Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] why they " in BNC.
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| 1 | The laws are kept because of our faith ; it is possible to see why they have even been called ‘ the secret of our survival ’ . |
| 2 | It was easy to see why they go on so much about them . |
| 3 | It is easy to see why they might need reassuring . |
| 4 | Annabelle 's family have owned their furniture shop for over 100 years and it is easy to see why they are a success if you have had the privilege of actually working for them , as I have . |
| 5 | WHEN A CLUB as great as Cardiff fall on times as hard as they are now it is easy to understand why they ask New Zealand 's John Hart if he could take over as coaching director and why they have asked Australia 's Alec Evans the same question . |
| 6 | They are so like the television it 's sometimes hard to see why they are being done on a stage . |
| 7 | It 's not hard to see why they 're currently top of the Local Artists Chart . |
| 8 | Because on the evidence before us it seems to me it 's hard to understand why they went that way . |
| 9 | When a parent is very resistant to changing their reactions to their children it is helpful to unearth why they feel so strongly and often this is because of childhood experience . |
| 10 | It is important to understand why people are favourably disposed towards a move , just as much as it is important to know why they are unhappy about going . |
| 11 | Some have even kept their tattoos hidden from their children and have been reluctant to explain why they will not peel off in the sun . ’ |
| 12 | We are unlikely to find much evidence one way or the other just by reading judicial opinions at random , for judges are unlikely to explain why they believe what everyone believes . |
| 13 | They have found it hard , too , to make a bridge between the 11 years of Mrs Thatcher and the 16 months of Mr Major , to say what a wonderful woman she was , while being unable to explain why they threw her off the sledge . |
| 14 | With their lack of English they were unable to explain why they chose to go hungry rather than eat such a choice dish . |
| 15 | Left-hand gloves are folded neatly over hip pockets , every stricken shot is preceded by at least three practice swings , and plumb bobbing is done on most greens , although , were the players challenged , most would be unable to explain why they were dangling their putter between thumb and index finger , and closing one eye , usually the wrong one . |
| 16 | Perhaps if we could find out more about where they came from , we might be able to say why they came . |
| 17 | If you are replacing someone who is leaving the firm then it is essential to know why they are going . |
| 18 | It is difficult to see why they would be deterred any more than fined traffic-offenders are deterred ; they can calculate rationally the cost of future fines and build that into any contemplation of irregular and illegal behaviour . |
| 19 | But it was difficult to see why they would , given that everyone seemed to agree with the current policy . |
| 20 | The behaviour of some modern gliders during take-offs and landings is very different to most of the training gliders , and it is vital to understand why they are more prone to swinging . |
| 21 | Many people who care or who are cared for find it difficult to understand why they can not get the resources for that care when such vast amounts go towards people who are in residential care . |
| 22 | You ca n't , it 's difficult to believe why they do n't charge full whack . |
| 23 | It is difficult to explain why they would have maintained such popularity — for it is said that Cooper produced a painting a day — over shifts in market and social circumstances . |