Example sentences of "why [vb mod] [pron] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Why should we refuse medical treatment to people who are suffering medically compared to other people who say , who need a heart transplant , or a kidney transplant ?
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 There was little that could be done to improve the overall unkempt appearance , except to dig the whole lot up and start again , but , as Luther Reynolds told David on one occasion , ‘ I do n't use the bloody garden , so why should I waste precious money on it ?
9 Why should I support mock interviews ?
10 But if you know them why should you put Dear sir ?
11 Why , why might we expect structural change to occur in this example ?
12 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 .
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