1.  The original reason for establishing our association had been to create a more representative forum for contacts.

2.  By this time everyone had forgotten that Roger Clemens was the original reason for their presence in the ballpark.

3.  Mutual contempt was bred in their bones and maintained a vestigial resentment long after the original reasons for hatred faded.

4.  My original reason for taking them to the store was to get ideas about what they wanted for Christmas.

5.  The original reason for the sanctions was right and proper.

6.  The original reason for this tax break was simple.

7.  Though often lost in the hubbub over new benefits, the original reason for trying to redesign Medicare was to avert a financial crisis.

8.  Continental cited rising fuel costs as its original reasons for boosting fares.