31.   Silas said Monday that the sole reason he came to Charlotte was because of Cowens, a former Celtics teammate.

32.   That is the sole reason I did it.

33.   The defense secretary acknowledged there had been security concerns but said they were not the sole reason for the cancellation.

34.   The Electoral College is not the sole reason for voter apathy, of course.

35.   The health of the Stuarts is not the sole reason the monarchy lost power.

36.   The HMO insisted that the sole reason for its denial was that hepatitis B patients did not meet the state criteria for transplants.

37.   The Missouri bill would limit insurers from making credit scoring the sole reason for denying coverage or raising insurance rates.

38.   The Justice Department declined Monday to comment on the request, but said in general that sexual orientation could not be the sole reason to prosecute.

39.   The new parks, however, are not the sole reason for the early eruption of home runs.

40.   The Nuggets dumped Randy Woods and Elmore Spencer, making McDyess the sole reason they sacrificed three players.