Example sentences of "why [be] [not/n't] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then — as the aeons pass and the continents , oceans , mountain ranges and terrain all drift — why are not so many more migratory creatures found to be wildly adrift in their navigation ? |
| 2 | Why are n't both alike ? ’ |
| 3 | So why are n't there more over here ? |
| 4 | All too soon ( why are n't there 400m more of this ? ) we stand below the final pitch , which falls to Enrique . |
| 5 | Why is not immediately obvious but sufficiently worrying to put a black mark against the program . |
| 6 | Why is n't why would n't they take erm your radiator pipe the water , the pipe that feeds the radiator ? |
| 7 | If self development is so wonderful why is n't there more of it about ? |
| 8 | ‘ That 's all very well , but why is n't there anyone here to meet us and take us into custody again ? ’ |
| 9 | It also it is a fact that the people that you do tend to lend the equipment out to take it for granted that you are also a highly qualified video sort of technician and if anything goes wrong , they ring you up and say ‘ What plug goes where , and why is n't this working ’ and why should you if you 're working run down to some conference in the John Hall Room and try and sort out something for these people . |
| 10 | It 's like why was n't there anyone in Kuwait ? |