Example sentences of "[vb -s] [to-vb] why [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Diana de Moutis says she still wants to know why Roos obtained an export licence , which normally takes a year , within two months and whether Didier Imbert had a buyer ready when he bought ‘ La Celestine ’ . |
| 2 | It aims to discover why farmers who in general enjoy better than average health are nonetheless more likely to develop a range of cancers , including leukaemia and cancers of the prostrate , brain , stomach , skin and lip . |
| 3 | The research aims to determine why management supports and how management measures the success of a Quality Circle programme . |
| 4 | All that helps to explain why businessmen are keen to talk up prospects in official surveys and why they do n't really believe all that they say . |
| 5 | Evidence of excessive demand There is some observable good sense in this argument , and it helps to explain why sterling has not hit the fan a lot earlier , during a truly spectacular swing from surplus to deficit over the past two years . |
| 6 | The first factor helps to explain why simulations of physical systems are often more successful than simulations of social , demographic or economic systems , for physical systems are generally easier to isolate , identify and characterize . |
| 7 | All this helps to explain why founders and managers were usually opposed to a mixed membership . |
| 8 | All of which helps to explain why Mr Kohl 's chances of winning re-election do not look as bad as a shrinking economy , growing budget deficit , and foreign-policy gridlock might lead you to expect . |
| 9 | At the same time , this book helps to explain why Charles 's exercise of rulership had long-term effects , and why his kingdom lasted . |
| 10 | Like the subcontracting system , group affiliation provides an important adjustment cushion which helps to explain why keiretsu profits are much less variable , if not necessarily higher , than other firms . |
| 11 | One begins to see why people think and behave in the way they do . |
| 12 | The problem with this type of explanation is that it fails to explain why women , who are surely more deprived than men , do not also engage in violent acts . |
| 13 | This begins to explain why record companies require long-term agreements with artists and are looking for acts with world-wide potential . |