Example sentences of "[prep] why [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this chapter we will examine various explanations of why most soil conservation policies do not work . |
| 2 | When Sarah McCabe ( 1980 ) queried the logic of why just one police system should be entrusted with the control of crime , law , order , and social assistance , pointing out , ‘ there is some disagreement about the use of the criminal law — unease about control of the streets … [ which poses the question ] who will be controlled and [ who will be ] assisted ’ , she found the tenor of her ‘ thoughtful and moderate examination of the police role … was too much for the senior officers to whom it was presented , and they set out to discredit it with a will ’ ( Greenhill 1981 : 98 ) . |
| 3 | While the Christian spirit with which many view criminals is admirable ( turning cheeks , emptying pockets of stones , getting social work reports ) and results in increased appreciation of why so many succumb to crime , it is not nearly the whole story . |
| 4 | This is exactly what I have attempted in this book , beginning in chapter four with my version of why so many black kids commit themselves to sport , then moving , in chapters five and six , to the experiences in family life and at school and how these affect the ties to sport . |
| 5 | It must have something to do with why so many painters and designers are doing really good work here . |
| 6 | A PIONEERING study into why so many young men are unsafe drivers suggest that driver training should focus on attitudes and relationships as well as mechanics . |
| 7 | Rogers and Burdge ( 1972 , 264 ) have also provided a definition of a community which provides a useful insight into why so many people have moved into the countryside in recent years , since it reads : |
| 8 | You may decide to ponder on why sometimes you are the centre of attention and why at others you are an outsider , or how alliances are formed , or why a group works well in one situation and becomes bogged down in other circumstances ' ? |
| 9 | In his darker moments Rincewind had come up with his own explanation as to why even minor spells refused to stay in his head for more than a few seconds . |
| 10 | For why else , I thought would he be in that position , sensuously embracing a vicious criminal who had tried to kill her partner ? |
| 11 | The Herods of Jesus ' time and before were Idumaeans , and that accounts partly for why so many Jews despised and hated their rule . |
| 12 | That leaves obvious questions about why exactly this illuminates decisions by finite human agents in worlds full of ‘ friction ’ , but we would rather leave them to Chapter 6 , where Game Theory will be found illuminating for thinking about international relations in an ideal-typical way . |
| 13 | ‘ Art In The Ring ’ was a film about why so many writers are drawn to the sport . |
| 14 | As far as the actual steps are concerned I say the on the on the one that you missed out was the tentative benefits statement , that got lost out because of erm tt the red herring that he threw in about why so long , but it do you know it does highlight that we 've got ta try and get back on to it but oth you know , there was a lot of good things in it . |
| 15 | One , we 're going to look at why well trained staff are , are so important to the C U , secondly we 're going to look at things responsibility training is and lastly we want to look at a systematic approach that you can take as training . |
| 16 | But it believes it must take its message into all areas of life , to press causes , such an end to official silence on environmental problems , an investigation into glaring election fraud and above all an honest look at why so many are leaving . |
| 17 | It is useful , therefore , to ask initially why so many people do not become recognised as criminals : to look at why so many conform , or at least do not become regular or serious offenders against the criminal law . |