1.  But those were not the immediate reasons he was so glad to be here.

2.  China has a more immediate reason not to alienate foreigners.

3.  Democrats are eager to pass the measure this year for immediate political reasons as well as for environmental concerns.

4.  No immediate reason was provided.

5.  Obvious as those entertainment considerations may be, there are more immediate cultural reasons why the White House has become a center of suspicion in movies.

6.  Observers said the immediate reason each side had decided to downplay the budget involves the tactical imperatives of an election year.

7.  She gave me an immediate reason to take hold.

8.  The immediate reason, he explained, was that he had grown tired of playing the same charts night after night with the Goodman band.

9.  The immediate reason is that Congress is about to begin hearings Tuesday on legislation pending in both houses to punish Iran even more.

10.  The task does not, however, stop there, for two immediate reasons and one wider, longer-term one.