Example sentences of "why it do [not/n't] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You have asked why it does not give you what you require . |
| 2 | GUINNESS PLC HAS TOLD Guinness Today the reasons why it does not offer shareholders the chance to receive dividends in shares — called scrip dividends — rather than in cash . |
| 3 | This is quite understandable if the non-specified version of the infinitive 's support corresponds to a " generalized person " : since this person is the virtual sum of all persons ( first , second or third ) , if to snow is not explicitly referred to it , the infinitive is felt as having a possible reference to " me " or " you " , which corresponds exactly to the impression produced by the sentence above and explains why it does not make sense . |
| 4 | That is why it does not surprise me in the least to hear from my hon. and learned Friend about the letter that he received yesterday from Mr. Beck 's erstwhile cellmate . |
| 5 | The DSS believes that NICs are due on such payments ( the Faculty has set out the reasons why it does not agree ) , but comments that it is possible to deal with matters rather differently by the so-called ‘ statutory method ’ . |
| 6 | I do n't know why it does n't crop up because it 's cheaper than an ordinary one , so why it does n't |
| 7 | Now I ca n't see why it does n't make sense , but if Jim came to me and said , look Hugh , that 's bloody silly . |
| 8 | Er yes Chair , first of all the the last point first as it were , the erm Senior Inspector is quite correct what I was doing was allocating the nine seven figure that the County had proposed in H One , er that 's why it does n't add up add up to ten four , clearly I have n't done the calculations for ten four , but on the basis that erm there are seven hundred extra dwellings going into Ryedale , I think Mr Donson can work that one out . |
| 9 | I wonder why it does n't work |
| 10 | The real reason why a fluke is recognizably separate from its host , the reason why it does n't merge its purposes and its identity with the purposes and identity of the host , is that the fluke genes do n't share the snail genes ' method of leaving the shared vehicle , and do n't share in the snail 's meiotic lottery — they have a lottery of their own . |
| 11 | If the teacher seemed quite happy with the episode involved , then in discussion after the lesson the observer can try to gather how the teacher feels about the intended pattern of behaviour , why it did not occur , and what can be done . |
| 12 | Its vast size probably explains why it did not sell and , as it cluttered up his hallway for some time afterwards , Minton later gave it to the Royal College student and animal illustrator John Norris Wood . |
| 13 | On the same theme , the UK party made plain in a pre-European election statement why it did not like the Community . |
| 14 | So far , the ministry has chosen not to explain why it did not act over this matter , to admit that it made a mistake , and to fully compensate all those who have suffered trauma and considerable financial losses as a result of its negligence . |
| 15 | They state that crime did not rise then , and they ask why it did not rise then . |
| 16 | I do n't really care why it did n't go well . |
| 17 | you 're , you 're absolutely right , I 'm afraid in , in erm I , I , re remember seeing that discrepancy and I 'm not quite sure why it did n't get into my notes |
| 18 | I ca n't think why it did n't occur to me at the time . |
| 19 | I ca n't think why it did n't occur to me before . ’ |
| 20 | We wanted very much erm to help teachers to work from circuit diagrams and to build the electronics , and then , as we said , at least to worry about why it did n't work and try several tests before giving up completely . |
| 21 | Since the radical reform could happen in the uncollectivist and weakly welfarist USA as well as in the collectivist and welfarist Italy , the obvious question to ask is why it did n't happen elsewhere in Europe . |
| 22 | It explained mathematically why the electron had spin 1/2 , that is , why it did n't look the same if you turned it through only one complete revolution , but did if you turned it through two revolutions . |
| 23 | well I have , I 'm making adjustments , what I mean , what I 'd finished it , I did n't bother to try it cos it did n't work , now I found out why it do n't work I have to change the rod , I 've got the rod in the wrong place |
| 24 | I ca n't understand why it do n't get on her nerves , but you |
| 25 | No they 're to buy two sizes too small , that 's why it do n't look right . |