Example sentences of "why [modal v] [pron] [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If all men are human beings , why should we need two categories instead of one ? |
| 2 | So why should we have new boundaries . |
| 3 | So therefore Mr Deputy Speaker in conclusion , what I 'd say to the minister is , number one do we really need this order at all ? because why should we have extra seats just because Germany are getting more . |
| 4 | Why should we have bloody machines doing work when human beings should be doing it ? |
| 5 | We do not allow motor cyclists on to the roads without helmets , so why should we allow bowler-hatted men with batons to walk up the highways ? |
| 6 | Pope John 's ‘ optimism ’ was later criticized — why should he ignore apocalyptic signs of disaster to concentrate on those that gave grounds for hope ? — but hope was in such short supply in 1961 that his words were eagerly seized upon ( Moltmann , 1977 , p. 368 , n. 64 ; The Extraordinary Synod of 1985 likewise gave a more ‘ pessimistic ’ reading of the ‘ signs of the times ’ ) . |
| 7 | Yet the point which he rightly argued was that for the previous thirty years he had personally controlled the maintenance of the ditches and hedges of this parish , so why should he consider newfangled ideas about nature conservation being built into any proposed scheme now ? |
| 8 | As he reflected on the brutality of what he had seen done in the name of religion in the Civil War , Taylor asked himself , ‘ If persons be Christians in their lives and Christians in their profession , … why should I hate such persons whom God loves and who love God , because … they have not the same opinion as I have ? ’ |
| 9 | Why should I support mock interviews ? |
| 10 | Why would they leave those poles ? |
| 11 | When costs are so profitable why would they need full-time employees , they can just have us stood at the door any d any g at the gate any week they want , begging for a day 's work . |
| 12 | She liked me , I could tell ; otherwise why would she make such efforts to demonstrate that she was n't interested ? |
| 13 | Why would you need three years to make a record ? |