Example sentences of "why the [noun sg] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is why the prayer of the Church as such , the Eucharistic meal which expresses and celebrates joyfully the community of the Church and the ultimate unity of humankind is the sacrament of bodily suffering , of the sacrificial death of Christ at our hands . |
| 2 | That is why the story of the binding of Isaac in chapter 22 is so bewildering . |
| 3 | I pondered on the Italian touch Id experienced early that Sunday afternoon , and reflected on why the rest of the weekend had just fizzled out into one empty blank . |
| 4 | On re-examination of the carotid bifurcation with carotid duplex ultrasound , a large smooth plaque was found in the bulb , causing a 30% stenosis , but parallel with the carotid bulb wall , explaining why the size of the plaque was not detected on angiography . |
| 5 | The assumption that the primitive cell experienced ‘ desire ’ is not as absurd as at first it might appear to be , for there is no reason why the magnitude of the capacity of all living creatures to experience pain and pleasure , in any form , should not be considered measurable into hypothetical units . |
| 6 | If so , we hope this booklet will explain why the issue of the ordination of women to the priesthood is both important and urgent . |
| 7 | But this also explains why the music of the counterculture could be so easily co-opted and its radical implications defused . |
| 8 | This is probably the reason why the cost of the interest payments on foreign exchange deposits has now been accepted by the National Bank . |
| 9 | That is why the support of the government to the voluntary sector has grown so dramatically in recent years . |
| 10 | Suggest some reasons why the land in the background in the photograph is less valuable to farmers than that in the foreground . |
| 11 | Again , so far as the language of the statute is concerned , I can see no reason in principle why the constable in the course of explaining to the driver his rights under section 8(2) should not tell him , if it be the case , that he , the constable , will require the replacement specimen to be of blood . |
| 12 | Alright , can you see why the beep in the ear is so important , just a second ago ? |
| 13 | Why the door to the engine room was open and undamaged . |
| 14 | I have explained to the hon. Gentleman why the funding for the Housing Executive is not as easy this year as it has perhaps been in former years . |
| 15 | That is why the concept of the safety case — a case going back to the very essentials of design — is so important . |
| 16 | Or why the man in the potato-patch was stone cold ? |
| 17 | He would never understand why the man in the attic had not betrayed him . |
| 18 | So let's run the story ‘ Why the delay at the DA 's office ? ’ ’ |
| 19 | Furthermore , the institution should be required to listen to representations from the parties as to why the presumption of the legislation should not apply in a particular case , and to evaluate these representations . |
| 20 | Judge David , 71 , who also sits as an assistant High Court Judge , was describing why the dock of the court was surrounded by bullet proof glass . |
| 21 | This is partly why the paradox at the heart of the theory does n't normally make itself felt . |
| 22 | Will he explain why the perpetrator of the offence is to be allowed to return to the base where Mrs. X 's husband is stationed and where she lives ? |
| 23 | For example , Drudy ( 1978 ) in a study of a prosperous farming area , north Norfolk , found that changes in agriculture were the foremost reason why the population of the area had decreased by 3.7 per cent between 1951 and 1961 , and by 6.9 per cent between 1961 and 1971 . |
| 24 | An individual will invent endless reasons why the absence of the person who has died is due to some circumstance that can change . |
| 25 | Engineers at NASA still have no idea why the launch of the space shuttle Challenger 's first payload went wrong last week . |
| 26 | That is why the balance of the argument in this matter is so fine . |
| 27 | Why the hand on the arm and the over-friendly approach ? |
| 28 | I do not know why the Leader of the House bothers with his Committees , given that he has apparently introduced a major constitutional innovation without any agreement from them . |
| 29 | But why the need for the increase in the marioc subsidy in the first place ? ’ |
| 30 | Of course , I know perfectly well why the Department of the Environment declines to list it . |