Example sentences of "[adj] be why the [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | We have yet to reach the position where sufficient students appreciate the import of underlying theory and this is why the geomorphologist reaches for his soil augur once theory is mentioned ( Chorley , 1978 ) and perhaps the situation will be resolved only when training in physical geography demands greater familiarity with scientific and mathematical methods and notation . |
| 2 | This is why the idea of grinding a good gouge to a skew shape was never very popular . |
| 3 | This is why the idea of the ‘ educational toy ’ is so fraught with difficulty : the trick is never to let on that it is supposed to be educational , in case you transmit your own anxieties . |
| 4 | Goodness is such a property , perhaps ; and this is why the principle of universalizability has teeth in ethics . |
| 5 | This is why the notion of a cross-party association must not be allowed to slip away . |
| 6 | The third and last of Freud 's categories of basic psychopathology , the psychotic conflict between the ego and reality , seems an unpromising candidate for externalization ; and perhaps this is why the incidence of psychosis shows no sign of diminishing in modern culture in the way in which , for instance , hysteria has diminished . |
| 7 | The holiness of the Spirit of the Lord stands in sharp contrast to the unholiness of his fallible servants , and perhaps this is why the Spirit is here called Holy . |
| 8 | This is why the emphasis in multicultural and anti-racist education is now towards ‘ whole school policies ’ , involving a fundamental reappraisal of the assumptions , practices and outcomes , intentional and unintentional , of school life ( Straker-Welds , 1984 ; Arora and Duncan , 1986 ) . |
| 9 | This is why the Government 's present enthusiasm for volunteering is hard to stomach . |
| 10 | This is why the tone of his communications with me has that slightly patronizing and protective edge . |
| 11 | This is why the responsibility of ( say ) looking after a small brother or sister is so valuable in enhancing the social awareness and maturity of the older boy or girl who is doing the substitute parenting . |
| 12 | This is why the issue needs to be evaluated for its pedagogic validity to be established . |
| 13 | This is why the dropout rate amongst would-be dealers is so phenomenal . |
| 14 | This is why the head of the Basque government , Jose Antonio Ardanza , after saying recently that the Basque nationalists wanted to keep Spain governable , nevertheless added that ‘ our political reason for existence begins and ends in Euskadi , ’ the Basque land . |
| 15 | This is why the Campaign for Quality Television is calling for the money bid in the auction to go into programmes , rather than to the Treasury . |
| 16 | This is why the selection of ‘ professional ’ and ‘ client ’ can never be dismissed by disabled people as irrelevant or innocuous . |
| 17 | Sud ( now Aerospatiale ) was at the time a partner with Dassault and this is why the type certificate for the aircraft states " Dassault-Sud " . |
| 18 | This is why the mutation load ( that is , the reduction in mean fitness ) depends on the total mutation rate , U , and not on the strength of selection . |
| 19 | This is why the patient is no longer given a tripod or quadrupod and taught to walk by using his unaffected side and leaning heavily on his support . |
| 20 | This is why the night is so terrible . |
| 21 | This is why the resolution was placed in the agenda in the first place . |
| 22 | This is why the perception of a complex painting or piece of music can be elaborated in ever greater detail as more and more elements come to be discriminated . |
| 23 | This is why the attribute game has provided endless fun , if not profit , to sociologists . |
| 24 | Possibly this is why the argument as to whether it is better for a woman with young children to stay at home or go out to work goes round and round in circles . |
| 25 | Context and use are vital to our understanding of deixis , and this is why the investigation of its behaviour in a particular discourse is relevant . |
| 26 | This is why the Family Bond is special — because it is tax-exempt . |
| 27 | When all is said , this is why the alternative we think most rational for the USSR is the least rational and the least likely to emerge . |
| 28 | This is why the use of system-wide logical names is always recommended ; if you use physical names and subsequently have to move the storage directory , you will require a site visit . |
| 29 | This is why the breast ( wing muscles ) of chickens are white , because chickens use their wings only for short rapid flights , whereas their legs , used mainly for standing on , are dark . |
| 30 | This is why the letter detectors are referred to as abstract : they do not provide information about specific visual form . |