Example sentences of "why [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 It also explains why the Tsar was able to secure the acquiescence of the nobility .
2 This is why the mutation load ( that is , the reduction in mean fitness ) depends on the total mutation rate , U , and not on the strength of selection .
3 So why the turnaround ?
4 There would seem to be no reason why the drafter should not recite the fact that the business 's insurance cover is limited in the standard terms , as an indication of the reason for the limitation .
5 There is no reason why the drafter should not use punctuation ; proper punctuation is a useful aid to comprehension , and the drafter should therefore use it .
6 It is understandable that the very existence of an ex , or exes , may be an unwelcome reminder of the mortality of relationships , but that does n't explain why the ex herself is such a hate figure .
7 There was nothing of interest or value , nothing that gave any clue as to why the scientist had been killed .
8 This may be why the dollar slipped .
9 Why the horror , why the compulsive fascination , by what despairing route had this new and unexpected compulsion carried him through semi-tropical plants in a glass lift to an afternoon such as he would sworn never to attend — he did not know .
10 ‘ Anyone any idea why the master and mistress ask the Heatherington-Scotts ? ’ asked Ethel .
11 The auctioneers , diplomatically , would not comment on why the multi-millionaire star is selling , though they confirmed that there is a reserve price .
12 This complexity explains why the system of concepts and of values has no direct relationship with the process of production ; the two do n't fit .
13 That , as much as the cost of mortgages , is why the system has frozen solid , with hardly anyone buying or selling .
14 ‘ New ideas are being stifled by bureaucracy ’ , is the standard grouse over a beer or gazing into a test tube , along with more detailed criticisms of why the system does n't work .
15 Trainee-computer communication failures for very simple reasons can lead to a complete hiatus unless they are detected and restored by an experienced trainer who can explain to the trainee why the system is failing to respond adequately .
16 The most ambitious suggestion will be that the units behave in a way functional for the system , as demonstrated by showing why the system could not otherwise maintain its impetus .
17 There is no reason why the system should n't work with an IBM PC , as long as you have a SCSI card , a 24-bit colour card and monitor , an external removable 44Mb disk drive and appropriate software , such as Aldus Photostyler .
18 When it comes to the hon. Gentleman 's examples of why the system will be difficult to administer , what do we find ?
19 In each case it attempts to explain what decisions are made , by whom , and how ; why the system operates in the way it does ; the problems that arise and the pressures for change ; the obstacles which inhibit change ; the effectiveness of different forms of accountability and the viability of alternatives to existing practices .
20 I just ca n't see why the system gave him a second chance .
21 The delegation are to submit evidence as to why the course should be privatised in the interests of racing .
22 That is one reason why the case is hard to make .
23 However , if the applicant was happy to have the case dealt with under the procedure for public law cases , then there is no reason why the case should not proceed in this way .
24 If the decision was only as to the construction of a statutory provision that would explain why the case has received little attention in later cases …
25 It is that race of ‘ wise serpents ’ whose totem was the Hooded Cobra found inscribed on the soapstone seals of the Indus Valley who are the Nagas of Indian philosophy , and that is why the Cobra , known as Nag or Naga , has been raised throughout the country to the rank of a Divine Being .
26 This was the reason why the night-blanket was tattered .
27 How or why the interchange of decorative elements was carried out is more difficult to understand ; the moulds for casting the brooches may have been made with models constituting separate elements of the decoration of the brooches , or entirely remodelled each time a brooch was made , with variations .
28 They 're unable to explain why the celebration turned to murder .
29 But that is precisely why the legend , once created , would become part of the folklore of scientific professionalism .
30 Next month we 'll see why the pentatonics can be taken from II , III or VI of any major scale/key and examine the sounds they create when superimposed over various chords .
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