Example sentences of "is why [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is why every family needs to be renewed in its relationships — both to one another and to God . |
| 2 | By virtue of the doctrine of privity of estate the assignee will be liable to the landlord only for breaches of covenant occurring while the lease is vested in it , and that is why a landlord will usually insist upon a direct covenant from the assignee to observe and perform the provisions of the lease during the residue of the term , as in clause 5.9.4 . |
| 3 | The curious thing is why a university made Mr Jeffries head of an academic department in the first place . |
| 4 | Up until this point we have assumed that a referential locus is quite generally available for property words , not only adjectives in fact but also adverbs : ( 8 ) Philippa comforted her lovingly the referential locus of the adverb is that of the verb ; and the referential locus of the verb in turn is the entity of the subject phrase ; that is why a sentence like : ( 9 ) the drink comforted her lovingly is unacceptable , despite the fact that lovingly can co-occur with comfort , while comfort is compatible with drink . |
| 5 | I assume that that is why a consultant , who is the nephew of a distinguished former socialist in the House , said yesterday : ’ I do not believe the health service would be safe in Labour 's hands . ’ |
| 6 | The basis of this understanding of marriage is laid down in the very first book of the Bible : ‘ That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united with his wife , and they become one . ’ |
| 7 | The pupae can remain dormant for months , or even years , waiting for the right vibrations , which is why a person moving into a previously empty house may suffer a plague of fleas . |
| 8 | This is why a child who grows up in an atmosphere where artistic beauty is in evidence and talked about and striven after has an enormous advantage over the child from a background of visual ugliness in which people are innocent of any artistic discernment . |
| 9 | Hence , for many sociologists , what is frequently most interesting is why a society defines a pattern of behaviour as a ‘ problem ’ and the process by which it becomes a ‘ problem ’ . |
| 10 | Homoeopathy is why a remedy is given , not what is given |
| 11 | ‘ Obviously they will not just be handed a job which is why a strategy is already mapped out for training and so on . ’ |
| 12 | These exercise their antimicrobial powers against a wide variety of different bacteria and when given for , say , a sore throat , will also kill off many of the normal commensal organisms in the intestine ( which is why a lot of people develop diarrhoea when taking antibiotics ) , and will also destroy the normal bacterial flora in the vagina . |
| 13 | You were very tightly corseted , which makes any exertion almost impossible because if you ca n't fill your lungs to take enough air then obviously you ca n't take enough exercise , which is why a lot of women would faint with shock or horror because any sort of sharp intake of breath , and they 'd be flat on their backs , unconscious . |
| 14 | That is why a player like Uwe Bein has come back in , ’ Vogts said . |
| 15 | This is why a mix of different people has the potential to dovetail and become a cohesive team . |
| 16 | This is why the dropout rate amongst would-be dealers is so phenomenal . |
| 17 | ‘ That is why the hound appears to burn in the dark . |
| 18 | That is why the treaty on political union at Maastricht can not be seen as some troublesome adjunct to the treaty on monetary union . |
| 19 | ‘ You have to understand the client , ’ said which is why the firm also encourages quarterly meetings where future plans are discussed and the partner assigned to a new client takes along details of other services available which fit perceived needs . |
| 20 | That is why the peace process , for which Israel has been striving for 44 years , has to be seen as the only viable solution . |
| 21 | That is why the surface to weight and volume ratio , so often neglected in discussions of animal biology , is important . |
| 22 | That is why the location for the Thai Hoa , the Palace of Perfect Concord , was chosen with such care . |
| 23 | I said in my orginal response that there was a failure in the signalling system at the time , and that is why the emergency procedure was in operation . |
| 24 | This in itself is why the panda 's survival is becoming more and more dubious every year . |
| 25 | That is why the road fund licence , which taxes ownership rather than use , has been increased more rapidly after a period of stagnation . |
| 26 | And this too is why the word can even be extended to all those who rely entirely upon the mercy of God — the poor in spirit ’ ( Matt. |
| 27 | It is that race of ‘ wise serpents ’ whose totem was the Hooded Cobra found inscribed on the soapstone seals of the Indus Valley who are the Nagas of Indian philosophy , and that is why the Cobra , known as Nag or Naga , has been raised throughout the country to the rank of a Divine Being . |
| 28 | Which is why the user 's guide below was compiled . |
| 29 | That , cynics claim , is why the Treasury has marked time : had the electricity industry still been firmly in the public sector , an 8% rate-of-return requirement would have embarrassingly undermined the government 's plans for capital-hungry nuclear-power stations . |
| 30 | It was a lot of work for one man , he told me , which is why the name Hugh Cruttwell always turns up on the credits of his movies . |