Example sentences of "why do [pos pn] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 So why were so many firms — and bits of firms — bought and sold in the 1980s , and why did their values vary so much ?
2 But , as Schopf asks , if such diverse communities were present at this early date , why did their members remain essentially unchanged for so long ?
3 Why did our ancestors decide to have a town at the site which is now the centre of Newcastle ?
4 Why did his letters meet with an inexplicable silence ?
5 So why do their activities arouse deep suspicion among tax authorities and police forces ?
6 Why do their difficulties have to involve me ?
7 Why do its streets run in this particular way and not in some other way that seems more logical to us ?
8 I have argued that the individualist case is far from being closed ; but why do its exponents not see this for themselves ?
9 Why do my titles come out better in French than in English ? he wrote .
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