only reason
collocation in Englishmeaningsofonlyandreason
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only
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˈəʊn.li/us/ˈoʊn.li/
used to show that there is a single one or very few of something, or that there are ...
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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 ofonlyandreasonfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofonly reason
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That was theonlyreason.
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However, it is not theonlyreason.
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Agro-environmental partnership activities are not theonlyreasonfor pesticide reductions in these commodities.
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Fiscal earnings were not theonlyreasonwhy some governors were unwilling to enforce these laws.
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Some insist that duty must be theonlyreasonfor the action.
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That's not theonlyreason, but it is one of them.
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Theonlyreasonfor feedback would be to improve explicit phoneme identification.
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Physical distribution may not be theonlyreasonfor a distributed approach.
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But this was not theonlyreasonwhy people avoided looking far ahead into the future.
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But balance is not theonlyreasonto rethink social psychology's research agenda.
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Theonlyreasongiven for enjoying it was using the keyboards.
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It was clear, however, that this was not theonlyreasonfor his resignation.
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Commitment tactics are not theonlyreasonwhy taking it in turns may not get going.
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Thus, environmental pollution might not be theonlyreasonfor feminization or other gonad impairment.
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Theonlyreasonfor this movement of c is to make the communication on public channels visible.
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The abandonment of established conservation measures suggests that this is not theonlyreasonfor farmers' reluctance to adopt.
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As it turns out, theonlyreasonwhy these fronts can still propagate is because of their curvature.
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Rarely have electoral rules been theonlyreasonin the past, but they have contributed to the crisis.
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Theonlyreasonto think that causes must entail their effects is if one models causality on logical entailment.
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Theonlyreasonnot to have the writer in the room is if they make everybody anxious.
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Theonlyreasonfor new legislation, in the view of these parties, is to reconfirm the status quo.
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As with the conspiracy theory offered by the other side, theonlyreasonfor giving this theory credence is ideological.
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