Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] why [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , there are some very sound reasons why we should not re-petition just yet . |
| 2 | I 've no idea whether Europe is going to work , no one has , and I can think of huge historical reasons why it wo n't . |
| 3 | In Oz13 and It33 a letter from a ‘ surrealist group ’ including jazz singer/writer George Melly was published giving twenty-one reasons why they needed ‘ Danny the Red ’ Cohn-Bendit , the media 's nominee for ‘ leadership ’ of the May Events . |
| 4 | Simply answer our question by ticking the appropriate box and then tell us in no more than 12 words why you would like to be a Clairol winner . |
| 5 | For example , people may be understandably reluctant to commit their personal financial details to paper , or discuss the real reasons why they may have left one of their previous jobs . |
| 6 | You know , ’ she confided , ‘ I sometimes think that one of the chief reasons why I 'm marrying Rob is because it will get me Luke as a half-brother-in-law . ’ |
| 7 | It was one of the more simple reasons why she denied the pregnancy , even to herself , for so long . |
| 8 | Mrs Kirstine Fry had suffered the misfortune to open a registered letter from the increasingly unpopular Flashman , dismissing her husband and outlining six reasons why he had to go . |
| 9 | ‘ He gave six reasons why I was getting the push , and they 're all crap . |
| 10 | They want erm English thirteen year-olds why they chose me I shall never know . |
| 11 | However , people do often need more than just a diet , as there may be psychological reasons why they ca n't manage to stay slim . ’ |
| 12 | But I appreciate there were good operational reasons why he did what he did , but that 's just from my own experience . |
| 13 | There are two obvious reasons why it may be hard to set up this market . |
| 14 | Against each person put three reasons why they would be likely to find your presentation convincing . |
| 15 | Then list three reasons why they might have the opposite reaction . |
| 16 | There are three reasons why I think Ghatak 's work is especially valuable . |
| 17 | Those are three reasons why he will today be elected to Labour 's national executive , writes Colin Hughes . |
| 18 | As to the leading reasons why they did not recycle , 37 per cent blamed a lack of collection points ; 25 per cent said they did not have enough space to store materials awaiting recycling ; 10 per cent found it too much trouble to separate out different categories of waste ; and 8 per cent cited shortage of time . |
| 19 | But there are also domestic reasons why it should have decided to cease co-operation with the IAEA . |
| 20 | And I 'm going to point out two or three things why it 's absolutely essential that you tell everything over the phone . |
| 21 | Three reaons why you ca n't beat a bit of Bully . |
| 22 | As Michael Ruse observes ( 1981 ) if selectionism is a tautology , neutralism is a contradiction , Darwin 's strategy in structuring his argumentation to conform to the vera causa ideal shows why it is not . |
| 23 | and er qualified immunity from damages , my Lord there are three grounds why we say er that er in the interim were your Lordship minded to make a reference that recoveries from the central fund should be allowed to continue . |
| 24 | My dad 's he did n't understand before he seen the mini eggs why they 're so dear . |
| 25 | There are many reasons why we eat — and it is certainly not simply to satisfy the pangs of hunger . |
| 26 | There are many reasons why we eat — and a number of them have nothing whatsoever to do with hunger or even a liking for a particular type of food . |
| 27 | There are many reasons why we tell lies . |
| 28 | While Mr Kawawa gave many reasons why they should take over the newspaper , he gave no reasons why they did not . |
| 29 | The Etruscans remained mysterious to the Greeks — one of the many reasons why they are still mysterious to us . |
| 30 | This was one of the many reasons why he was such an immensely likeable man . |