Example sentences of "is why [noun prp] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Civil war has broken out among the poets of Ireland , which is why Patrick Kavanagh , bohemian and rural bard , now has two graves in Inniskeen , the County Monaghan village where he was born 85 years ago . |
| 2 | Deep down , Gould remains a conservative on constitutional matters , which is why Robin Cook is backing Smith with an easy conscience . |
| 3 | ‘ And that , actually , is why Lord Cromer suspended all delegated powers of virement . |
| 4 | Which is why Gordon Green , landlord of the Newadd Arms in Llanwrtyd Wells , decided after refereeing one such ‘ discussion ’ that it should be settled by an annual race over a 22-mile cross-country course through the hills and forests above the mid-Wales village . |
| 5 | Certainly it has exhausted the works explicitly credited to Carver in the great Scone Choirbook , and I suppose that is why Dr Elliott remarks , in connection with Pater Creator Omnium , that any music which ‘ may have intervened between the Mass Fera Pessima … and this work is sadly lost ’ . |
| 6 | That is why Paul Gascoigne was , and I trust will be , so exciting and so different . |
| 7 | That is why London Association for the Blind extends its help to people throughout the country and is at work in your area . |
| 8 | Perhaps this is why US writers on the state have paid such attention to action . |
| 9 | This is why Hugh Clifford , who was as committed as anyone to indirection , could come to Northern Nigeria in 1921 and be appalled by the state of administrative dereliction which he found there . |
| 10 | That is why Alan Yentob , controller of BBC1 , felt duty bound to reply , publicly apologising for an episode of Casualty which featured a riot . |
| 11 | One of the great unanswered questions in my life is why Mrs Spence was going to antenatal classes that afternoon when , as she had already had one child , she presumably had a pretty good idea of what to expect . |
| 12 | That is why Mrs Zamzam left Um Al-Farajh . |
| 13 | This is why Mrs Dole got the Labour Department to look at the personnel records of nine big companies around the country . |
| 14 | This is why Kenneth Baker has promised longer franchises for operators prepared to install systems that rely on switched-star technology . |
| 15 | Perhaps this is why Steve Jones has preferred to spend most of his career studying snails . |
| 16 | This is why Cardinal Newman once remarked , " It is not reason that is against us , but imagination . " |
| 17 | Overall though , gay is good , which is why Sam Snort welcomes the proposed decriminalisation of homosexuality on the part of the Progressive Democrats . |
| 18 | This is why Domesday Book does not refer to many churches which are known to have existed from other evidence . |
| 19 | That is why UNICEF field workers and medical teams are working with local community and religious leaders in countless towns and villages to spread the word about how the six major diseases can be defeated . |
| 20 | Which is why Great Britain 's National Indoor Arena is being purpose-built in Birmingham to offer the very finest sports facilities . |
| 21 | Perhaps that is why James Joyce was also fond of wordsnakes , though some modern poets copied him to excess , becoming abitovabore about it . |
| 22 | But even if there is no more behind Mr Garel-Jones 's decision , what is inexplicable is why Downing Street chose to make it public yesterday . |
| 23 | Which is why Mr Gerstner should make the break . |
| 24 | This is why Mr Mandela will not come out first , why the initial idea will be to test the waters with the lesser-known prisoners . |
| 25 | Which is why Mr H is still frightened to return and continues his battle for asylum . |
| 26 | No doubt this is why Mr Portillo is starting a radical review of public expenditure . |
| 27 | No doubt this is why Mr Portillo is starting a radical review of public expenditure . |
| 28 | Bricks , however , are not — which is why Mr Melding seldom parks his car in a conspicuous spot without removing his Vote Tory posters first . |
| 29 | Which is why Lina Hsieh likes working for Courtaulds Coatings in Kaohsiung , Taiwan 's second largest city . |
| 30 | Perhaps this is why Savage Orcs are famous for the number and power of their skin-clad bone waving Shamans . |