Example sentences of "why [vb base] we [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why do we generally make wine from grapes rather than any other fruit ? |
| 2 | But if our views are coloured by prejudice and familiarity , why do we already eat many foodstuffs that in theory should be much harder to swallow ? |
| 3 | After glasses had been refilled one of us — Tony , I think — said , ‘ Why do we just talk about it ? |
| 4 | Why do we even come to the Netherlands ? |
| 5 | I 'd still go out and do the same tomorrow , but it makes you wonder why do we really bother because we 're not getting the backing we need . |
| 6 | Why do we always argue about fishing rights and seem to have very little argument about oil ? |
| 7 | Why the criticism , and why do we often get things wrong ? |
| 8 | But it 's just a foul old tip , Ruth thought ; why do we still have to come here ? |
| 9 | That 's right , I mean why di why have we got the structure of agriculture as we have , you know why why do we still have an atomistical industry right , it 's not just a , a freak of nature , there are economic laws , erm , and opinion that s , that structure the industry and it 's because you just do n't get economies of scale staying in agriculture . |
| 10 | Disposable society : So why do we still hear clamour from the environmentally conscious that plastics represent everything bad in our disposable society ? |
| 11 | Well why do we then shove it in a stupid s four o'clock job ? |
| 12 | If that programme has been such a failure , why do we now have 30 programmes targeting support for identifiable industrial priority areas , and why are there almost 200 collaborative research programmes ? |