently—often by the same company.
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There seems noconvincingreasonwhy some societies should be subject to different limits from those applying to other societies.
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