Example sentences of "which is why [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | In fact , Silverstone had sunk to ninth or tenth in the world league table , which is why improvements are necessary . |
| 3 | Cricket is not a sage betting medium , which is why punters asked to plunge on which authority got it right would have left their money behind . |
| 4 | For example , if there is an unexpected budgetary overshoot , the labour force can effortlessly be reduced by simply not renewing employment contracts , which is why industries are succumbing to the same ruthless logic . |
| 5 | Which is why WMG 's range of personalised leather goods are in a league of their own . |
| 6 | This has profound implications for other parts of Labour 's organisation , which is why leaders from Hugh Gaitskell to Neil Kinnock have postponed the change . |
| 7 | Absences from work due to leave , sickness , court attendance , police business elsewhere , or transfers can seriously deplete this number on occasions , leaving the section very understaffed , which is why managers are so sensitive about constables phoning in sick , although this sensitivity is not always communicated in a heavy-handed manner . |
| 8 | The rainforest is a tightly knit ecosystem but one that is only vaguely understood ; which is why damage to any part of it can never be exactly limited . |
| 9 | While Chancellor Kohl 's CDU-CSU alliance holds 309 of the 652 seats , far more than its closest rivals , the Social Democrats , who have 239 , it could not govern without the support of Hans Dietrich-Genscher 's FDP — which is why Genscher has managed to hold on to the post of Foreign Minister for so long . |
| 10 | Which is why Londoners north of the Thames think going south of the river is like stumbling into the left-over servants ' quarters , down in the basement where decent folks do n't go . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Which is why Caroline likes nursing him as if he were still a lost child . |
| 13 | But we are fascinated by ourselves — which is why Jane 's thoughts rabbited on so long about her country . |
| 14 | IBM and Hewlett-Packard decided — or were persuaded by independent software vendors — that a common kernel was not a necessity for competing with NT , which is why COSE does not address the issue , even though some observers still believe that the perceived lack of a common Unix kernel will hand Bill Gates a propaganda advantage . |
| 15 | IBM and HP decided — or were persuaded by independent software vendors — that a common kernel was n't needed to take on NT , which is why COSE does not address the issue , even though some observers still believe the perceived lack of a common Unix kernel will hand Bill Gates a propaganda advantage . |
| 16 | Deep down , Gould remains a conservative on constitutional matters , which is why Robin Cook is backing Smith with an easy conscience . |
| 17 | Which is why Kate deals with tantrums , bathtime and cuddles one way , and I do it another . |
| 18 | The tough leathery top surface of a mature leaf is not so easy to penetrate as the softer epidermis of the underside , which is why mildew in particular can often be found by turning over leaves that are glossy and apparently quite healthy , even protected by fungicidal deposit , on the top . |
| 19 | It 's a useful way of getting a perspective on the present , to realize that people think and feel in such different ways , in totally alien ways , that are completely unsympathetic , which is why feminism is an interesting development , because the ability to read something written in a totally patriarchal tradition , and to make the sympathetic adjustment , giving him his due , recognizing that he could n't have thought what you think , because people did n't think like that then … . |
| 20 | They burn a hole in the absorption band — which is why IBM calls this a ‘ photochemical hole-burning memory ’ . |
| 21 | Even the drying out of ground beneath boilers can cause shrinkage — which is why boilers should be well insulated at ground level . |
| 22 | The workers will have to be part of the success of the sell-offs , which is why advisers like Mr Brennan are proposing that they be given sizeable stakes in companies for nothing — up to 5 per cent or more — with the possibility of them buying more shares at big discounts . |
| 23 | The bonding between layers is weak , and they therefore slide over each other , which is why graphite feels slippery and is used as a lubricant . |
| 24 | That may involve shipping it across borders , to countries where controls are more relaxed , which is why efforts to control international movements of waste have increased in step with the tightening of disposal standards . |
| 25 | The behaviour of physical , nonbiological objects is so simple that it is feasible to use existing mathematical language to describe it , which is why physics books are full of mathematics . |
| 26 | Which is why BT , too , is keen to find partners overseas . |
| 27 | In the end , it is the technology of radio , the gramophone , television , and film that allows most of the barriers to be transcended , which is why Karajan , an élitist with a yearning to reach the widest possible international audience , invested so much of his time and his money in the quest for the high-quality dissemination of music to a world-wide audience . |
| 28 | ‘ Club directors are laymen and not football experts , which is why Liam has been asked to look at the team 's problems and advise us about what he is going to do about them . |
| 29 | Overall though , gay is good , which is why Sam Snort welcomes the proposed decriminalisation of homosexuality on the part of the Progressive Democrats . |
| 30 | The biggest risk factor of all is an inherited predisposition , which is why life insurance salesmen run a mile when they hear that your dad died of a coronary at 35 . |