Example sentences of "why [noun pl] [verb] not [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This explains why cases do not come to court when the conditions of my comically weak description of the explicit extension of our legal conventions are met , which is most of the time . |
| 2 | WHY CASSOWARIES DO N'T FLY |
| 3 | Why cassowaries do n't fly |
| 4 | Even if one accepts that the thesis accounts for why blacks are overrepresented in reactive activities such as boxing and soccer , and underrepresented in self-paced sports such as golf and swimming , it does not explain why blacks do not excel in such reactive sports as motor racing , tennis , fencing , squash or even skiing ! |
| 5 | He asked them why elephants did n't ride bicycles and explained that it was because they had n't any thumbs to ring the bell with . |
| 6 | ‘ We never seem to know why things do n't work between us . ’ |
| 7 | They wanted to know why doctors did n't notice a swelling , caused by the blood clot , for two days . |
| 8 | Mr Rees reminded Conference that the Association had been asked why members did not charge a lower rate of interest , and then charge interest on default . |
| 9 | Why Debtors Do n't Pay |
| 10 | I was just sitting here wondering why men do n't have this image problem ? |
| 11 | Is it too fanciful to suggest that once schools know why pupils do not want to come to classes , teachers can set about making school more attractive for at least some of the disaffected ? |
| 12 | The study of gender is , like the study of class or of race , also the study of inequality ; we are interested in not only why women do not occupy positions of power , status or responsibility in the same numbers as men , but also the process by which this occurs . |
| 13 | It 's quite clear why women do n't achieve in the way define by the general public . |
| 14 | Dr Javed , advising on the Civil Service had six enquiries but could n't understand why students did n't take more advantage of a unique opportunity to talk with Salford graduates already established in the field they probably intended entering themselves . |
| 15 | One reason why students do n't do as well as they should at A level is that they ca n't express themselves . |
| 16 | Clara could never understand why others did not repay her contempt with contempt — why , for instance , the church-goers and novel-readers and fillers in of football coupons and motorbike owners in the area did not possess the courage of their convictions and gang up on Mrs Maugham 's massive disapprobation . |