understandable reason

collocation in English

meaningsofunderstandableandreason

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understandable
adjective
uk
/ˌʌn.dəˈstæn.də.bəl/us
/ˌʌn.dɚˈstæn.də.bəl/
easy ...
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reason
noun
uk
/ˈriː.zən/us
/ˈriː.zən/
the cause of an event or situation or something that provides an excuse ...
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(Definition ofunderstandableandreasonfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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That is anunderstandablereason.
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This was for anunderstandablereason.
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Theunderstandablereasonis that their constituents would tear them to tatters if they did.
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This man wants, for a veryunderstandablereason, to come here to be with his brother.
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I understand that the amendment was put down for a very sensible andunderstandablereason.
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That is anunderstandablereason, and to some extent we accept it.
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I believe that this is a fundamental and anunderstandablereason.
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There is nounderstandablereasonfor excluding the solar industry from the regulations.
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That is quite right, and in some cases it is anunderstandablereasonfor delay.
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I am sure that if he was not, it was for a perfectlyunderstandablereason.
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There is no need to be reticent about it; it is a perfectlyunderstandablereason.
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There is nounderstandablereasonfor excluding the entire sector from the regulations.
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That has been decided for theunderstandablereasonthat it might frighten someone.
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I do not think it was a right decision, but that is anunderstandablereasonfor it.
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This is not merely an important matter for old people who have money on one side for anunderstandablereason.
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The local authority has chosen not to implement its power for the best and mostunderstandablereason—the potential cost involved.
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That is anunderstandablereasonwhy planning committees can turn down development applications because they do not consider them relevant to local needs.
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There is only oneunderstandablereasonfor launching local radio at a time of stringency, and that is to pre-empt commercial radio.
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Let me hasten to add that the fear of unemployment is a very natural and veryunderstandablereasonfor this prejudice.
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But the reality of the situation is that very few organs have been forthcoming under that scheme, and for a veryunderstandablereason.
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That, therefore, is the first point; that there was, so to speak, for that veryunderstandablereason, a certain slowness to respond to the sudden new threat.
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