Example sentences of "why [vb mod] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even if he seeks to deploy fewer warheads per boat than the maximum possible , why should not other countries follow his example and say that that is also their ideal of a minimum deterrent ? |
| 2 | It is scarcely possible , in the face of this legislation , to maintain that ‘ rights ’ are a privilege with which none but human beings can be invested ; for if some animals are already included within the pale of protection , why should not more and more be so included in the future ? ( 1922 : 5 ) |
| 3 | For goodness sake , why should small city-centre hotels have to operate restaurants or be forced into stupid little half-measures such as the aforementioned to get a rating ? |
| 4 | If one part of the bay could support a certain amount of aquatic life , then why should n't other parts be able to do the same ? |
| 5 | Well I , I take the implicit point that erm we 're all suffering cuts throughout the country , therefore why should n't higher education suffer similar cuts , but of course , higher education is in a different category to erm many other fields that the government pays for and sponsors , in that higher education is investment in the future , and therefore , if Britain is to survive erm as a , a nation of erm of some economic standing , is to well in the national , in the international stakes , then we must be innovative , we must create new things , and we must erm in , in that , to do that we must invest very strongly in higher education . |
| 6 | Why should n't 1 ? |
| 7 | Why do you think it 's important it does remain confidential though , I mean why why should n't all this be , you know , in the public domain anyway ? |
| 8 | Why should n't old Sombro go off for nights on the town if he felt like it ? |
| 9 | Why should n't these people seek sponsorship ? |
| 10 | PEOPLE on retirement pensions have to pay tax if they have any other source of income , so why should n't those who receive invalidity benefit ? |
| 11 | I slept with only one dream , exulting in the thought that if I could do this , why should n't I one day try to do something to help Clare to walk more easily ? |
| 12 | Why should more capital spending on hospitals make the National Health Service more ‘ productive ’ than more current spending on nurses ? |
| 13 | Yeah but why should bloody intelligent people go along with it Ken ? |
| 14 | Ironically , as several students observe , there are real problems about wheelchair access to much of the Art and Design building — but why could n't such problems be solved jointly between the multi-media group , Design School and county architects ? |
| 15 | ‘ You 're saying that if , with my mathematical mind , I can say that I have seen five percent of love at Bristol , why could n't one person contain one hundred percent of love . ’ |
| 16 | I have made twelve tapes for the CBC and they want me back … why could n't some of this have happened ten years ago ? |
| 17 | Why could n't this woman simply accept it as a fact of life , part of her make-up , such as not wanting to live in the country or swim in the sea . |
| 18 | ‘ So why could n't this tale of yours have kept until morning ? ’ |
| 19 | Why could n't those concerned realize that plain chocolate combined best with ice-cream ? |
| 20 | Such practices do undoubtedly maintain local unemployment at relatively low levels and ensure the continuation of basic public services , but why could not such funds be utilised in a more productive and socially satisfactory way ? |
| 21 | Why could not Æthelred have brought the enemy to battle with a national army at his back , as Alfred did many times , as Æthelstan did to gain his great victory at Brunanburh in 937 , as King Harold Godwinsson did in 1066 , and , most significantly of all , as Æthelred 's own son did in 1016 ? |
| 22 | Science had guided the USA in ‘ conquering ’ nature ; so why could not scientific method help it control international society ? |
| 23 | Why would n't these feelings go away ? |
| 24 | Many years ago I worked as a Time and Motion Study ( Work Study ) officer in industry , where the question was always : why ca n't all workers produce the output achieved by the best workers ? |
| 25 | ‘ Why ca n't bloody rabbits come and eat my lawns ? ’ |
| 26 | And ‘ Why ca n't influential people like Mary Whitehouse back things that matter , like Greenpeace ? ’ |
| 27 | Why ca n't small boys be still and good , like your daughter ? ’ |
| 28 | If Nissan can do it , why ca n't other car makers ? |
| 29 | Why ca n't some of these blokes be earning £1 million a year like snooker players ? |
| 30 | Well why ca n't some of our yobbos go away and get jobs elsewhere ! |