1.   The main reason lay in the rising level of interest repayments home owners had to make.

2.   The reason lies in its gravity.

3.   The reason for this lies in the response of a polymer to an alternating stress.

4.   The reason lies in historical differences between England and Continental countries, dating from the feudal era, and in particular the Norman Conquest...

5.   Herein lies the reason for the distinction drawn under the common law between credit sales, conditional sales and hire purchase.

6.   The bigger reason lies in that list of prominent critics.

7.   And therein lies the reason why so many brokerage houses upheld their outlooks yesterday.

8.   Another reason lies in the changing nature of cancer research, which now encompasses a wider sphere than in decades past.

9.   Before, companies could more readily argue that legitimate business reasons lay behind their employment patterns.

10.   But for some analysts, therein lies reason for hope for investors.