Example sentences of "is why [noun] [coord] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | That is why Cable & Wireless 's subsidiary , Mercury , has recently sent forty payphones for British Forces to use at bases in Saudi Arabia . |
2 | This is why cable and satellite technology must advance together ; reception centres in parts of Britain with a good view of the satellite could pick up the signals and relay them by cable into nearby homes . |
3 | This is why VCR and TV sets of one standard will not normally play tapes of another standard . |
4 | This is why noise and horror go hand in hand — because madness and violence are senseless and arbitrary ( violence is the refusal to argue ) , and the only response is wordless — to scream . |
5 | That is why rice and pasta are such useful things to have in the store cupboard , because you can mix them with anything . |
6 | Cold-blooded animals have to ‘ warm up ’ before they can be fully active ; that is why lizards and snakes bask in the sun in temperate climates . |
7 | this is why Karen and Adrian won , forgetting John Wayne like that . |
8 | Merely using stronger chemical bonds will have a small effect upon the strength of a cracked material by comparison with the stress concentrating effect of the crack and this is why diamond and sapphire are brittle and usually not especially strong , in spite of their hardness and high chemical bond energies . |
9 | That is why men and women come on these schemes for such a paltry sum . |