Example sentences of "why [pron] should [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Now why should you think I would be harbouring thoughts of revenge , unless … ’ she let a silence grow ‘ … you know a very good reason why I should feel that way ? ’ |
| 2 | As long as everything goes through okay , and tha I do n't see why I should have any problems . |
| 3 | I do n't see why I should support single parents ! |
| 4 | She did not know why she should feel such fear , because she felt for her mother not respect , but contempt : and why should she lack courage before someone whose attitudes were to her so transparently , pettily contemptible ? |
| 5 | Though why she should need any kind of defence against Niall Grant was a question to which there seemed no logical answer . |
| 6 | Indeed , you 've been afraid to hold up your end of a rockin' conversation , paralysed by the knowledge that you alone do not possess the second Squirrel Bait album — and worse , you do n't even know why you should possess any Squirrel Bait albums , let alone the second one . |
| 7 | ‘ But I 've got two other reasons for why you should take that money . ’ |
| 8 | Thus , there is no particular reason why we should choose one referent rather than another . |
| 9 | ‘ There 's no reason why we should wish any casualties at all . ’ |
| 10 | I see no earthly reason why we should shackle British Rail in providing a better service still in terms of safety and speed if it comes into conflict with those who want to walk across the line . |
| 11 | In logic we would say to ourselves because the Germans are getting more seats , because East Germany is being added to the union , why on earth should Britain get more as well and it seems very difficult to explain why we should have extra seats at all . |
| 12 | He told me that he had said to Ivy that he hoped between the three of us we might make head or tail of it , and she said , ‘ Well , we are three intelligent people , so I ca n't see why we should have any difficulty . ’ |
| 13 | In fact , come to think of it , there 's no reason why we should see each other at all . |
| 14 | But as it stands , this declaration does not explain why we should accept these criteria , nor why Lenin 's proposal is anything other than arbitrary . |
| 15 | An adviser said : ‘ We do not see why we should allow foreign lotteries to take the money when it can be used for the benefit of Britain . ’ |
| 16 | For example , many people see no reason why they should run any risk from factories making nuclear weapons when they disapprove of nuclear weapons in the first place . |
| 17 | I do n't think you should be allowed to tinker around with the with things like this say within six months of a general election and that 's why they should have fixed term appointments . |
| 18 | To describe how the media cover disorder is not in itself an explanation of why they should adopt this approach . |
| 19 | Clearly , if it were based on RP , there would be no reason why it should affect this environment and not other environments , and these internal facts about BV are quite sufficient to establish independence from RP . |
| 20 | If every other advanced democratic country can cope with the challenge of fully democratically elected parliaments , it is hard to see why it should present insuperable problems in Britain . |
| 21 | The idea seems to be that if priests are given a ‘ properly informed sexual education ’ this will prevent their ‘ love of chastity ’ being displaced by the temptations of the flesh , but I see no reason why it should have this effect . |
| 22 | Quite why anyone should want this feature remains unexplained . |