Example sentences of "[noun pl] why the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We 've come to ask you savage bloody chaps why the hell you have cut down a pleasant grove of willows . ’ |
| 2 | Failing that , will he explain to my unemployed constituents why the Government consider them a ’ price worth paying ’ ? |
| 3 | Michael Sibele had known for the last two days why the gang of workmen was busy outside the main gates : repairing a burst mains pipe . |
| 4 | He explains to the Greeks why the Romans won , and explains to the Romans the meaning and the conditions of their own victory . |
| 5 | In a disturbing report the documentary questions why the statement of one witness was accepted as central to the case when that of another eyewitness was disregarded . |
| 6 | It gives me the opportunity to explain in proper terms why the Government took that step and to give the lie to many of the hon. Gentleman 's arguments . |
| 7 | At a lecture in Nairobi given by Dr Esmond Bradley Martin , the world 's foremost authority on the rhino-horn trade , she heard him spell out in the starkest of terms why the rhino was on the slide . |
| 8 | It will be seen , however , that although the Rules required that if the notice related to and was prejudicial to a person other than a member , a copy of the notice must be served upon him , such a person not only did not have any prior opportunity of making representations why the notice should not be issued , but was not given , under the Rules , the right to apply to set it aside , nor any right to appeal against the notice . |
| 9 | If things are as bad as the hon. Gentleman says , will my right hon. Friend ask the business men why the west midlands has managed to attract so much investment in manufacturing from abroad , why foreign countries have chosen to locate in the United Kingdom and whether they believe that those people would stay if they had to experience the burden of heavy taxation , job losses and days lost in strikes that would occur with the return of a Labour Government ? |
| 10 | The reason in both cases why the security given was unenforceable was that ( a ) the security was given by the wife of the debtor , ( b ) the creditor knew of the relationship , ( c ) the creditor had done nothing to ensure that the wife understand the transaction , ( d ) the wife did not properly understand the transaction , and ( e ) she had had no independent advice . |
| 11 | Mohamed Mili , ITU secretary general until the end of 1982 , thinks there are two reasons why the West should help . |
| 12 | There could hardly be more fundamental mysteries than the reasons why the Universe came into existence , how life began on planet Earth , and so on . |
| 13 | But their report , published on April 28th , gives many reasons why the bill 's ‘ novel and untested ’ route back to private railways may end in derailment . |
| 14 | At the same time we are worried about the mounting costs of the social services intended to meet the needs of the aged There are several reasons why the problem appears to be particularly acute at the moment and some of the more important ones need stating . |
| 15 | They should understand what is meant by Language Universals , and the reasons why the development of Transformational Grammar has given so powerful an impetus to the study of language acquisition . |
| 16 | This body of evidence is not strong , for Adam was capable of error and there may have been other reasons why the Maldon army had a Northumbrian hostage ( even assuming that the poem is reliable ) and Æthelred a Northumbrian wife , quite unconnected with the absence of Second Hand dies from northern mints . |
| 17 | The study of crime includes how and why the boundaries of crime change , the extent to which the legal definition is accepted , and the reasons why the authorities are more likely to punish certain legally-defined crimes than others . |
| 18 | These are the reasons why the discussion of economic policy during the election has been so trivial and impoverished , with so much fuss about how the budget deficit limits the scope for tax cuts on the one hand and expenditure increases on the other . |
| 19 | ( This also gives the texts of the statutes , but they are often broken up between different titles in rather an inconvenient way , which is one of the reasons why the text in Statutes in Force is preferable . ) |
| 20 | Moreover , in Schroeder Lord Reid said that a consequence of examining validity at the time when the contract was signed made it unnecessary to deal with the reasons why the respondent ( originally the plaintiff ) now wished to be freed from it . |
| 21 | That is one of the reasons why the money spent so far has achieved so little . |
| 22 | In the speech , the public orator will highlight the major features of the honorary graduand 's career , particularly those which have led to eminence and the reasons why the University is bestowing the honour . |
| 23 | This is one of the reasons why the addition of quite small amounts of the wrong impurity can ruin an alloy . |
| 24 | There are good reasons why the schemes should be continued , even under the new privatised regime . |
| 25 | There are three basic reasons why the oceans are so clearly zoned : topography , light , and heat . |
| 26 | The business community benefits greatly from the close involvement of chartered accountants in its affairs and there are a lot of good reasons why the audit should be retained . |
| 27 | Does the Minister agree that the system has been a total failure , which was one of the reasons why the link steering group used consultants to study the scheme ? |
| 28 | However , there are reasons why the state may prefer to own rather than merely to regulate . |
| 29 | Junior Chamber also provides the chance to make friends in a lively atmosphere and could be one of the reasons why the Aberdeen branch has approximately 75 members . |
| 30 | One of the reasons why the range of special paints has diminished over the last few years is that ordinary paints and primers are so good . |