Example sentences of "why [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then I realised why comics earn more money than singers . |
| 2 | So to ask why Kasparov played P-K4 may be to look for further rules . |
| 3 | Why communism fell |
| 4 | Alison must have I do n't know why Alison puts water in these cos you do n't need it . |
| 5 | These managerial and financial gains could explain why mergers make sense even for companies producing completely distinct products . |
| 6 | And why skin does n't tear . |
| 7 | In addition to this descriptive overview , issues which will also be discussed include : the relationship between ‘ theory ’ and ‘ practice ’ in crime prevention ; how and why activities come to be defined as crime prevention activities ; changes in the role of crime prevention officers and the increasing importance ( in theory , at least ) of crime prevention in the work of all police officers ; liaison with non-police bodies including crime prevention panels , neighbourhood watch schemes , schools etc. , and finally , the use of new technology in the prevention of crime . |
| 8 | Claire paddles away at buttons on telephone , scours desk for material to take to meeting ( 3.00 p.m. , the worst ) gets hung up fielding call from incandescent client wanting to know why contract has been mis-drafted for third time in succession … |
| 9 | This is why Patrick has never set much store by material things . |
| 10 | There seem to be three main reasons why employers take a deliberate decision not to consult . |
| 11 | Most of the reasons why employers to bring in temporary workers are straightforward . |
| 12 | There are a number of reasons why meetings tend to have a poor reputation . |
| 13 | Here are the main reasons why meetings matter to you : |
| 14 | She could see why Ian did too . |
| 15 | As for the letters to the museum itself and the director , Feigen says that they were apparently intercepted and sent on to Hildenbrand : ‘ When we contacted the museum to ask why payment had not been forthcoming , they had never heard of us ’ . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm beginning to understand why Garry went overboard for you , ’ he said huskily . |
| 17 | He wondered why Pinkie mentioned Laura , then realised with sinking heart that she was no longer keeping her discontent to herself and the echo of it must have travelled for some distance . |
| 18 | That may be why photographer turned pilot , Guido Rossi stands apart from the crowd . |
| 19 | Though this must be one of the main reasons why Germany has received so few Nobel prizes since the war , nothing more can be done about it . |
| 20 | There were several reasons why Adenauer pursued such a line of argument : it might be a way of helping the new West German state to achieve equality in the international order ; it might placate West German annoyance over the role of the International Ruhr Authority ; and it might in time offer an opportunity for West Germany to regain sovereignty of the coal and steel producing Saar , which still remained in French hands . |
| 21 | I was thinking hard about why Prince pleasured me . |
| 22 | Deer have been very much part of my life , and I hope these notes have been of interest and helpful in understanding why stalking takes place . |
| 23 | That is why Irenaeus hit the Gnostics so hard , because they rejected this life as unimportant . |
| 24 | Studies previous to the Sadler/Spencer survey have concentrated , for the most part , on attitudes to domestic energy conservation , in an attempt to discover why programmes aimed at promoting conservation have not been taken up as widely as expected and hoped . |
| 25 | It is hard to know why interviewers persist in using this question . |
| 26 | They stared at each other , and I wondered why Ward had thickened his native Glaswegian accent . |
| 27 | ‘ Dear God , ’ Devlin said , ‘ I sometimes wonder why Steiner does n't make his own way back across the Channel , walking on water . ’ |
| 28 | Some conclusions are apparent , however , that help to show why buy-outs take place and what separates the wheat from the chaff : |
| 29 | Men DO make passes at girls who wear glasses — which is probably why Cartier have named their new gold-plated frames ‘ Romance ’ and designed an invisible ‘ C ’ stamp on the lens which shows up only when breathed on … approx £310 . |
| 30 | ‘ That 's exactly why Gaskell sent him down . |