Example sentences of "[adj] why [art] " in BNC.

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1 It is unexplained why the radiometer readings in Bands 6 and 7 are lower in the second series , when the illumination is greater , but this was taken as grist to the mill of the idea that the radiometer method would probably be less reliable than the imaging method .
2 This information will usually make it clear why a class of share has been classified as equity or non-equity , but if necessary additional information should be given to explain the classification .
3 ‘ It is not clear why a few of the many people who carry this bacteria go on to develop TSS , while the majority do n't .
4 Nor is it clear why the events in the cerebral cortex should count as a terminus ; why they — rather than other events up- or down-stream — should constitute the perception .
5 * It is not clear why the effect of the retention interval should be especially marked when the pre-exposure flavour is different from that used in the subsequent phases of the study .
6 It should now be clear why the daggerboard must be fully down , as not only does it provide stability , but also the pivot point about which the board turns .
7 Knowing that , it 's clear why the SAS 's other , lesser known , motto is Train Hard , Fight Easy .
8 Viewed in this way it is clear why the separation of rules governing the use of means of warfare from those on the initiation of conflict has proved increasingly difficult to maintain .
9 It is not clear why the local police did not start the search immediately .
10 It is not clear why the age of 65 was taken as the cut-off point for these screening programmes .
11 The following morning he went to Dawson 's house , thereby missing a telephone call from the King 's private secretary asking him to go to the Palace before luncheon ( it is not clear why the message was not passed on ) .
12 It is not clear why the consent of the parties should be a precondition to leapfrog appeals , and the issue was contentious when the Bill was debated in Parliament .
13 ( As it takes place within an overall structure of hierarchy and private ownership it is clear why the principle can only be described as quasi-democratic . )
14 In any case , it is not clear why the period of five years has been chosen .
15 It was not clear why the matter deserved a book to itself .
16 It is not clear why the motives of the White Paper of 1943 , the intentions of the inspectorate and the hopes of educational reformers were so little heeded in the specific detail of selection .
17 It is not clear why the theft or robbery count should be considered before that of handling except that the theft or robbery must have come first in time .
18 It is not clear why the disease is usually not apparent until calves , turned out to graze in the spring , have been at grass for 2-5 months .
19 It is quite questionable why the heads of JRFU do n't establish ‘ real ’ clubs in Japan based on long-range plans .
20 Sometimes the associated qualities clearly relate to attributes which the animals undoubtedly possess — an elephant is an obvious symbol of strength and power in any culture — but it is by no means obvious why a bat should be associated with happiness or a deer with affluence .
21 It should be obvious why a single structural or ‘ semantic ’ paragraph in Hinds ' ( 1977 ) analysis can extend over five orthographic paragraphs in a newspaper .
22 It is not obvious why the Court was concerned with the possible application of Magistrates ' Courts Act 1980 , s.133 to the activation of the suspended sentence in this case ( although it concluded that it did not apply in any event ) .
23 I am not sure why the hatred exists .
24 I 'm not quite sure why the Championship actually disrupts things the way it does .
25 The pocket zips are good quality plastic , so I 'm not sure why the main zip is lightweight metal .
26 I am not sure why the idea of an old woman in an unlit room reading out newspaper headlines for her grandson tickles me so , but it does .
27 We are not sure why the Greeks chose the number 360 but it may have been because 360 can be divided up in a lot of different ways .
28 I am not sure why the Minister would not take that on board .
29 She was n't quite sure why the possibility that it was Luke Hunter who had sent her the flowers was so disturbing …
30 In short , there is no reason whatsoever under the rules of the Socialist International why the Labour Party should n't put up candidates against the SDLP in Northern Ireland .
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