Example sentences of "it is difficult to understand why " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is difficult to understand why the judges selected his design for second prize , as the assessors had rejected it by saying that it was ‘ Too expensive and involving too great a sacrifice of property ’ , and were supported by Brunel and Burn . |
| 2 | In fact , it is difficult to understand why more nesting birds do not use this defence . |
| 3 | It is difficult to understand why the Democratic leadership should have been quite so defeatist in 1981 . |
| 4 | It is difficult to understand why Clemens Alexandrinus called him a Peripatetic ( Strom. 1.72.4 ) , but perhaps the important point is that he was assigned to a philosophic school at all , because this was quite unusual for a Jew of the second century B.C. Aristobulus quoted Greek writers — authentic or forged — to support the truth of the Bible and the dependence of the Greeks on Jewish wisdom . |
| 5 | It is difficult to understand why this screen — which was presumably intended to be a close-boarded fence — was needed , as the turnpike road is some distance away , one field beyond the other side of the river . |
| 6 | It is difficult to understand why the Bomber Staff was so reluctant to even consider the Ministerial direction . |
| 7 | The total loss of these aircraft and crews was the bitterest blow Bomber Command had to suffer in the entire war , and it is difficult to understand why it happened . |
| 8 | It is difficult to understand why Mark 's action was not brought to the attention of the authorities then , because his action as the captain of the aircraft dwells within many heroic and desperate actions that under normal circumstances would have been considered for high award . |
| 9 | It is difficult to understand why so many media interests voluntarily accept " D " notices : the system would not work without their support . |