Example sentences of "is why [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is why its share price has nearly quadrupled since it went public in March 1989 . |
| 2 | Poignancy ( and this is why its domain is the minor key ) is the exquisite meshing of two contradictory feelings . |
| 3 | Industry knows that such policies would be absolutely disastrous to it and knows from what source those policies would come , which is why its hostility to the Opposition 's policies is so severe . |
| 4 | That is why her biography , which she describes as ‘ an oral history ’ , including interviews with his collaborators , actors , writers , cinematographers , parents , and so on , does not try to interest readers , but takes all that for granted . |
| 5 | That is why their presence enhances liquidity . |
| 6 | Figure 8.7 looks at the way in which all religions have available within them certain fault-resistant features which is why their demise , so confidently predicted by many who see their grave faults and failures , rarely seems to happen ! |
| 7 | Due to the pilot nature of the scheme it is only operating in a few selected areas initially , which is why your parish has not been contacted . |
| 8 | ‘ Statistics such as these are worrying for elderly people , ’ said manager Graham Williams , ‘ which is why our scheme is so popular . |
| 9 | In the past most of us have been unaware of these signs and that is why our body ceases to function normally . |
| 10 | Which is why our Multivitamin Liquid is specially formulated for children whose vitamin requirements differ from those of adults . |
| 11 | Perhaps that is why my perseverance is so poor . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ It is why my family sacrificed a nice life in Tenerife to come back to the cold of Britain four years ago . |
| 13 | I think it would be appropriate to very briefly sir preface erm not by name obviously , who I represent , the interests I represent , because otherwise my comments may be misconstrued erm by certain parties who know me well , I represent certain peripheral land owner and developer interests around York , I also represent a developer who is proposing a n new village circa fifteen hundred dwellings in the Leeds metropolitan district er to the East of Wetherby , that is relevant when I come to the location and a migration aspects , er I would preface the rest of my comments by saying I consider it is vitally important , sir , that this enquiry takes a sub-regional view , this is why my colleague from Leeds City Council I 'm sure 's been invited , it 's why the Department of the Environment Regional Office are here , very important indeed . |
| 14 | Which is why my career has never flourished . |
| 15 | He is too ill to travel outside his home , which is why his evidence is being heard there . |
| 16 | Which is why his address is printed in full . |
| 17 | That is why his conduct with regard to Heather was so difficult to understand and why , in the end , I concluded that he was in the grip of an obsession he was powerless to resist . ’ |
| 18 | This is why his proclamation came eventually to be known as ‘ gospel ’ or ‘ news of salvation ’ ’ ( Meyer 1979:130 ) . |
| 19 | That is why his canonisation of the equally versatile Jeff Koons — ‘ a person who is trying to lead art into the twenty-first century ’ — carries such conviction . |
| 20 | Er in actual fact the speech styles are n't really comparable which is why you sort of get these contradictions . |