Example sentences of "[prep] why [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because teachers often can not answer the question of why they teach as they do and because they refer to statements such as that they just know what to do or have a feeling or sense about what to do , it has been suggested that what guides teachers in making sense of their work and what commits them to action is a mixture of " personal knowledge , tacit knowledge , routine knowledge … when conscious thought is not permitted the time to percolate and inform practice " ( Simons and Elliott 1989 ) . |
| 2 | Certainly , the Serbian forces have publicly admitted that they had targeted the regional museum in Sarajevo : early last month the BBC 's war reporter Kate Adie quoted the Serbian explanation of why they had shelled the hotel which houses all the foreign correspondents : apparently they were aiming at the roof of the museum ( which contains the Bosnian anthropological material ) and missed . |
| 3 | Raza was a reminder to Falangists , monarchists and others of why they had fought the Civil War and what they owed to Francisco Franco . |
| 4 | No 3225 Set by Watson Weeks We asked you , following the TV exposé of Summerhill , for a Speech Day address by the principal , an explanation by a parent of why they sent their child there , or a statement by a former pupil of the advantages of a Summerhill education . |
| 5 | However , the firm selling overseas needs an understanding of why they behave in that way . |
| 6 | No 3225 Set by Watson Weeks Following the TV exposé of the horrors/miracle of being at the school founded by A S Neill , could we have a Speech Day address by the principal of Summerhill ; an explanation by a parent of why they have chosen it ; or a statement by a former pupil of the advantages gained by a Summerhill education . |
| 7 | To say that effects are events which in a fundamental or standard sense can be explained is to say this : there is a possibility of our finding a proposition which fully answers the question of why they occurred . |
| 8 | Part of the chapter on motivation deals with obesity , and the discussion of theories of why we stuff ourselves is capped by a cartoon in which a chef tells a fat blimp ‘ As far as I know there 's no such thing as a diet cream puff . ’ |
| 9 | Meanwhile , there was the more urgent matter of why we had been followed . |
| 10 | This is the explanation of why we observe that the thermodynamic and cosmological arrows of time point in the same direction . |
| 11 | The question of why we want it is a psychological one , which we answer by much the same means . |
| 12 | If , however , you do not know who this person is , or might be , it would be more helpful if we were to give some indication of why we have introduced her into the conversation . |
| 13 | Yet another example of why we need regulation and licensing within the industry . |
| 14 | What my hon. Friend says is no doubt the kernel of why we need the Bill . |
| 15 | The most natural explanation of why we oppose checkerboard statutes appeals to that ideal : we say that a state that adopts these internal compromises is acting in an unprincipled way , even though no single official who voted for or enforces the compromise has done anything which , judging his individual actions by the ordinary standards of personal morality , he ought not to have done . |
| 16 | The widespread and striking consistency of this underlying pattern of true managerial layers leads naturally to the question of why it occurs . |
| 17 | So any explanation of why it started must focus on the collapse in investment . |
| 18 | The aim of such a meeting would not be to see whether any staff members have particular responsibility for the event but to try to develop a shared understanding of why it occurred . |
| 19 | I 'm not quite , has , is th it gives no indication of why it 's been issued , that 's the catch . |
| 20 | There can never be an excuse for what happened to James Bulger , but we should all hope that some day there will be a better understanding of why it happened . |
| 21 | In addition to the actual design , you should include a short statement of why you chose a particular design , what message it seeks to convey , and the type of image it is portraying . |
| 22 | A metaphysical world view raises the question of why you attracted that event . |
| 23 | Words like " explain " , " justify " and " assess " are used to focus your attention on causation and evidence ; you should not only describe what you have read but also offer an analysis of why you take the view of it you do . |
| 24 | 4 Write a short explanation of why you have chosen that island . |
| 25 | Clearly , the statement should contain a sensible account of why you lost your job , but a lengthy screed will seldom be called for . |
| 26 | Rather , your problem is one of why you find it difficult to make a commitment to the relationship . |
| 27 | it is worth writing an index and even typing a few pithy words of your own to remind you , and others , of why you did what you did , when you did it ! |
| 28 | Could you give me examples of why you think I 'm ignorant or stupid ? ’ |
| 29 | You must also have a clear idea of why you want such a system . |
| 30 | The second point I want to er make Mr Deputy Speaker wholly relating to this erm er clutch of er orders of which er eighteen plus the er the schedule which the minister did n't have time to go through in great detail , is the thrust of why I put the amendment down erm in fact that this order should not be er erm approved indeed until the citizens of Gibraltar have been and able to be represented in the European parliament . |