Example sentences of "[prep] why the [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the US Congress the House banking committee , chaired by Henry Gonzalez , was one of a number of committees now investigating the question of why the US government 's Commodity Credit Corp . |
| 2 | All this raises the question of why the Reagan administration wants to quit the business of satellites in the first place . |
| 3 | Halloran 's and his co-workers ' explanation of why the media coverage took this form emphasises the importance of news values . |
| 4 | The auctioneers , diplomatically , would not comment on why the multi-millionaire star is selling , though they confirmed that there is a reserve price . |
| 5 | We have argued that such institutions should be public ( though not ruling out the possibility of a role , even an important role , for private actions , as an additional deterrent to abuses of market power ) ; that there should be a single investigating institution with powers to identify and to investigate cases , and to propose remedies , within a clearly stated framework of rules and guidelines ; that firms should be given an opportunity to make representations as to why the competition policy presumptions should not apply in a particular case ; and that there should be a competition tribunal with the task of reviewing and monitoring the recommendations of the competition policy institution . |
| 6 | Tonight , though , we 're given some clues as to why the bachelor detective leads such a very private life . |