1.   First, the marketer offers the prospect a clearly stated reason to agree to that first date.

2.   For a similar stated reason, reporters are being barred from a meeting with the Chamber of Commerce here.

3.   For while the plant, idle since July, had been cited for safety problems, that was not the stated reason for its demise.

4.   Health protection is the stated reason.

5.   Her stated reasons about unfinished business and fund-raising seem plausible but incomplete.

6.   His stated reason for leaving is a professional crisis.

7.   His stated reason was to attend the high school graduation of a granddaughter, though he is also expected to be honored by an academic society in Manchester.

8.   I have carefully looked at the stated reasons for a drug testing plan for Congress, and each collapses virtually before the proponents uttering them can finish their sentences.

9.   In May, the local board gave him a postponement for no stated reason.

10.   That has raised questions about the wisdom and ethics of hackers who attack computer sites with the stated reason of testing site security.