Example sentences of "[adj] see why " in BNC.
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| 1 | The laws are kept because of our faith ; it is possible to see why they have even been called ‘ the secret of our survival ’ . |
| 2 | It is thus possible to see why , although the Suez affair brought about so dramatic a collision between the two governments , the damage in practice was not lasting . |
| 3 | UP UNTIL Mind Bomb it was easy to see why Matt Johnson had never toured The The during its 10-year life span : the group was never more than a shifting collection of session players and ‘ guests ’ , songs so devoted to doom and gloom limited audiences to Exit members , the lunacy of the extended format Infected video implied visions far beyond the confines of the stage , and an inflated sense of his own worth would have made the risk of failure too great . |
| 4 | On this showing , it is easy to see why . |
| 5 | It 's easy to see why Reitzle was impressed . |
| 6 | Watching the young rave crowd at Soul 2/UFO ( Unlimited Freak Out ) , two-clubs-in-one every Saturday at Tin Pan Alley , it 's easy to see why . |
| 7 | It is easy to see why a girl might come to this conclusion . |
| 8 | Most of the world 's population have accepted states and powers , and it is easy to see why : life may not be less bloody or dangerous under a sovereign power , but it is more predictable . |
| 9 | Currently Jonathan has clients from Dubai , Venezuela , Hong Kong and Miami , as well as the British-based , on his books , and a tour around the little harbours of Looe , Fowey and St Mawes with fishing boats bobbing in the deep blue waters , or a ride through the tiny villages on high-banked , well-surfaced , empty country roads , makes it easy to see why Cornwall and East Devon are prime targets for relocation . |
| 10 | It is easy to see why Mr Smith has decided not to target investment income . |
| 11 | It is easy to see why this has become the best-loved of all his works . |
| 12 | Swirling in an army Chinook helicopter through wind and fog and over a sea of smouldering lava yesterday , it was easy to see why earlier plans to bomb or mine it off course and up on to the surface have been shelved . |
| 13 | It was easy to see why . |
| 14 | It 's easy to see why guests return to the Seewinkel year after year . |
| 15 | It is easy to see why so many people , from Hobbes onwards , have regarded the possession of de facto power , of actual effective power over the behaviour of people , as crucial to the possession of legitimate authority . |
| 16 | There was always a danger that the legend would become larger than the man , just as it certainly has with his close friend Warren Beatty and thus it is easy to see why Jack Nicholson now guards himself well and repels invaders . |
| 17 | In narrow spaces like these it is easy to see why Prague Baroque had to be more dramatic with a greater sense of movement , light and shade than its Viennese equivalent . |
| 18 | However , it was easy to see why Marr was so keen on ‘ Big Mouth Strikes Again ’ . |
| 19 | As each ride had five gondolas , it is easy to see why the various fair magnates were wealthy , even in the days when a ride cost 3d . |
| 20 | It is easy to see why credo , ‘ I believe ’ , should be a dubious case : belief does seem to leave something to the discretion of a trustee , and there may well be doubt whether a rather tentative expression of belief sufficiently expresses a testator 's intention that a trust should be set up . |
| 21 | It is easy to see why Elizabeth feels this way , and needs a lot of tact and patience to cope with what she perceives as her husband 's unreasonable childishness . |
| 22 | Bearing in mind that in many villages there is little chance of finding even a monkey wrench , it is easy to see why speedy repairs are often impossible . |
| 23 | It is easy to see why : the track is only six lanes wide so that the crowd is closer to the action than usual , and the organizers have the knack of building up the anticipation for the big event so that once it gets under way , emotion bubbles over . |
| 24 | It is easy to see why it became beyond the control of one man . |
| 25 | All slimming diets which can possibly work are based on calorie reduction , but it is easy to see why people become confused about this . |
| 26 | Add to that our unfortunate preference for foreign goods rather than our own ( 25 per cent of what we spend as consumers is on imported products ) and it 's quite easy to see why the UK manufacturing base has become so fragile . |
| 27 | It is easy to see why . |
| 28 | And it 's easy to see why critical acclaim was so forthcoming . |
| 29 | Popular mythology among mothers has it that the first child is always the most ‘ difficult ’ , and it is easy to see why this should be so . |
| 30 | ‘ It is the course my soul loves best , ’ says golf writer Bernard Darwin , and it 's easy to see why . |