Example sentences of "why do some [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Even if some process of this kind was at work , one still has to explain the differences between women 's responses — why did some women describe themselves as housewives and others not ?
2 Why did some birds of the same taxonomic family move in flocks while others were solitary ?
3 Why did some people move and others stay ?
4 Why do some software houses offer ‘ improved ’ indexed sequential file organization software ?
5 In one sense , the association of parental care and mating system transfers the question back a stage ; for why do some species have biparental , others maternal care ?
6 Why do some groups of cells grow while others do not ?
7 In other words , why do some groups advancing certain interests enjoy access to centres of government policy where their case may be made peacefully and with apparently good chance of acceptance , while others advancing different interests find access to these forums extremely difficult , if not impossible ?
8 Naresh Bedi Series : 30 December at 5pm , Man-eating Tigers ( rep ) : Why do some tigers turn into man-eaters ? 31 December at 5pm , Elephant — Lord of the Jungle ( rep ) : A natural history of Indian elephants .
9 Why do some companies thrive on change while others struggle to survive ?
10 Why do some countries have a structure which is characterised predominantly by either highly centralised or industry-wide agreements , whereas others have far more decentralised arrangements ?
11 Why do some service stations on the M1 close at 10.30pm ?
12 Why do some authorities make greater provision for pupils with special needs than other authorities faced with the same Problems ? ’
13 ( Why do some women find the murderers of other women so attractive ? )
14 Why do some women see marriage as an absolute priority from the start of a relationship , yet others would n't sashay down the aisle if their lives depended on it ?
15 Why do some clouds , especially those which are of only a small height , fail to produce rain ?
16 Why do some LDCs use it ?
17 Why do some cats foul the house ?
18 Why do some cats become wool-suckers ?
19 Why do some cats hate men ?
20 Why do some cats like to take walks with their owners ?
21 Why do some animals — and even plants — have a reputation for being able to predict bad weather ?
22 Why do some people think that faith is necessarily troubled by doubt but that knowledge is not ?
23 The other question posed above — Why do some people become ill and others not ? — is less easy to answer , except in the most general terms .
24 Q. Why do some people do everything the food experts tell them and still have high cholesterol levels ?
25 ‘ Yes , but why do some people live longer than others ? ’
26 2 ) the extent to which Northern Irish institutions of higher education attract students as well qualified as those going ‘ across the water ’ ; Why do some courses in Britain attract better qualified students than those who do equivalent courses in Northern Ireland ?
27 Why do some travellers make life so difficult for themselves ?
28 Why do some antelopes mate in lekking grounds much as ruffs do while others attempt to round up small harems in a moving herd ?
29 why do some nouns show different genders depending on the construction of the rest of the sentence ?
30 Why do some men find it easier to get along with big-busted , mindless blondes ?
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