with greater reason

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The Italian bishops and barons, less superstitious than the Germans, and with greater reason to resent the domineering graspingness of Gregory, were ready to espouse the Emperor's cause.

From Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Second Series by Brown, Horatio Robert Forbes

Perhaps it might be attributed with greater reason to politic magnanimity; nor, indeed, could Great Britain, as a member of the European council, dictate such terms as Napoleon suggested.

From The Political History of England - Vol XI From Addington's Administration to the close of William IV.'s Reign (1801-1837) by Brodrick, George C. (George Charles)

Others, certainly with greater reason, desire to unify activity and mechanism in a more general concept, though admitting that they are specifically distinct.

From Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic by Croce, Benedetto

She must hate me with all her soul, just as I have hated the Wrandalls, but with greater reason, I confess.

From The Hollow of Her Hand by McCutcheon, George Barr

Now, why should they not in like manner, and even with greater reason, have rescued the bodies of St. Peter and St. Paul, if it were only for decent burial?

From Loss and Gain The Story of a Convert by Newman, John Henry