Example sentences of "[prep] why [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A typical Feiffer couple , solemnly offering each other elaborate explanations of why they could not hit it off , are asking in their thought balloons why the other partner ca n't , for Pete 's sake , make a straight pass . |
| 2 | Perhaps this was because of their poor living conditions which would raise the question of why they were in poor housing . |
| 3 | No 3225 Set by Watson Weeks Following the TV exposé of the horrors/miracle of being at the school founded by A S Neill , could we have a Speech Day address by the principal of Summerhill ; an explanation by a parent of why they have chosen it ; or a statement by a former pupil of the advantages gained by a Summerhill education . |
| 4 | No 3225 Set by Watson Weeks We asked you , following the TV exposé of Summerhill , for a Speech Day address by the principal , an explanation by a parent of why they sent their child there , or a statement by a former pupil of the advantages of a Summerhill education . |
| 5 | Tundrish caught up with the two of them before they descended whether filled with an access of comradeliness , or leery of why they should seemingly wish to seclude themselves together , who could say ? |
| 6 | Macbeth 's explanation of why they must kill Banquo for him is a perfect description of the tribute that vice pays to virtue : because of That is almost too explicit in its description of the gap between false surface and his true feelings , and in its affected , forced language ( ‘ to your assistance do make love ’ ) . |
| 7 | Certainly , the Serbian forces have publicly admitted that they had targeted the regional museum in Sarajevo : early last month the BBC 's war reporter Kate Adie quoted the Serbian explanation of why they had shelled the hotel which houses all the foreign correspondents : apparently they were aiming at the roof of the museum ( which contains the Bosnian anthropological material ) and missed . |
| 8 | To say that effects are events which in a fundamental or standard sense can be explained is to say this : there is a possibility of our finding a proposition which fully answers the question of why they occurred . |
| 9 | To describe how the media cover disorder is not in itself an explanation of why they should adopt this approach . |
| 10 | sat impassively near the door , a reminder of why they were so inconveniently incarcerated . |
| 11 | Raza was a reminder to Falangists , monarchists and others of why they had fought the Civil War and what they owed to Francisco Franco . |
| 12 | Because teachers often can not answer the question of why they teach as they do and because they refer to statements such as that they just know what to do or have a feeling or sense about what to do , it has been suggested that what guides teachers in making sense of their work and what commits them to action is a mixture of " personal knowledge , tacit knowledge , routine knowledge … when conscious thought is not permitted the time to percolate and inform practice " ( Simons and Elliott 1989 ) . |
| 13 | My only memory of those auditions was that everyone seemed to have a better idea of why they were perfect for each particular part than I did ! |
| 14 | It was an intentional slap in the face , this reminder of why they were in the position they were . |
| 15 | Companies wishing to enter should send details , covering no more a single sheet of paper , of why they should be considered , along with a copy of the latest set of accounts to Marion Green at Grant Thornton , 1-4 Atholl Crescent , Edinburgh EH3 8LQ to arrive by 22 February . |
| 16 | However , the firm selling overseas needs an understanding of why they behave in that way . |
| 17 | of why we are |
| 18 | Part of the chapter on motivation deals with obesity , and the discussion of theories of why we stuff ourselves is capped by a cartoon in which a chef tells a fat blimp ‘ As far as I know there 's no such thing as a diet cream puff . ’ |
| 19 | If , however , you do not know who this person is , or might be , it would be more helpful if we were to give some indication of why we have introduced her into the conversation . |
| 20 | Meanwhile , there was the more urgent matter of why we had been followed . |
| 21 | If one believes that the universe will expand and then contract again , as the no boundary proposal seems to imply , this becomes a question of why we should be in the expanding phase rather than the contracting phase . |
| 22 | This is the explanation of why we observe that the thermodynamic and cosmological arrows of time point in the same direction . |
| 23 | Yet another example of why we need regulation and licensing within the industry . |
| 24 | What my hon. Friend says is no doubt the kernel of why we need the Bill . |
| 25 | The question of why we want it is a psychological one , which we answer by much the same means . |
| 26 | The most natural explanation of why we oppose checkerboard statutes appeals to that ideal : we say that a state that adopts these internal compromises is acting in an unprincipled way , even though no single official who voted for or enforces the compromise has done anything which , judging his individual actions by the ordinary standards of personal morality , he ought not to have done . |
| 27 | Science is knowledge of what is necessarily the case , and of why it is so . |
| 28 | The aim of such a meeting would not be to see whether any staff members have particular responsibility for the event but to try to develop a shared understanding of why it occurred . |
| 29 | Although the Act does allow for children to be absent from Hearings under the circumstances already referred to , they should still be notified of the Hearing , and an explanation of why it is taking place should be given . |
| 30 | A full explanation of why it is believed that contributions have been over-paid , the amount and the period involved , and the names and NI numbers of the people concerned should be included . |