Example sentences of "is why [pers pn] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's becoming a favourite pastime , combining the thrill of the chase with the joy of the bargain which is why we regularly try and bring you news of the latest openings . |
| 2 | It seems to me that all of us in this chamber have at one time or another , wanted to actually spend money erm it comes programme of committees , I do n't think it 's behoved upon me at the moment to transgress on what programme committees are actually er but to predict exactly where they will want their expenditure to go but I do know is that there is a huge backlog of member generated aspirations in terms of the environmental improvements , traffic calming facilities , particulary which I suspect were actually generated mildly in excess of the figures which we have before us tonight which is why we clearly leave open that further bids against capital can be made in the course of the next three years , erm which will be assessed against the overall financial position of the council and I think the council much more than that . |
| 3 | And this is why we still carry the burden of having to control the chaos that might break forth should we allow those troubled depths of tempestuous passion to break the surface calm of ‘ normal , desire . |
| 4 | Before that contract for the helicopter support ship was awarded , I think we all knew well that whoever did n't get it was in trouble , and that of course is why we never took sides . |
| 5 | This is why we recently proposed the development of ‘ Newton Institutes ’ based on the model used in other countries to build on the strengths of basic research to encourage innovation in industry . |
| 6 | This is why we only record minimal acceptances , or in other words , why we insist that the unc are incomparable . |
| 7 | This is why we now put ‘ Cichlasoma ’ in inverted commas — we have to call these fish something , and the parentheses indicate that the name we are using is not a correct scientific one . |
| 8 | ENOUGH voters seem to have thought so , which is why we now have a Labour leadership contest . |
| 9 | This is not at all surprising given the insistence by magistrates on the uniqueness of the cases appearing before them , which is why they utterly reject calls for consistency ( Parker et al. , 1999 ) , since these are seen to betray an ignorance of their own unique role in deciding each case on its particular merits . |
| 10 | Cylinders rely on suction , which is why they often have a higher wattage than uprights . |
| 11 | This is why they often consider advice from the IMF or the World Bank to be hopelessly abstract and unrealistic . |
| 12 | The growth spurt in boys and girls often begins with the hands and feet , which is why they sometimes look a bit clumsy and act rather awkwardly , until the rest of the body catches up . |
| 13 | Mrs Chalmers is standing beside me , tutting and shifting from foot to foot — she has varicose veins , and does not like standing , which is why she always sits down to sort the bulbs . |
| 14 | Phyllis is very particular about cleanliness , which is why she always shops at the new branch of Safeways . |
| 15 | Which is why she still prefers not to speak of them . |
| 16 | And poignancy is why he obsessively prizes and keeps open ancient wounds . |
| 17 | He is shy — which is why he always wears wraparound sunglasses . |
| 18 | That is why he never took up any of the opportunities to teach that he had in his later life . ’ |
| 19 | Could it be that the friend is actually someone whom you recognize from a previous life , and that is why you immediately feel that you have a mutual link ? |
| 20 | This is why you often get writers saying ‘ Do n't ask me , look again at the poem ’ or ‘ Trust the tale , not the teller ’ . |
| 21 | This is why you often get writers saying , ‘ Do n't ask me , look again at the poem , ’ or ‘ Trust the tale not the teller ’ . |
| 22 | Probably , subconsciously or , I dare say , consciously , you knew how you would react if you had a baby and that is why you never wanted one . |
| 23 | It lacks the personal touch it lacks the personal touch which is why you never send your people letters saying you 're fired or you know lost a job you always talk to them and it can be more expensive in terms of materials you use it 's it is very very expensive on mat materials and cheap on time but it 's a personal relationships that 's the first thing okay that 'll do so when do we use it ? |
| 24 | Introduced in 1904 , this mark denotes purity and quality , which is why it later became part of Lurpak 's name . |
| 25 | This is the kind of frame from which Dorothy Heathcote often ( increasingly ) wants children to work , and this is why it often seems to be the case in her work that the pupils are not in role at all — they are merely required to look at something from a particular scientific perspective . |
| 26 | Perhaps this persistent whiff of the past is why it actually seems more European — more like the Algiers of Camus 's essays than Algiers itself . |
| 27 | Which is why it always surprises me when people turn out to be such bad listeners . |
| 28 | That is why I particularly welcome the enthusiastic way in which they have embraced the patients charter and the accompanying document on internal management in the health service , ’ Framework for Action ’ . |
| 29 | That is why I willingly sent him anything I thought might be of sufficient merit to justify him , as a publisher , pronouncing upon it . |
| 30 | Come to think of it , even when the taxman wrote to me , he spelled it c-u-r ; which is why I never wrote back . |