Example sentences of "why [vb mod] [pron] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 5 ) What are " contract markets " , and why may they be significant in industrial goods marketing ? |
| 2 | 7 ) Why may it be difficult for a supplier to sell his products to a company that makes use of a multi-individual Decision Making Unit to make purchase decisions ? |
| 3 | Why must we be the same as our neighbours ? |
| 4 | Why must you be such a disappointment to me ? ’ |
| 5 | Most of the girls who came out with you are married , so why must you be different ? ’ |
| 6 | Why must you be hard hearted ? |
| 7 | ‘ God , why must I be so clumsy ? ’ |
| 8 | Why must I be patient ? ’ |
| 9 | If the same set of appearances could be saved by each mathematical model , then why should one be privileged as that which corresponded to physical reality ? |
| 10 | But — other than if one is a Christian theologian of a rather fundamentalist variety who believes this text to be the inspired word of God — why should one be struggling with it ? |
| 11 | The words mean the same things whatever they may be , so why should one be nicer or nastier than the other ? |
| 12 | So why should one be punished for it ? |
| 13 | ‘ Why should we be looking in the mill ? ’ |
| 14 | If the ability to draw is not a skill necessary to most people 's lives why should we be concerned about it ? |
| 15 | Why should we be ? |
| 16 | ‘ Some may ask why should we be recalling the past and reliving an event which really belonged to the previous century ? |
| 17 | ‘ Switzerland had four home matches with full houses at normal kick-off times so why should we be denied that basic right ? |
| 18 | But why should we be reluctant simply to change clause 2 to ‘ a is certain that p ’ ? |
| 19 | Why should we be afraid of that ? ’ |
| 20 | Why should we be ruled by a foreigner ? ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Why should we be frightened ? ’ asked Betty , nervously . |
| 22 | Why should we be separated ? ’ she asked angrily . |
| 23 | " Why should we be bothered ? " is a perfectly rational response and one that is not easy to change . |
| 24 | But why should we be surprised that she chooses to vent her anger on Prince Charles and — so we are led to believe — hurl her body at cocktail cabinets when she feels a paddy coming on ? |
| 25 | ‘ Why should we be comfortable when all around us are living in poverty ? ’ |
| 26 | Why should we be worried anyhow : the longer it take everyone to realise we 're back the more victories we will pile up . |
| 27 | Right why should we be bothered about protectionism y'know why is G A T so important presumably there must be gainers as well as losers from protectionism so the gainers and the losers domestic farmers gainers or losers ? |
| 28 | Why should we be worried about the existence of a debate in a cabinet . |
| 29 | no , on , on why should we be doing this way or that way instead of |
| 30 | And that 's their right and so you think of something else we you 're not allowed to take them out of a favourite lesson , you 're not allowed to say you are going to miss your football or a P E P E teachers and the football teachers , quite rightly , say if you ca n't keep discipline in your class why why should we be penalized ? |